Ruth Buzzi thwacked her way to comedy stardom. As the frumpy, paranoid Gladys Ormphby on the NBC sketch show Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In, she was swathed in dowdy brown clothes, her hair parted severely ...

Ruth Buzzi, the actor who became famous for playing a purse-wielding spinster on 'Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In,' has died at her ...

Buzzi died of Alzheimer’s disease May 1 at her home in Erath County, her husband announced on Facebook at the time.

The comedian and actress Ruth Buzzi, who starred on the popular sketch comedy show Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In, has died. She was 88. According to a post on her Facebook page, she died peacefully ...

Ruth Buzzi, a variety-show veteran most famous for her role on "Rowan & Martin’s Laugh-In", has died. She was 88. Buzzi, a native of Westerly, died May 1 at her Texas home, her agent Michael ...

Actress and comedian Ruth Buzzi has died at 88. Buzzi, who was nominated for five Emmys, was best known for the NBC variety sketch comedy “Rowan & Martin’s Laugh-In,” which ran from 1968 to ...

Ruth Buzzi, a comedic actress with a high-beam smile who often played sidekicks both wisecracking and wise, and who scowled her way to pop-culture fame on the comedy-variety show “Rowan & Martin ...

Ruth Buzzi, who was so hilarious as the lonely spinster Gladys Ormphby, the lady who swung her handbag as a lethal weapon, on Rowan & Martin’s Laugh-In, has died. She was 88. Buzzi died Thursday ...

LOS ANGELES – Ruth Buzzi, who rose to fame as the frumpy and bitter Gladys Ormphby on the groundbreaking sketch comedy series “Rowan & Martin’s Laugh-In” and made over 200 television ...

LOS ANGELES — Ruth Buzzi, who rose to fame as the frumpy and bitter Gladys Ormphby on the groundbreaking sketch comedy series "Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In" and made over 200 television appearances ...

May 2 (UPI) --Ruth Buzzi, the actress and comedian who played Gladys on Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In, died Thursday. She was 88. Her family announced her death on Facebook, saying that Buzzi died ...