Ruth Buzzi, famous for her work as handbag-wielding spinster Gladys Ormphby on “Rowan & Martin’s Laugh-In,” died Thursday, her family announced Friday. The Emmy-nominated actor was 88.

"Her husband of almost 48 years, Kent Perkins, expressed to me that she was making people laugh just a few days ago," Eisenstadt said in an email message to Reuters on Friday. Born and raised in ...

Ruth Buzzi, the effervescent Emmy-nominated comedian and voice actor who starred on “Rowan & Martin’s Laugh-In,” died Thursday at her Texas home, her family announced on Facebook.

"Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In" co-stars Ruth Buzzi and Gary Owens share a laugh during NBC's 75th Anniversary Party, in Los Angeles, Jan. 9, 2002.(RENE MACURA / AP) Ruth Buzzi, who rose to fame as ...

Comedian Ruth Buzzi, first famous for her time on the NBC variety show "Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In" starting in the late 1960s, died May 1 at her home in Texas, her family announced Friday.

By Mike Barnes Senior Editor 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.

Westerly native Ruth Buzzi, best known for her role on "Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In," died on May 1 at age 88. Buzzi died peacefully at her Texas home due to complications from Alzheimer's disease ...

Joyce Marshall Star-Telegram Ruth Buzzi, the North Texas comedian who starred in “Rowan & Martin’s Laugh-In” from 1968 to 1973, has died, according to her family. She was 88. A post on the ...

Ruth in 2011, center, flanked by stills from her 'Laugh-In' days Getty Images; Everett Collection Ruth Buzzi, who shot to nationwide fame as one of the stars of the 1960s TV comedy variety series ...

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 ...