Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Frederick M. Brown/Getty Ruth Buzzi at the TCA winter press tour in 2011 Ruth Buzzi, the actress and comedian who made television ...

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’s ...

Buzzi is famous for her role as the spinster Gladys Ormphby in Rowan & Martin’s Laugh-In. She would use her handbag as a lethal weapon, easily eliciting chuckles from fans. In a 2016 interview with ...

Ruth Buzzi, best known for her portrayal of the frumpy, purse-swinging Gladys Ormphby on the iconic sketch comedy series “Rowan & Martin’s Laugh-In,” has died at age 88, her family announced Friday.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Ruth Buzzi, pictured in 2002 with "Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In" co-star Gary Owens, has died at her home in Texas. (Rene Macura / ...

Ruth Buzzi, the actress and comedian who made television audiences belly-laugh as the purse-wielding spinster Gladys Ormphby on the groundbreaking sketch comedy series Laugh-In, died in her sleep at ...

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LOS ANGELES — 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.