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Was a ventriloquist.

Ruth Buzzi invented her famous character Gladys Ormphby when she was playing Agnes Gooch in a production of "Auntie Mame.".

She was one of only three people and the only woman to appear in every episode of Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In (1967), including the special in 1967. The other two people were Dan Rowan and Dick Martin. Announcer Gary Owens also appeared in all six seasons but did not appear in the special.

Her family ran a funeral parlor when she was growing up, and when they weren't busy comforting mourners, they told each other jokes to cheer up.

Living in Ft. Worth, TX. On March 19, 2011, she made a guest appearance on the local PBS station KERA for a special about "Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In". (März 2011)

Left the original Broadway production of "Sweet Charity" starring Gwen Verdon to co-star on Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In (1967).

Appeared at the dedication of Jim Henson's star on Hollywood Boulevard after his death.

Ruth Buzzi made three guest appearances on the legendary "Carol Burnett Show (1967)" and co-starred with Carol Burnett in the film Crazy Street Life (1981).

She graduated in 1957 from the Pasadena Playhouse School for Performing Arts in Pasadena, California.

Was a regular on the The Best of the Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts (1998).

Friends with Anne Murray.

The Providence (Rhode Island) Evening Bulletin of Tuesday, November 2, 1943, reports that a Halloween parade was held the night before in nearby Westerly with about a thousand children in costumes going before a panel of judges. Ruth Ann Buzzi, age seven, won Most Attractive Girl.

Biography in: "Who's Who in Comedy" by Ronald L. Smith. Pg. 81-82. New York: Facts on File, 1992. ISBN 0816023387

Is of Italian descent.

Lived not too far from Terry Bradshaw and local radio host Russ Martin.

There is a park bench in Westerly, Rhode Island, dedicated to Ruth Buzzi.

Graduated from Stonington High School in Pawcatuck, Connecticut,, where she was head cheerleader.

Father Angelo Peter Buzzi was a nationally recognized stone sculptor, mother Rena Pauline was a homemaker.

Chin's was her favorite Chinese restaurant. An autographed picture of Buzzi hung near the cash register. The restaurant was in Arlington, Tx.

Her early stage work in New York City enabled to develop her talent alongside other newcomers like Barbra Streisand, Joan Rivers, Dom DeLuise, Bernadette Peters and Carol Burnett.

Her first job in show business was at 19, traveling with singer Rudy Vallee in a live musical and comedy act during her summer break from college; it allowed her to graduate with an Actors' Equity Association union card.

The "New Film Starts" section of the October 28, 1987, issue of Variety lists the movie "Night Falls", directed by Eric T. Nicolaisen, which began filming in Gainesville, Florida, Oct 19, 1987. Cast included Audrey Landers, Brian Patrick Clarke, Bill Erwin, Ruth Buzzi, Pamela Jean Bryant, and Gary Imhoff. A comedy-horror story about a college grad student who falls for a succubus. No evidence the film was ever released.

Lived in Fort Worth, Tx. Later bought a ranch and moved to Mingus TX.

Her father owned Buzzi Memorials, a business that her older brother Harold operated until his retirement in 2013.

Charter member of the Pasadena Playhouse Alumni Association.