Ruth Buzzi as her best-known character, Gladys Ormphby, on “Laugh-In” with Sam Shepard, left (the playwright was moonlighting as a drummer), and Peter Stampfel of the Holy Modal Rounders, that ...

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 during a 45 ...

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 ...

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 during a 45 ...

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 during a 45 ...

Ruth Buzzi, famed as dowdy purse slinger on ‘Laugh-In,’ dies at 88. Her dour Gladys Ormphby became one of the show’s enduring gags and, for a time, a surprise feminist symbol as a woman who ...

Ruth Buzzi, the comedic actress who starred in Sesame Street and played Gladys Ormphby on Rowan & Martin’s Laugh-In, died Thursday.She was 88. “Ruth Buzzi died peacefully in her sleep at home ...

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 during a 45 ...