The comedian, forever known for playing the frumpy Gladys Ormphby, also was a Broadway star and a 'Sesame Street' stalwart.

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

Ruth Buzzi thwacked her way to comedy stardom. As the frumpy, paranoid Gladys Ormphby on the NBC sketch show Rowan & Martin's ...

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 ...

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-year ...

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

Ruth Buzzi, whose portrayal of the frumpy Gladys Ormphby on "Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In" became an enduring role, has died at ...

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, a comedic actress with a high-beam ... Few, however, rode the “Laugh-In” years quite like Ms. Buzzi. Her dour Gladys Ormphby — paired with Arte Johnson’s lecherous geezer ...

The performer known for playing handbag-toting spinster Gladys Ormphby died peacefully after several years in hospice care for Alzheimer's.

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 ...