Ruth Buzzi met her "Laugh-In" alter ego Gladys Ormphby on a visit to Westerly in 1971. More from the NBC 10 archive: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HT2xAf8Va7E | NBC 10 WJAR

Ruth Buzzi, the beloved American actress and comedian best known for her role as Gladys Ormphby on the groundbreaking sketch comedy show Rowan & Martin’s Laugh-In, passed away peacefully in her sleep on May 1, 2025, at her home in Stephenville, Texas. She was 88 years old and had been in hospice care for several years following a diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease and complications from multiple strokes.   Born on July 24, 1936, in Westerly, Rhode Island, and raised in Stonington, Connecticut, s

This is HILARIOUS! The late, great Ruth Buzzi, as Gladys Ormphby, the purse wielding, hairnet-wearing, man-hungry spinster, appearing on the Dean Martin Celebrity Roast of the "Chairman of the Board", Frank Sinatra, from 1978. I've seen all of Ruth's appearances in these roasts, and in my opinion, this is her BEST and FUNNIEST! She is truly spot-on perfect. OMG! 😂😆😆 In this sketch, Dean Martin introduces her as the first President of the Frank Sinatra fan club from the 1940s, to which she tak

In 1967, Ruth Buzzi appeared in all eight episodes of The Steve Allen Comedy Hour, a variety series starring Steve Allen. Her character parts in the Allen sketches led her to be cast for NBC's new show Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In. She was the only featured player to appear in every episode of Laugh-In including the pilot. Among her recurring characters on Laugh-In were Flicker Farkle, youngest of the Farkle family; Busy-Buzzi, a Hedda Hopper–type Hollywood gossip columnist; Doris Swizzler, a coc