{"id":71750,"date":"2025-05-01T13:07:33","date_gmt":"2025-05-01T17:07:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/?p=71750"},"modified":"2025-05-21T13:10:17","modified_gmt":"2025-05-21T17:10:17","slug":"who-was-ruth-buzzi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/who-was-ruth-buzzi\/71750\/","title":{"rendered":"Who was Ruth Buzzi?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"161\" data-end=\"421\">Ruth Buzzi, the Emmy-nominated comedian and beloved voice actor best known for her unforgettable work on <em data-start=\"266\" data-end=\"293\">Rowan & Martin\u2019s Laugh-In<\/em>, has passed away peacefully at her home in Texas at the age of 88. Her family confirmed the news via a heartfelt Facebook post.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"423\" data-end=\"898\">Buzzi was a staple of the groundbreaking variety show, appearing in every episode across its five-season run. She won widespread acclaim for her versatile performances, particularly for her iconic character Gladys Ormphby \u2014 a sharp-tongued, resilient underdog who spoke for those marginalized or overlooked. Buzzi once described Gladys as embodying \u201cthe overlooked, the downtrodden, the taken for granted,\u201d giving voice to those \u201creduced to a sex object or otherwise abused.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"900\" data-end=\"1010\">Her talent earned her five Emmy nominations and a Golden Globe win, cementing her place in television history.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1012\" data-end=\"1341\">Beyond <em data-start=\"1019\" data-end=\"1029\">Laugh-In<\/em>, Ruth brought warmth and humor to generations of children as Ruthie, the shopkeeper on <em data-start=\"1117\" data-end=\"1132\">Sesame Street<\/em>, and lent her voice to characters like Nose Marie in <em data-start=\"1186\" data-end=\"1201\">Pound Puppies<\/em> and Mama Bear in <em data-start=\"1219\" data-end=\"1241\">The Berenstain Bears<\/em>. She also made memorable appearances on shows like <em data-start=\"1293\" data-end=\"1304\">That Girl<\/em> and films including <em data-start=\"1325\" data-end=\"1340\">Freaky Friday<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1343\" data-end=\"1527\">Even after retiring from on-screen roles post-2021, Ruth stayed connected with fans through her witty one-liners on Twitter, delighting over 200,000 followers with her humor and charm.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1529\" data-end=\"1680\">Ruth Buzzi is survived by her husband, Kent Perkins. Her legacy as a comedic pioneer and compassionate voice for the underdog will continue to inspire.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ruth Buzzi, the Emmy-nominated comedian and beloved voice actor best known for her unforgettable work on Rowan & Martin\u2019s Laugh-In,\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":294,"featured_media":71751,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[67],"tags":[27577],"class_list":["post-71750","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-celebrity-news","tag-ruth-buzzi"],"reading_time":"2 min read","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71750","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/294"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=71750"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71750\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/71751"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=71750"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=71750"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=71750"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}