Ruth Buzzi
American actress and comedian (1936–2025)
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- Ruth Ann Buzzi ( BUZ -ee ; July 24, 1936 – May 1, 2025) was an American actress, singer and comedian.
- She was best known for her performances on the comedy-variety show Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In from 1968 to 1973, for which she won a Golden Globe Award and received five Emmy nominations.
- Her father, who came from a Swiss family, immigrated from Arzo, Switzerland, in 1923.
- Buzzi attended Stonington High School, where she was head cheerleader.
- She graduated with honors in June 1957.
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WikipediaRuth Ann Buzzi ( BUZ-ee; July 24, 1936 – May 1, 2025) was an American actress, singer and comedian. She appeared on stage, in films, and on television. She was best known for her performances on the comedy-variety show Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In from 1968 to 1973, for which she won a Golden Globe Award and received five Emmy nominations.
Buzzi was born July 24, 1936, in Westerly, Rhode Island, the daughter of Rena Pauline and Angelo Peter Buzzi, a nationally recognized stone sculptor. Her father, who came from a Swiss family, immigrated from Arzo, Switzerland, in 1923. She was raised in the village of Wequetequock in the town of Stonington, Connecticut, in a stone house overlooking the ocean at Wequetequock Cove, where her father owned Buzzi Memorials, a business that her older brother Harold operated until his retirement in 2013.
Buzzi attended Stonington High School, where she was head cheerleader. At age 18, she moved across the country to enroll at the Pasadena Playhouse College of Theatre Arts, where her classmates included Dustin Hoffman and Gene Hackman. She graduated with honors in June 1957.
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