XPost: rec.arts.tv, alt.hollywood   
   From: ijball@mac.invalid   
      
   On 5/6/25 9:38 AM, Ubiquitous wrote:   
      
   > Ruth Buzzi, the effervescent Emmy-nominated comedian and voice actor who   
   > starred on “Rowan & Martin’s Laugh-In,” died Thursday at her Texas   
   home, her   
   > family announced on Facebook. She was 88.   
      
   :(   
      
   > The zany comedian appeared in every episode of the popular variety show that   
   > ran for five seasons, playing characters such as the frumpy, hairnet-wearing   
   > Gladys Ormphby. On the show, she was known for using her purse as a weapon to   
   > whack Arte Johnson’s dirty old man character on the park bench.   
   >   
   > Buzzi won a Golden Globe and received five Emmy nominations during her run on   
   > “Laugh-In.” The comedian, who was only 30 years old when she became   
   famous   
   > for playing a little old lady, told the AP in 2018, “Gladys is the   
   underdog.   
   > Gladys embodies the overlooked, the downtrodden, the taken for granted, the   
   > struggler. So when she fights back, she speaks for everyone who’s been   
   > marginalized, reduced to a sex object or otherwise abused. And that’s   
   almost   
   > everyone at some time or other.”   
      
   --- SoupGate-DOS v1.05   
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