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Ruth Buzzi

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7/24/1936, Westerly, Rhode Island

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Ruth Ann Buzzi

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Ruth was born to immigrant parents. Her father was a sculptor of cemetery monuments. Ruth attended dancing school during her youth, and at 17, she attended classes at the Pasadena Playhouse. By 1959, Ruth had established her role as a character actress on the West Coast. She moved…more

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Star (37)

Role
- Fallen Angels
  Star
  2006
- The Berenstain Bears
  Mama Bear / Grizzly Gran
  - S 3: Ep 19 Too Small for the Team; The Prize Pumpkin
    9/15/04
  - S 3: Ep 24 The Summer Job; The Big Red Kite
    10/16/03
  - S 3: Ep 23 Visit Fun Park; The Perfect Fishing Spot
    10/15/03
  - S 3: Ep 22 House of Mirrors; Too Much Pressure
    10/14/03
  - S 3: Ep 21 The Big Blooper; Nothing to Do
    10/13/03
  - + 46 More Credits
- You Can't Do That on Television
  Miss Take/Miss Fit/Other Roles (1979-1980)
  - S 11: Ep 1 Changes aka Project 131
    7/21/04
  - S 7: Ep 20 Mysteries and Crimes
    12/31/86
  - S 7: Ep 18 Home
    12/30/86
  - S 7: Ep 17 Sleep
    12/29/86
  - S 5: Ep 5 Courage
    6/11/84
  - + 130 More Credits
- Lucky Luke
  Star
  - S 1: Ep 13 For a Fist full of Daltons'
    12/14/02
  - S 1: Ep 12 The Daltons' Christmas
    12/13/02
  - S 1: Ep 11 Fort Custer
    12/12/02
- Sheep in the Big City
  Additional Voices
  - S 2: Ep 5 Party of the Shear
    2/10/02
- The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland
  Star
  1999
- The Savage Dragon
  Additional Voice
  - S 2: Ep 13 Dragonlord
    12/18/96
  - S 2: Ep 12 Bride
    12/11/96
  - S 2: Ep 11 Femme Fatale
    12/4/96
  - S 2: Ep 10 Ball Of Fire
    11/27/96
  - S 2: Ep 9 Negate
    11/20/96
  - + 21 More Credits
- Cro
  Doctor Cecelia (Dr. C)
  - S 1: Ep 17 Lever In A Million Years
    9/17/93
- Cro
  Doctor Cecelia (Dr. C.)
  - S 1: Ep 16 Play It Again, Cro....Not!
    9/16/93
  - S 1: Ep 4 It's Snow Problem
    9/4/93
- Cro
  Nandi
  - S 1: Ep 13 Pulley for You
    9/13/93
  - S 1: Ep 6 The Legend of Big Thing
    9/6/93
  - S 1: Ep 2 No Time For Steamer
    9/2/93
  - S 1: Ep 1 Just a Stone's Throw Away
    9/1/93
- The Smurfs
  Additonal Voices
  - S 9: Ep 39 Hearts 'N' Smurfs
    12/2/89
  - S 9: Ep 38 The Golden Rhino
    12/2/89
  - S 9: Ep 37 Brainy's Beastly Boo-Boo
    12/2/89
  - S 9: Ep 36 Wild Goes Cuckoo
    12/2/89
  - S 9: Ep 35 Smurfs of the Round Table
    11/18/89
  - + 422 More Credits
- My Mom's a Werewolf
  Star
  1989
- The Jetsons
  Additional Voices
  - S 4: Ep 2 Rockin' with Judy Jetson
    9/15/88
  - S 3: Ep 10 Spacely for a Day
    10/27/87
  - S 3: Ep 9 Two Many Georges
    10/20/87
  - S 3: Ep 8 The Odd Pod
    10/13/87
  - S 3: Ep 7 Wedding Bells for Rosey
    10/6/87
  - + 41 More Credits
- Pound Puppies
  Nose Marie
  - S 2: Ep 13 Cooler, Come Back
    12/19/87
  - S 2: Ep 12 Peter Pup
    12/12/87
  - S 2: Ep 11 Garbage Night: The Musical
    12/5/87
  - S 2: Ep 10 Bright Lights, Bright Eyes / Dog and Caterpillar
    11/28/87
  - S 2: Ep 9 Where's the Fire / The Wonderful World of Whopper
    11/21/87
  - + 22 More Credits
- The Being (1982)
  Star
  1983
- Whatever Turns You On
  Miss Take / Miss Fit / Various Roles
  - S 1: Ep 7 Fright / Repeats
    10/23/79
  - S 1: Ep 6 Superstitions
    10/16/79
  - S 1: Ep 5 Boss Helal
    10/9/79
  - S 1: Ep 4 Drama Lessons
    10/2/79
  - S 1: Ep 3 Fan Mail / Summer Camp
    9/25/79
  - + 8 More Credits
- The Apple Dumpling Gang Rides Again
  Old Tough Kate, aka 'Granny'
  1979
- The North Avenue Irregulars
  Star
  1979
- Baggy Pants and the Nitwits
  Gladys Ormphby
  - S 1: Ep 13 Beach Fun/Ratman
    11/26/77
  - S 1: Ep 12 The Frog/The Hole Thing
    11/19/77
  - S 1: Ep 11 Simple Simon and the Mad Pieman/The Magician's Assistant
    11/12/77
  - S 1: Ep 10 Chicken Lady/Horse Laff
    11/5/77
  - S 1: Ep 9 A Haunting Experience/Genie Meanie
    10/29/77
  - + 7 More Credits
- Freaky Friday
  Star
  1977
- The Lost Saucer
  Fi
  - S 1: Ep 1 894X2RY713, I Love You
    9/6/75
  - S 1: Ep 12 The Laughing Years
  - S 1: Ep 10 Return to the Valley of the Chickaphants
  - S 1: Ep 18 Land of the Talking Plants
  - S 1: Ep 17 Polka Dot Years
  - + 13 More Credits
- Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
  Regular Performer/Gladys Ormpby/Doris Swizzler
  - S 4: Ep 21 Episode #87
    2/8/71
- Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
  Regular Performer(Gladys Ormphby/Sparkle Farkel/Doris Swizzler)
  - S 4: Ep 15 Episode #81
    12/28/70
- Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
  Regular Performer(Gladys Ormphby/Doris Swizzler/Busy Buzzi/Flicker Farkel)
  - S 4: Ep 3 Episode #69
    9/28/70
- Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
  Regular Performer/Busy Buzzi/Gladys Ormphby/Flicker Farkel
  - S 3: Ep 25 Episode #65
    3/9/70
- Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
  Regular Performer/Doris Swizzler/Gladys Ormphby/Busy Buzzi/Flicker Farkel
  - S 3: Ep 24 Episode #64
    3/2/70
- Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
  Regular Performer (Gladys Ormphby/Busy Buzzi/Flicker Farkel)
  - S 3: Ep 23 Episode #63
    2/23/70
- According to Dom
  Star
- Record City
  Star
- Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
  Regular Performer/Gladys Ormphby/Flicker Farkel
  - S 3: Ep 18 Episode #58
- Sesame Street
  /Suzy Kabloozy (1998-)
  - S 1: Ep 38 Episode 38
    12/31/69
  - S 1: Ep 37 Episode 37
    12/30/69
  - S 1: Ep 36 Episode 36
    12/29/69
  - S 1: Ep 35 Episode 35
    12/26/69
  - S 1: Ep 34 Episode 34
    12/25/69
  - + 1111 More Credits
- Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
  Regular Performer
  - S 3: Ep 15 Episode #55
    12/29/69
  - S 3: Ep 14 Episode #54
    12/15/69
  - S 3: Ep 13 Episode #53
    12/8/69
  - S 3: Ep 11 Episode #51
    11/24/69
  - S 3: Ep 10 Episode #50
    11/17/69
  - + 117 More Credits
- That Girl (1966)
  Margie "Pete" Peterson (1967-1968)
  - S 4: Ep 13 She Didn't Have the Vegas Notion (2)
    12/18/69
  - S 4: Ep 12 She Didn't Have the Vegas Notion (1)
    12/11/69
  - S 4: Ep 11 Kiss That Girl Goodbye
    11/27/69
  - S 4: Ep 10 Fix My Screen and Bug Out
    11/20/69
  - S 4: Ep 8 Write is Wrong (2)
    11/6/69
  - + 66 More Credits
- Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
  Regular Performer/Gladys Ormphby
  - S 3: Ep 12 Episode #52
    12/1/69
  - S 2: Ep 18 Episode #32
    2/3/69
  - S 2: Ep 11 Episode #25
    12/2/68
  - S 2: Ep 5 Episode #19
    10/14/68
  - S 2: Ep 4 Episode #18
    10/7/68
  - + 6 More Credits
- Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
  Regular Performer(Gladys Ormphby)
  - S 2: Ep 6 Episode #20
    10/21/68
- Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
  Regular Performer (Gladys Ormphby)
  - S 1: Ep 8 Episode #8
    3/11/68
- The Pink Panther Show
  Grandmother : The Witch
  - S 1: Ep 14 Bully for Pink
    12/14/65
Recurring Role (11)

Role
- Passions
  Nurse Kravitz
  - S 5: Ep 121 Ep. #1137
    12/23/03
  - S 5: Ep 120 Ep. #1136
    12/22/03
  - S 5: Ep 119 Ep. #1135
    12/19/03
  - S 5: Ep 40 Ep. #1056
    8/29/03
  - S 5: Ep 39 Ep. #1055
    8/28/03
  - + 1 More Credits
- Sheep in the Big City
  Additional Voices
  - S 2: Ep 11 Oh, the Ewemanity
    3/24/02
  - S 2: Ep 10 An Officer and a Gentlelamb
    3/17/02
  - S 1: Ep 13 Mistaken Identi-sheep
    7/8/01
  - S 1: Ep 7 Can't Live Without Ewe
    1/12/01
  - S 1: Ep 5 Going Off the Sheep End
    12/8/00
  - + 3 More Credits
- Saved by the Bell
  Roberta Powers
- Chip 'N Dale Rescue Rangers
  Various voices
- The Smurfs
  Additonal Voices
- Dean Martin Celebrity Roast
  Herself (1974-1979)
  - S 6: Ep 1 Suzanne Somers
    11/21/78
  - S 5: Ep 5 George Burns
    5/17/78
  - S 5: Ep 4 Jimmy Stewart
    5/10/78
  - S 5: Ep 3 Jack Klugman
    3/17/78
  - S 5: Ep 1 Dan Haggerty
    11/2/77
  - + 6 More Credits
- Dean Martin Celebrity Roast
  Herself (1973-1979)
  - S 5: Ep 2 Frank Sinatra
    2/7/78
  - S 4: Ep 2 Danny Thomas
    12/15/76
  - S 1: Ep 14 Zsa Zsa Gabor
    1/10/74
  - S 1: Ep 13 Jack Klugman and Tony Randall
    12/20/73
  - S 1: Ep 11 Carroll O'Connor
    12/7/73
  - + 1 More Credits
- Donny and Marie
  Herself
  - S 2: Ep 18 GUESTS: ROY CLARK, RUTH BUZZI
    2/11/77
  - S 2: Ep 3 GUESTS: CHAD EVERETT, FLORENCE HENDERSON, RUTH BUZZI
    10/8/76
  - S 1: Ep 13 GUESTS: GABE KAPLAN, RUTH BUZZI
    4/16/76
  - S 1: Ep 9 GUESTS: JERRY LEWIS, JIM NABORS, RUTH BUZZI
    3/26/76
  - S 1: Ep 7 GUESTS: SHERMAN HEMSLEY, PEARL BAILEY, RUTH BUZZI
    3/12/76
  - + 1 More Credits
- Dean Martin Celebrity Roast
  1974-1979
  - S 3: Ep 1 Evel Knievel
    11/10/75
- The Dean Martin Show
  Herself
  - S 9: Ep 23 Dan Rowan & Dick Martin (Celebrity Roast)
    3/22/74
  - S 9: Ep 18 Ralph Nader (Celebrity Roast)
    2/15/74
  - S 9: Ep 14 Zsa Zsa Gabor (Celebrity Roast)
    1/11/74
  - S 9: Ep 13 Tony Randall & Jack Klugman (Celebrity Roast)
    12/21/73
  - S 9: Ep 8 Johnny Carson (Celebrity Roast)
    11/2/73
  - + 1 More Credits
- The Entertainers
  Regular Performer
  - S 1: Ep 27 Episode No. 27
    3/27/65
  - S 1: Ep 26 Episode No. 26
    3/20/65
  - S 1: Ep 25 Episode No. 25
    3/13/65
  - S 1: Ep 24 Episode No. 24
    3/6/65
  - S 1: Ep 23 Episode No. 23
    2/27/65
  - + 23 More Credits
Guest Star (66)

Role
- Sheep in the Big City
  Additional Voices
  - S 1: Ep 11 Fleeced to Meet You
    6/10/01
  - S 1: Ep 8 15 Muttons of Fame (aka They'll Flock to See Ewe)
    1/26/01
  - S 1: Ep 6 Home for the Baa-lidays
    12/29/00
- The Angry Beavers
  Mrs. Beaver
  - S 4: Ep 5 It's A Spootiful Life / The Mom From U.N.C.L.E.
    1/20/01
- 100 Deeds for Eddie McDowd
  Old Lady
  - S 1: Ep 15 Lie Like A Dog
    2/26/00
- 7th Heaven
  Telephone Operator
  - S 3: Ep 10 Here Comes Santa Claus
    12/14/98
- The Rosie O'Donnell Show
  Herself
  - S 3: Ep 48 Show #479
    11/11/98
- Sabrina, the Teenage Witch
  Delilah
  - S 3: Ep 6 Good Will Haunting
    10/30/98
- The Jamie Foxx Show
  Judge Jackson
  - S 1: Ep 21 I've Fallen and I Won't Get Up
    5/7/97
- Diagnosis Murder
  Liz Summers
- Major Dad
  Mattie Fae Tillman
  - S 3: Ep 24 In the Brick of Time
    5/11/92
- Darkwing Duck
  Alien Cow
  - S 1: Ep 44 Twin Beaks
    11/7/91
- Darkwing Duck
  Dottie Debson
  - S 1: Ep 43 Dances with Bigfoot
    11/6/91
- They Came From Outer Space
  Carol
  - S 1: Ep 12 Animal Magnetism
    1/21/91
- Saved by the Bell
  Roberta Powers
  - S 2: Ep 5 House Party
    10/6/90
- Chip 'N Dale Rescue Rangers
  Ma
  - S 2: Ep 40 Pie in the Sky
    2/22/90
- Life with Lucy
  Mrs. Wilcox
  - S 1: Ep 2 Lucy Makes a Hit with John Ritter
    9/27/86
- The Berenstain Bears
  Scout Leader Jane
  - S 1: Ep 12 The Coughing Catfish
    11/30/85
- The Berenstain Bears
  Queen Bee
  - S 1: Ep 6 Save The Bees
    10/19/85
- George Burns Comedy Week
  Juliette
  - S 1: Ep 1 The Dynamite Girl
    9/18/85
- Masquerade
  Guest Star
  - S 1: Ep 12 Flashpoint
    4/27/84
- Reading Rainbow
  Narrator
  - S 1: Ep 2 Miss Nelson Is Back
    6/7/83
- Gun Shy
  Mrs. Mound
  - S 1: Ep 5 Reading, Writing, and Robbing
    4/12/83
- Trapper John, M.D.
  Laura Morley
  - S 4: Ep 4 Three on a Mismatch
    10/17/82
- The Book Of Lists
  Herself
  - S 1: Ep 1 Episode 1
    5/4/82
- Aloha Paradise
  Guest Star
  - S 1: Ep 8 Letter From Broadway / Letter From Cyrano / Letter From A Secret Admirer
    4/22/81
- Alice (1985)
  Chloe
  - S 5: Ep 9 Henry's Bitter Half
    1/4/81
- CHiPs (1983)
  Herself (uncredited)
  - S 4: Ep 6 The Great 5K Star Race and Boulder Wrap Party (2)
    12/7/80
  - S 3: Ep 2 Roller Disco (2)
    9/22/79
- Disneyland
  Herself
  - S 27: Ep 1 Disneyland's 25th Anniversary Show
    9/14/80
  - S 25: Ep 8 Mickey's 50
    11/19/78
- The Merv Griffin Show
  Herself
  - S 16: Ep 188 June 28, 1979
    6/28/79
  - S 16: Ep 93 February 1, 1979
    2/1/79
  - S 13: Ep 7 September 9, 1975
    9/9/75
  - S 12: Ep 218 August 1, 1975
    8/1/75
  - S 9: Ep 140 April 26, 1972
    4/26/72
  - + 3 More Credits
- Dinah!
  Herself
  - S 5: Ep 187 June 19, 1979
    6/19/79
  - S 4: Ep 53 November 24, 1977
    11/24/77
  - S 4: Ep 50 November 21, 1977
    11/21/77
  - S 3: Ep 152 May 6, 1977
    5/6/77
  - S 3: Ep 101 February 18, 1977
    2/18/77
  - + 6 More Credits
- The Love Boat
  Guest Star
  - S 2: Ep 14 Double Wedding/The Ventriloquists/Julie Falls Hard
    12/16/78
- Pop! Goes the Country
  Herself
  - S 5: Ep 4 Chet Atkins
    9/30/78
- The New Mickey Mouse Club
  Herself
  - S 2: Ep 46 C-123
    11/7/77
- Legends of the Super-Heroes
  Aunt Minerva
  - S 1: Ep 2 The Roast
    2/10/77
- The Sonny & Cher Show
  Herself
  - S 2: Ep 16 Show 27
    1/28/77
  - S 2: Ep 5 Show 16
    10/24/76
  - S 2: Ep 1 Show 12
    9/26/76
- The David Steinberg Show
  Herself
  - S 1: Ep 15 Ruth Buzzi
    1/25/77
- The Muppet Show
  Herself
  - S 1: Ep 6 Ruth Buzzi
    10/11/76
- Medical Center
  Guest Star
  - S 7: Ep 23 The Happy State of Depression
    3/8/76
- Emergency!
  Amy Merkle
  - S 5: Ep 19 Grateful
    2/7/76
- The Sonny & Cher Show
  Guest Star
- Cher
  Guest Star
  - S 2: Ep 15 Show 29 - Series Finale
    1/4/76
- The ABC Afterschool Special
  Cleaning Lady
  - S 2: Ep 7 The Crazy Comedy Concert
    6/5/74
- Lotsa Luck
  Wilma Wallechek
  - S 1: Ep 15 Stan and the Wealthy Widow
    1/18/74
- The Carol Burnett Show
  Mrs. Robinson/Darlene
  - S 7: Ep 13 with Ruth Buzzi, Richard Crenna
    12/15/73
- The Flip Wilson Show
  Herself
  - S 4: Ep 1 Buddy Hackett, Ruth Buzzi, Richard Pryor, William Attmore II
    9/13/73
- The Carol Burnett Show
  herself
  - S 6: Ep 16 with Ruth Buzzi, Jack Gilford
    1/20/73
  - S 6: Ep 10 with Ruth Buzzi, John Davidson
    11/15/72
- Love, American Style
  Guest Star
  - S 4: Ep 57 Love and the Missing Mister
    1/19/73
  - S 2: Ep 14 Love and the Haunted House
    11/6/70
- Medical Center
  Rose Jenkins
  - S 4: Ep 17 Judgement
    1/17/73
- Here's Lucy
  Annie Whipple
  - S 5: Ep 13 My Fair Buzzi
    12/11/72
- Night Gallery
  Hungry Witch
  - S 2: Ep 8 Witches' Feast
    9/22/71
- Celebrity Bowling
  Herself
  - S 1: Ep 6 February 20, 1971
    2/20/71
- Disneyland
  Soprano (voice only)
  - S 17: Ep 11 It's Tough to be a Bird
    12/13/70
- The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour
  Herself
  - S 3: Ep 5 October 18, 1970
    10/18/70
  - S 3: Ep 1 September 20, 1970
    9/20/70
  - S 2: Ep 21 February 22, 1970
    2/22/70
- The Bob Hope Show
  Herself
  - S 21: Ep 1 October 5, 1970
    10/5/70
- The Flip Wilson Show
  Guest Star
  - S 3: Ep 4 Burns & Schreiber, Ruth Buzzi, The Supremes
- Down to Earth (1984)
  Guest Star
  - S 4: Ep 21 Perfect Match
- Kids Incorporated
  Blanche Turner
  - S 2: Ep 19 Great Comeback
- The Leslie Uggams Show
  Guest Star
  - S 1: Ep 9 Episode #9
    12/7/69
- That's Life (1968)
  Guest
  - S 1: Ep 26 Gloria Plays Cupid
    4/1/69
- The Hollywood Palace
  Herself
  - S 6: Ep 17 Host: Don Adams / Barrie Chase
    2/1/69
- The Hollywood Squares (1966)
  Herself
  - S 3: Ep 14 November 25-29, 1968
    11/25/68
  - S 7: Ep 40 January 22-28, 1973 (2)
    1/22/73
- Here's Lucy
  Herself
- The Monkees
  Mrs. Mildred Weatherspoon
  - S 2: Ep 11 A Coffin Too Frequent
    11/20/67
- The Mike Douglas Show
  Herself
  - S 7: Ep 28 October 11, 1967
    10/11/67
  - S 6: Ep 141 Week of March 20, 1967
    3/20/67
  - S 17: Ep 183 Week of July 23, 1979
    7/23/79
  - S 14: Ep 116 Week of February 23, 1976
    2/23/76
- That Girl (1966)
  Margie Peterson
  - S 2: Ep 1 Pass the Potatoes, Ethel Merman
    9/7/67
- The Garry Moore Show
  Herself
  - S 6: Ep 32 May 19, 1964
    5/19/64
- Disneyland
  herself
Special Guest Star (2)

Role
- Diagnosis Murder
  Liz Summers
  - S 7: Ep 1 The Roast
    9/23/99
- Check It Out
  Tiffani Cobb
  - S 1: Ep 22 Sex Appeal
    3/12/86

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- Ruth has six Rolls Royces. She's been collecting the cars since 1978.
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- Ruth Buzzi and the two hosts were the only cast members of Laugh-In to appear in every episode, including the specials.
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- In 1972, Ruth won the Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy /Variety Series for her work in Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In.
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- Ruth is a member of the Rhode Island Hall of Fame.
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- Ruth frequently claims she was born in Wequetequock, CT because it sounds funnier than her actual birthplace.
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