| Name |
Ruth Buzzi |
| Height |
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| Naionality |
American |
| Date of Birth |
24-July-1936 |
| Place of Birth |
Westerly, Rhode Island, U.S |
| Famous for |
Acting |
Ruth Buzzi is an American comedienne and actress of theatre, film, and television. She is especially known for her performances on the comedy-variety show Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In from 1968 to 1973.
Before leaving New York for a career in Los Angeles as a television star, Buzzi played in a Bob Fosse classic Broadway show, Sweet Charity, with Gwen Verdon in the original cast; she had to leave the show in which she had several small roles, one of them "the Singing Fairy," to become a regular performer on The Steve Allen Show, on CBS. Between New York musical variety shows, Buzzi made numerous television commercials, some of which won national awards including the coveted Clio Award. Buzzi's first national recognition on television came on The Garry Moore Show just after Carol Burnett was replaced by Dorothy Loudon on the series. Ruth Buzzi saw her first taste of national fame as "Shakuntala" the silent, bumbling magician's assistant to her comedy partner Dom DeLuise who played "Dominic the Great".
They were an instant hit with the public. Buzzi was a member of the regular repertory company on the CBS variety show The Entertainers (1964–1965). In 1966–1967, she was in the Broadway cast of the musical. In the late 1960s, she was featured as a semi-regular on the sitcom That Girl as Marlo Thomas's friend while she had been cast as a regular in "Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In." Before that, she appeared in every episode of a comedy-variety series starring Steve Allen. Her character parts in the Steve Allen Show sketches led her to be cast for NBC's new show Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In. Ruth Buzzi was the only featured player to appear in every episode of Laugh-In including the initial pilot for the show and the Laugh-In television special.
