Ian had her first hit record as a teenager in the 1960s and went on to win two Grammys. A new documentary tells her life story through a combination of vintage footage and newly recorded interviews.

Laugh-In' Star Ruth Buzzi, Scowling Lady With the Handbag, Dead at 88 By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Comic performer Ruth Buzzi, who played a counterpoint to the 1960s sexual revolution for ...

Ruth in 2011, center, flanked by stills from her 'Laugh-In' days Getty Images; Everett Collection Ruth Buzzi, who shot to nationwide fame as one of the stars of the 1960s TV comedy variety series ...

Starting in the late 1960s, Ms. Buzzi found her showbiz niche ... “Laugh-in” also was a springboard for talents including Goldie Hawn, Lily Tomlin and Jo Anne Worley. Few, however, rode ...

WASHINGTON, May 2 (Reuters) - Comic performer Ruth Buzzi, who played a counterpoint to the 1960s sexual revolution ... including Goldie Hawn and Lily Tomlin. Buzzi devised a series of sketch ...

She also showed up several times in the late-1960s on the sitcom “That Girl ... received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. From left: Lily Tomlin, Henry Gibson, Ms. Buzzi and Gary ...

Though still associated with the controversial NBC variety show that ran from 1968 to 1973 and her castmates Lily Tomlin ... “considerable” for the early 1960s. “I was good at it too ...

The cast includes Lily Tomlin, Ned Beatty ... In the film Jeremy Irons plays a French diplomat in 1960s China who begins an ongoing affair with an opera performer (John Lone) who he believes ...

Ruth Buzzi, who shot to nationwide fame as one of the stars of the 1960s TV comedy variety series Rowan & Martin’s Laugh-in, ...