- Is a ventriloquist.
- She was one of only three people and the only woman to appear in every episode of Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In (1967), including the special in 1967. The other two people were Dan Rowan and Dick Martin. Announcer Gary Owens also appeared in all six seasons but did not appear in the special.
- Appeared at the dedication of Jim Henson's star on Hollywood Boulevard after his death.
- Her family ran a funeral parlor when she was growing up, and when they weren't busy comforting mourners, they told each other jokes to cheer up.
- Living in Ft. Worth, TX. On March 19, 2011, she made a guest appearance on the local PBS station KERA for a special about "Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In". (March 2011)
- Ruth Buzzi invented her famous character Gladys Ormphby when she was playing Agnes Gooch in a production of "Auntie Mame.".
- Ruth Buzzi made three guest appearances on the legendary "Carol Burnett Show (1967)" and co-starred with Carol Burnett in the film Chu Chu and the Philly Flash (1981).
- Left the original Broadway production of "Sweet Charity" starring Gwen Verdon to co-star on Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In (1967).
- Friends with Anne Murray.
- Was a regular on the The Best of the Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts (1998).
- She graduated from the Pasadena Playhouse School for Performing Arts in Pasadena, California.
- Biography in: "Who's Who in Comedy" by Ronald L. Smith. Pg. 81-82. New York: Facts on File, 1992. ISBN 0816023387
- The "New Film Starts" section of the October 28, 1987, issue of Variety lists the movie "Night Falls", directed by Eric T. Nicolaisen, which began filming in Gainesville, Florida, Oct 19, 1987. Cast included Audrey Landers, Brian Patrick Clarke, Bill Erwin, Ruth Buzzi, Pamela Jean Bryant, and Gary Imhoff. A comedy-horror story about a college grad student who falls for a succubus. No evidence the film was ever released.
- Is of Italian descent.
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