health Buzzi is a charter member of the Pasadena Playhouse Alumni Association. She paints as a hobby; she has never offered her oil paintings for sale to the public, but has donated original works to charity, where they have sold in excess of $6,000. Buzzi supports numerous children's charities, including Make a Wish Foundation, the Special Olympics, The Thalians, St. Jude's Hospital, and Big Brothers Big Sisters of America, and she is a children's art summer camp sponsor through Dallas Museum of Biblical Art. She is active in fund raising for the Utopia Animal Rescue Ranch in Medina, Texas and other animal causes. Buzzi lives with her husband Kent Perkins on a cattle and horse ranch near Stephenville, Texas. The couple are avid automobile collectors. Their collection focuses on post-war English vehicles, including Bentley, Rolls-Royce, and Jaguar, although it also includes several American convertibles and muscle cars. Some of her vehicles have been in television commercials and featured in parades, and her blue Bentley convertible was featured on the cover of Vogue'' with Jessica Simpson behind the wheel. Some of their cars have been donated or lent to the Petersen Automotive Museum in Los Angeles, California including a red, fuel-injected 1957 Chevrolet convertible that was exhibited from 1993 to 2011 as part of the display honoring the cars of Steve McQueen. Buzzi's 1960 Rolls-Royce Silver Cloud drophead coupe convertible was on display for the "Century of Elegance" exhibit. Buzzi has been named in numerous songs, including House of Pain's "I'm A Swing It", The Bled's "Ruth Buzzi Better Watch Her Back", and the Loretta Lynn/Conway Twitty duet "You're the Reason Our Kids Are Ugly". On July 19, 2022, Buzzi suffered a series of strokes. References External links Ruth Buzzi on Twitter Topaz Winner, popcultureblog.dallasnews.com (November 2014) 20th-century American actresses 20th-century American comedians 21st-century American actresses 21st-century American comedians Actresses from Rhode Island American women singers American film actresses American musical theatre actresses American people of Swiss-Italian descent American sketch comedians American stage actresses American television actresses American voice actresses American women comedians Best Supporting Actress Golden Globe (television) winners Living people People from Stephenville, Texas People from Stonington, Connecticut People from Westerly, Rhode Island American people of Italian descent 1936 births