Personal Life
Buzzi lives primarily in Fort Worth, Texas with her husband (a retired businessman) at their 220-acre (0.89 km2) ranch near Fort Worth, Texas where they raise Black Angus and longhorn cattle and quarter horses. She has a horse named Gladys, a cat named Ratso Rizzo, a flock of ducks, swans, Guinea hens and chickens. Her hobby is oil painting.
Buzzi has never offered her oil paintings for sale to the public, but has donated original oil paintings to charity, where they have sold for more than $6,000.
She 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.
Buzzi is active in fundraising for the Utopia Animal Rescue Ranch in Medina, Texas and other animal causes.
Buzzi and her husband are avid automobile collectors, with some of their vehicles being currently on loan to and/on display at the Petersen Automotive Museum in Los Angeles, California including a 1957 Chevrolet convertible that is annually exhibited as part of the display honoring the cars of Steve McQueen.
Previously, the Petersen Automotive Museum displayed Buzzi's 1961 Rolls-Royce convertible in an exhibit called "Million Dollar Cars". The museum has also featured a 1965 Chrysler Imperial convertible previously owned by Katharine Hepburn. The Hepburn car was donated to the museum by Kent and Ruth Buzzi Perkins in 2001 and remains there for special exhibition. Buzzi and her husband won first place in their category with their 1961 Rolls-Royce Silver Cloud II drophead coupe at the Concours d'Elegance national championship in Amelia Island, Florida. That same vehicle won first place in the Los Angeles Rolls Royce Owners Club's "most elegant car" competition. Buzzi and her husband currently collect post-war English vehicles including Rolls-Royce and Jaguar, but their collection also holds several American muscle cars. Some of her vehicles have been in television commercials, featured in parades, and her blue Bentley convertible was featured on the cover of Vogue Magazine with Jessica Simpson behind the wheel.
She is a charter member of the Pasadena Playhouse Alumni Association.
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