Zasu Pitts
Born in Parsons, Kansas, USA — Jan 02 1894• Died Jun 07 1963
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Zasu Pitts was an American actress who starred in many silent dramas and comedies, transitioning successfully to mostly comedy films with the advent of sound films. She may be best known for her performance in Erich von Stroheim's epic silent film Greed. Based on her performance, von Stroheim labeled Pitts "the greatest dramatic actress". He also featured her in his films The Honeymoon (1928), The Wedding March (1928), War Nurse (1930) and Walking Down Broadway, released as Hello, Sister! (1933). However, for the most part, with the advent of sound Pitt…
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Zasu Pitts's Credits
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Perry Mason
Daphne Whilom
The Philco Television Playhouse
Belinda Pryde
Burke's Law
Mrs. Bowie
What's My Line?
Self
The 20th Century Fox Hour
Screen Director's Playhouse
Selma
The Gale Storm Show
Private Secretary
Guestward, Ho!
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
Gertie - Switchboard Operator
The Dennis O'Keefe Show
General Electric Theater
Aunt Laura
The Big Parade of Comedy
Mirabelle in 'The Gay Bride' (archive footage)
Oh, Yeah!
The Elk
Nurse Edith Cavell
Mme. Moulin
Two Alone
Esthey Roberts
A Society Sensation
Mary
Life with Father
Cousin Cora Cartwright
No, No, Nanette
Pauline Hastings
Hello, Sister!
Millie
Make Me a Star
Mrs. Scudder
Blondie of the Follies
Gertie
Greed
Trina
The Thrill of It All
Olivia
The Squall
Lena
The Bad Sister
Minnie
This Could Be the Night
Mrs. Shea
Eternally Yours
Cary Bingham
Penrod and Sam
Mrs. Bassett
The Gay Bride
Mirabelle
Denver and Rio Grande
Jane Dwyer
Francis
Valerie Humpert
Love Birds
Araminta Tootle
Ruggles of Red Gap
Mrs. Judson
Hollywood
Zasu Pitts
Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm
Undetermined Role (uncredited)
Naughty But Nice
Aunt Penelope Hardwick
A Woman of Experience
Katie
Let's Face It
Cornelia Pigeon
The Honeymoon
Caecilia
Disneyland '59
Self
Three Wise Fools
Mickey
Hot Tip
Belle McGill
Souls for Sale
Self - Celebrity Actress in Commissary
Mr. Skitch
Maddie Skitch
The Locked Door
Telephone Girl
Is My Face Red?
Morning Gazette Telephone Operator
Mary of the Movies
Zasu Pitts (uncredited)
War Nurse
Cushie
Three on a Honeymoon
Alice Mudge
Her First Mate
Mary Horner
The Old Bull
Zasu
On the Loose
Zasu
Back Street
Mrs. Dole
Passion Flower
Mrs. Harney
The Vanishing Frontier
Aunt Sylvia
Maids a la Mode
Miss Pitts
Finn and Hattie
Mrs. Hattie Haddock
Their Big Moment
Tillie Whim
Weekend for Three
Anna, Craig's Maid
Professional Sweetheart
Elmerada
Little Accident
Monica
Seed
Jennie
Mickey the Kid
Lilly Handy
The Wedding March
Cecelia Schweisser
Tish
Aggie Pilkington (as ZaSu Pitts)
Her Big Night
Gladys Smith
Francis Joins the WACS
Valerie Humpert
Roar of the Dragon
Gabby Woman
Sin Takes a Holiday
Annie
War Mamas
Zasu
Niagara Falls
Emmy Sawyer
Shopworn
Aunt Dot
Early to Wed
Mrs. Dugan
The Guardsman
Liesl
Breakfast in Hollywood
Elvira Spriggens
The Secret Witness
Bella
Steady Company
Dot
Spring Tonic
Maggie Conklin
Broken Lullaby
Anna, Holderlin's Maid
Dames
Matilda Hemingway
Westward Passage
Mrs. Truesdale
The Perfect Marriage
Rosa
Thunder Mountain
Mandy Coulter
The Dummy
Rose Gleason
No, No, Nanette
Pauline Hastings
Aggie Appleby, Maker of Men
Sybby 'Sib'
Monte Carlo
Hope Durant
Monte Carlo
Bertha
Honey
Mayme
Miss Polly
Pandora Polly
It All Came True
Miss Flint
How Could You, Jean?
Oscar's Sweetheart
Uncle Joe
Julia Jordan
The Meanest Gal in Town
Tillie Prescott
Risky Business
Agnes Wheaton
The Bashful Bachelor
Geraldine
The Big Gamble
Nora Dugan
Out All Night
Bonny
Lazybones
Ruth Fanning
The Soilers
Zasu
The Devil's Holiday
Ethel
Alum and Eve
Zasu
The Pajama Party
Zasu
The Mexican Spitfire's Baby
Emily Pepper
The Goldfish
Amelia Pugsley
Mexican Spitfire at Sea
Miss Pepper
13 Hours by Air
Miss Harkins
Their Mad Moment
Miss Dibbs
Sealskins
Zasu Pitts
Mannequin
Annie Pogani
Let's Do Things
Zasu Pitts
Sing Me a Love Song
Gwen Logan
Mad Holiday
Mrs. Fay Kinney
Destry Rides Again
Temperance Worker
A Lady's Name
Emily
Forty Naughty Girls
Hildegarde Withers
Wife Savers
Germaine
The Affair of Susan
Susan Todd
Tea- With a Kick!
'Brainy' Jones
Once in a Lifetime
Miss Leyton
1925 Studio Tour
Self
The Trial of Vivienne Ware
Gladys Fairweather
A Little Princess
Becky
Sunny Side Up
Evelyn
52nd Street
Letitia Rondell
Wanted!
Winnie Oatfield
The Bargain of the Century
Zasu
Going Highbrow
Cora Upshaw
The Plot Thickens
Hildegarde Withers
Secrets of the Night
Celia Stebbins
The Great Divide
Polly Jordan
Broadway Limited
Myra Pottle
Red Noses
Miss Pitts
Madison Square Garden
Florrie
Sins of the Fathers
Mother Spengler
They Just Had to Get Married
Molly Hull
Asleep in the Feet
Zasu
Teenage Millionaire
Aunt Theodora
Buck Privates
Hulda
Strictly Unreliable
Pitts
Changing Husbands
Delia
The Lady's from Kentucky
Dulcey Lee
Pretty Ladies
Maggie Keenan
'49–'17
Party Guest (uncredited)
So's Your Aunt Emma!
Aunt Emma Bates
Private Scandal
Miss Coates
This Thing Called Love
Clara Bertrand
Youth to Youth
Emily
Is Matrimony a Failure?
Mrs. Wilbur
The Other Half
Jennie Jones, The Jazz Kid
Beyond Victory
Fritzi Mobley
River's End
Louise
West of the Water Tower
Dessie Arnhalt
Her Private Life
Timmins
The Re-Creation of Brian Kent
Judy
Old Shoes
And She Learned About Dames
Herself
His Fatal Beauty
Perscilla
Poor Men's Wives
Apple Annie
Strangers of the Evening
Sybil Smith
A Modern Musketeer
A Kansas Belle (uncredited)
Meet the Baron
Zasu
13 Washington Square
The Maid
Catch-As Catch-Can
ZaSu
Free Love
Ada, the Maid
Daughters of Today
Lorena
Twin Beds
Tillie
The Crooked Circle
Nora Rafferty
Show Business
Zasu
Heart of Twenty
Katie Abbott
The Girl Who Came Back
Anastasia Muldoon
The Argyle Case
Mrs. Wyatt
Patsy
Patsy
Poor Relations
Daisy Perkins
The Unexpected Father
Polly Perkins
The Lottery Bride
Hilda
She Gets Her Man
Esmeralda
The Talk of the Town
Wages for Wives
Luella Logan
Sing and Like It
Annie Snodgrass
Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch
Miss Hazy
Men, Women, and Money
Katie Jones
Seeing It Through
Betty Lawrence
For the Defense
Jennie Dunn
A Woman's Faith
Blanche Odile
Better Times
Nancy Scroggs
Dear Miss Gloria
Guest star
Lum and Abner
Paris
Harriet
Sneak Easily
Miss Zasu Pitts - Woman of the Jury
What Happened to Jones?
Hilda (as Zazu Pitts)
Casey at the Bat
Camille
A Daughter of Luxury
Mary Cosgrove
The Fast Set
Mona
She Whoops To Conquer
Beula
One Track Minds
Zasu Pitts
Love, Honor and Oh, Baby!
Connie Clark
A Desert Dilemma
The Squealer
Bella
Uneasy Money
Suza - the Editor's Assistant
As the Sun Went Down
Sal Sue
Mother's Helper
The Great Love
Nancy
Why They Left Home
Mary Mandrake
Tillie of the Nine Lives