People
Zasu Pitts
- Name: Zasu Pitts
- Birthday: 1894-01-02
- Also known as: Zazu Pitts,Eliza Susan Pitts,ZaSu Pitts,Za Su Pitts
- Place of birth: Parsons, Kansas, USA
- Popularity: 3.178
Biography:
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 Pitts was mostly relegated to comedy parts. A bitter disappointment was when she was replaced in the classic war drama All Quiet on the... Read More
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| Title | Release date |
|---|---|
| The Big Parade of Comedy as Mirabelle in 'The Gay Bride' (archive footage) | 1964-09-02 |
| It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World as Gertie - Switchboard Operator | 1963-11-07 |
| The Thrill of It All as Olivia | 1963-07-17 |
| Teenage Millionaire as Aunt Theodora | 1961-08-01 |
| Disneyland '59 as Self | 1959-06-15 |
| This Could Be the Night as Mrs. Shea | 1957-05-14 |
| The Silent Partner as Selma | 1955-12-21 |
| Francis Joins the WACS as Valerie Humpert | 1954-07-30 |
| Denver and Rio Grande as Jane Dwyer | 1952-05-16 |
| Francis as Valerie Humpert | 1950-02-08 |
| Lum and Abner | 1949-07-18 |
| Life with Father as Cousin Cora Cartwright | 1947-09-13 |
| The Perfect Marriage as Rosa | 1947-01-24 |
| Breakfast in Hollywood as Elvira Spriggens | 1946-02-26 |
| Dear Miss Gloria as Guest star | 1946-01-01 |
| Let's Face It as Cornelia Pigeon | 1943-08-04 |
| Tish as Aggie Pilkington (as ZaSu Pitts) | 1942-09-17 |
| So's Your Aunt Emma! as Aunt Emma Bates | 1942-04-17 |
| The Bashful Bachelor as Geraldine | 1942-03-19 |
| Mexican Spitfire at Sea as Miss Pepper | 1942-03-13 |
| Weekend for Three as Anna, Craig's Maid | 1941-12-12 |
| The Mexican Spitfire's Baby as Emily Pepper | 1941-11-28 |
| Miss Polly as Pandora Polly | 1941-11-14 |
| Uncle Joe as Julia Jordan | 1941-10-18 |
| Niagara Falls as Emmy Sawyer | 1941-10-17 |
| Broadway Limited as Myra Pottle | 1941-06-13 |
| No, No, Nanette as Pauline Hastings | 1940-12-19 |
| It All Came True as Miss Flint | 1940-04-06 |
| Eternally Yours as Cary Bingham | 1939-10-07 |
| Nurse Edith Cavell as Mme. Moulin | 1939-08-31 |
| Mickey the Kid as Lilly Handy | 1939-07-03 |
| Naughty But Nice as Aunt Penelope Hardwick | 1939-06-23 |
| The Lady's from Kentucky as Dulcey Lee | 1939-04-27 |
| 52nd Street as Letitia Rondell | 1937-11-19 |
| Forty Naughty Girls as Hildegarde Withers | 1937-09-24 |
| Wanted! as Winnie Oatfield | 1937-08-23 |
| Sing Me a Love Song as Gwen Logan | 1936-12-25 |
| The Plot Thickens as Hildegarde Withers | 1936-12-11 |
| Mad Holiday as Mrs. Fay Kinney | 1936-11-13 |
| 13 Hours by Air as Miss Harkins | 1936-04-30 |
| The Affair of Susan as Susan Todd | 1935-09-01 |
| Hot Tip as Belle McGill | 1935-08-20 |
| She Gets Her Man as Esmeralda | 1935-08-05 |
| Going Highbrow as Cora Upshaw | 1935-07-06 |
| Spring Tonic as Maggie Conklin | 1935-06-27 |
| Ruggles of Red Gap as Mrs. Judson | 1935-03-08 |
| The Gay Bride as Mirabelle | 1934-12-14 |
| Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch as Miss Hazy | 1934-10-28 |
| Dames as Matilda Hemingway | 1934-09-01 |
| Their Big Moment as Tillie Whim | 1934-08-17 |
| Private Scandal as Miss Coates | 1934-05-11 |
| Love Birds as Araminta Tootle | 1934-05-04 |
| Sing and Like it as Annie Snodgrass | 1934-04-20 |
| And She Learned About Dames as Herself | 1934-03-27 |
| Three on a Honeymoon as Alice Mudge | 1934-03-22 |
| Two Alone as Esthey Roberts | 1934-01-26 |
| The Meanest Gal in Town as Tillie Prescott | 1934-01-12 |
| Mr. Skitch as Maddie Skitch | 1933-12-22 |
| Meet the Baron as Zasu | 1933-10-20 |
| Aggie Appleby, Maker of Men as Sybby 'Sib' | 1933-10-18 |
| Love, Honor and Oh, Baby! as Connie Clark | 1933-10-01 |
| Her First Mate as Mary Horner | 1933-08-03 |
| Professional Sweetheart as Elmerada de Leon | 1933-06-09 |
| One Track Minds | 1933-05-20 |
| Hello, Sister! as Millie | 1933-04-14 |
| Out All Night as Bonny | 1933-04-08 |
| The Bargain of the Century as Zasu | 1933-04-08 |
| The Vanishing Frontier as Aunt Sylvia | 1933-03-13 |
| Maids a la Mode as Miss Pitts | 1933-03-04 |
| Asleep in the Feet as Zasu | 1933-01-21 |
| They Just Had to Get Married as Molly Hull | 1933-01-05 |
| She Whoops To Conquer as Beula | 1933-01-01 |
| Sneak Easily as Miss Zasu Pitts - Woman of the Jury | 1932-12-10 |
| Madison Square Garden as Florrie | 1932-11-04 |
| The Soilers as Zasu | 1932-10-29 |
| Once in a Lifetime as Miss Leyton | 1932-10-02 |
| The Crooked Circle as Nora Rafferty | 1932-09-25 |
| Alum and Eve as Zasu | 1932-09-24 |
| Blondie of the Follies as Gertie | 1932-09-01 |
| Show Business as Zasu | 1932-08-20 |
| Back Street as Mrs. Dole | 1932-08-04 |
| Roar of the Dragon as Gabby Woman | 1932-07-08 |
| Make Me a Star as Mrs. Scudder | 1932-07-01 |
| Is My Face Red? as Morning Gazette Telephone Operator | 1932-06-17 |
| The Old Bull as Zasu | 1932-06-04 |
| Westward Passage as Mrs. Truesdale | 1932-05-27 |
| Strangers of the Evening as Sybil Smith | 1932-05-14 |
| The Trial of Vivienne Ware as Gladys Fairweather | 1932-05-01 |
| Strictly Unreliable as Pitts | 1932-04-30 |
| Destry Rides Again as Temperance Worker | 1932-04-17 |
| Shopworn as Aunt Dot | 1932-03-25 |
| Red Noses as Miss Pitts | 1932-03-18 |
| Steady Company as Dot | 1932-03-13 |
| Sealskins as Zasu Pitts | 1932-02-06 |
| Broken Lullaby as Anna, Holderlin's Maid | 1932-01-19 |
| The Unexpected Father as Polly Perkins | 1932-01-03 |
| On the Loose as Zasu | 1931-12-26 |
| The Secret Witness as Bella | 1931-12-12 |
| War Mamas as Zasu | 1931-11-14 |
| The Guardsman as Liesl | 1931-10-20 |
| The Pajama Party as Zasu | 1931-10-03 |
| Penrod and Sam as Mrs. Bassett | 1931-10-01 |
| The Big Gamble as Nora Dugan | 1931-09-04 |
| Catch-As Catch-Can as ZaSu | 1931-08-22 |
| Their Mad Moment as Miss Dibbs | 1931-07-12 |
| A Woman of Experience as Katie | 1931-07-08 |
| Let's Do Things as Zasu Pitts | 1931-06-06 |
| Seed as Jennie | 1931-05-14 |
| Beyond Victory as Fritzi Mobley | 1931-04-03 |
| The Bad Sister as Minnie | 1931-03-29 |
| Finn and Hattie as Mrs. Hattie Haddock | 1931-02-04 |
| Passion Flower as Mrs. Harney | 1930-12-06 |
| Free Love as Ada, the Maid | 1930-12-01 |
| War Nurse as Cushie | 1930-11-22 |
| Sin Takes a Holiday as Annie | 1930-11-10 |
| River's End as Louise | 1930-11-01 |
| The Lottery Bride as Hilda | 1930-09-29 |
| Monte Carlo as Bertha | 1930-08-27 |
| The Squealer as Bella | 1930-08-20 |
| Little Accident as Monica | 1930-08-03 |
| The Devil's Holiday as Ethel | 1930-05-09 |
| Honey as Mayme | 1930-03-29 |
| No, No, Nanette as Pauline Hastings | 1930-01-03 |
| The Honeymoon as Caecilia | 1929-12-31 |
| This Thing Called Love as Clara Bertrand | 1929-12-13 |
| The Locked Door as Telephone Girl | 1929-11-16 |
| Paris as Harriet | 1929-11-07 |
| Oh, Yeah! as The Elk | 1929-10-19 |
| Her Private Life as Timmins | 1929-08-25 |
| The Argyle Case as Mrs. Wyatt | 1929-08-17 |
| Twin Beds as Tillie | 1929-07-14 |
| The Squall as Lena | 1929-05-09 |
| The Dummy as Rose Gleason | 1929-03-09 |
| Sins of the Fathers as Mother Spengler | 1928-12-28 |
| The Wedding March as Cecelia Schweisser | 1928-10-06 |
| Buck Privates as Hulda | 1928-01-29 |
| 13 Washington Square as The Maid | 1928-01-28 |
| Wife Savers as Germaine | 1928-01-07 |
| Casey at the Bat as Camille | 1927-03-08 |
| Risky Business as Agnes Wheaton | 1926-10-04 |
| Sunny Side Up as Evelyn | 1926-08-02 |
| The Great Love as Nancy | 1926-06-28 |
| Early to Wed as Mrs. Dugan | 1926-04-25 |
| Monte Carlo as Hope Durant | 1926-03-01 |
| What Happened to Jones as Hilda (as Zazu Pitts) | 1926-02-08 |
| Mannequin as Annie Pogani | 1926-01-11 |
| Wages for Wives as Luella Logan | 1925-12-15 |
| Lazybones as Ruth Fanning | 1925-11-06 |
| Thunder Mountain as Mandy Coulter | 1925-10-11 |
| Pretty Ladies as Maggie Keenan | 1925-09-06 |
| 1925 Studio Tour as Self | 1925-04-09 |
| Old Shoes | 1925-04-08 |
| The Great Divide as Polly Jordan | 1925-02-15 |
| Greed as Trina | 1924-12-04 |
| Secrets of the Night as Celia Stebbins | 1924-11-12 |
| The Fast Set as Mona | 1924-10-20 |
| Changing Husbands as Delia | 1924-06-22 |
| The Goldfish as Amelia Pugsley | 1924-03-30 |
| West of the Water Tower as Dessie Arnhalt | 1924-01-06 |
| Tea- With a Kick! as 'Brainy' Jones | 1923-08-26 |
| Three Wise Fools as Mickey | 1923-08-19 |
| Hollywood as Zasu Pitts | 1923-08-19 |
| Mary of the Movies as Zasu Pitts (uncredited) | 1923-05-27 |
| Souls for Sale as Self - Celebrity Actress in Commissary | 1923-04-22 |
| Poor Men's Wives as Apple Annie | 1923-01-28 |
| For the Defense as Jennie Dunn | 1922-06-04 |
| A Daughter of Luxury as Mary Cosgrove | 1922-01-01 |
| Patsy as Patsy | 1921-02-01 |
| Heart of Twenty as Katie Abbott | 1920-06-20 |
| Seeing It Through as Betty Lawrence | 1920-01-01 |
| The Other Half as Jennie Jones, The Jazz Kid | 1919-08-18 |
| Better Times as Nancy Scroggs | 1919-07-13 |
| A Lady's Name as Emily | 1918-12-10 |
| The Talk of the Town | 1918-09-28 |
| A Society Sensation as Mary | 1918-09-22 |
| How Could You, Jean? as Oscar's Sweetheart | 1918-06-29 |
| A Modern Musketeer as A Kansas Belle (uncredited) | 1917-12-30 |
| A Little Princess as Becky | 1917-11-05 |
| '49–'17 as Party Guest (uncredited) | 1917-10-15 |
| Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm as Undetermined Role (uncredited) | 1917-09-22 |
| Tillie of the Nine Lives | 1917-06-19 |
| Uneasy Money as Suza - the Editor's Assistant | 1917-06-02 |
