Zasu Pitts

Known For: Acting
Born: January 2, 1894
Place of Birth: Parsons, Kansas, USA
Died: June 7, 1963

Zasu Pitts

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 Western Front (1930) by Beryl Mercer after her initial appearance in previews drew unintentional laughs, despite her intense performance. She had viewers rolling in the aisles in Finn and Hattie (1931), The G…

Filmography

The Big Parade of Comedy

1964 · Mirabelle in 'The Gay Bride' (archive footage)

It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World

1963 · Gertie - Switchboard Operator

Burke's Law

1963 · Mrs. Bowie

The Thrill of It All

1963 · Olivia

Teenage Millionaire

1961 · Aunt Theodora

Guestward, Ho!

1960

The Dennis O'Keefe Show

1959

Disneyland '59

1959 · Self

Perry Mason

1957 · Daphne Whilom

This Could Be the Night

1957 · Mrs. Shea

The Gale Storm Show

The Gale Storm Show

1956

The 20th Century Fox Hour

1955

Screen Director's Playhouse

1955 · Selma

Francis Joins the WACS

1954 · Valerie Humpert

General Electric Theater

1953 · Aunt Laura

Private Secretary

1953

Denver and Rio Grande

1952 · Jane Dwyer

Francis

1950 · Valerie Humpert

What's My Line?

1950 · Self

Lum and Abner

1949

The Philco Television Playhouse

1948 · Belinda Pryde

Life with Father

1947 · Cousin Cora Cartwright

The Perfect Marriage

1947 · Rosa

Breakfast in Hollywood

1946 · Elvira Spriggens

Dear Miss Gloria

1946 · Guest star

Let's Face It

1943 · Cornelia Pigeon

Tish

1942 · Aggie Pilkington (as ZaSu Pitts)

So's Your Aunt Emma!

1942 · Aunt Emma Bates

The Bashful Bachelor

1942 · Geraldine

Mexican Spitfire at Sea

1942 · Miss Pepper

Weekend for Three

1941 · Anna, Craig's Maid

The Mexican Spitfire's Baby

1941 · Emily Pepper

Miss Polly

1941 · Pandora Polly

Uncle Joe

1941 · Julia Jordan

Niagara Falls

1941 · Emmy Sawyer

Broadway Limited

1941 · Myra Pottle

No, No, Nanette

1940 · Pauline Hastings

It All Came True

1940 · Miss Flint

Eternally Yours

1939 · Mrs. Bingham

Nurse Edith Cavell

1939 · Mme. Moulin

Mickey the Kid

1939 · Lilly Handy

Naughty but Nice

1939 · Aunt Penelope Hardwick

The Lady's from Kentucky

1939 · Dulcey Lee

52nd Street

1937 · Letitia Rondell

Forty Naughty Girls

1937 · Hildegarde Withers

Wanted!

1937 · Winnie Oatfield

Sing Me a Love Song

1936 · Gwen Logan

The Plot Thickens

1936 · Hildegarde Withers

Mad Holiday

1936 · Mrs. Fay Kinney

13 Hours by Air

1936 · Miss Harkins

The Affair of Susan

1935 · Susan Todd

Hot Tip

1935 · Belle McGill

She Gets Her Man

1935 · Esmeralda

Going Highbrow

1935 · Cora Upshaw

Spring Tonic

1935 · Maggie Conklin

Ruggles of Red Gap

1935 · Mrs. Judson

The Gay Bride

1934 · Mirabelle

Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch

1934 · Miss Hazy

Dames

1934 · Matilda Hemingway

Their Big Moment

1934 · Tillie Whim

Private Scandal

1934 · Miss Coates

Love Birds

1934 · Araminta Tootle

Sing and Like It

1934 · Annie Snodgrass

And She Learned About Dames

1934 · Herself

Three on a Honeymoon

1934 · Alice Mudge

Two Alone

1934 · Esthey Roberts

The Meanest Gal in Town

1934 · Tillie Prescott

Mr. Skitch

1933 · Maddie Skitch

Meet the Baron

1933 · Zasu

Aggie Appleby, Maker of Men

1933 · Sybby 'Sib'

Love, Honor and Oh, Baby!

1933 · Connie Clark

Her First Mate

1933 · Mary Horner

Professional Sweetheart

1933 · Elmerada

One Track Minds

1933 · Zasu Pitts

Hello, Sister!

1933 · Millie

The Bargain of the Century

1933 · Zasu

Out All Night

1933 · Bonny

The Vanishing Frontier

1933 · Aunt Sylvia

Maids a la Mode

1933 · Miss Pitts

Asleep in the Feet

1933 · Zasu

They Just Had to Get Married

1933 · Molly Hull

She Whoops To Conquer

1933 · Beula

Mother's Helper

Mother's Helper

1933

Sneak Easily

1932 · Miss Zasu Pitts - Woman of the Jury

Madison Square Garden

1932 · Florrie

The Soilers

1932 · Zasu

Once in a Lifetime

1932 · Miss Leyton

The Crooked Circle

1932 · Nora Rafferty

Alum and Eve

1932 · Zasu

Blondie of the Follies

1932 · Gertie

Show Business

1932 · Zasu

Back Street

1932 · Mrs. Dole

Roar of the Dragon

1932 · Gabby Woman

Make Me a Star

1932 · Mrs. Scudder

Is My Face Red?

1932 · Morning Gazette Telephone Operator

The Old Bull

1932 · Zasu

Westward Passage

1932 · Mrs. Truesdale

Strangers of the Evening

1932 · Sybil Smith

The Trial of Vivienne Ware

1932 · Gladys Fairweather

Strictly Unreliable

1932 · Pitts

Destry Rides Again

1932 · Temperance Worker

Shopworn

1932 · Aunt Dot

Red Noses

1932 · Miss Pitts

Steady Company

1932 · Dot

Sealskins

1932 · Zasu Pitts

Broken Lullaby

1932 · Anna, Holderlin's Maid

The Unexpected Father

1932 · Polly Perkins

On the Loose

1931 · Zasu

The Secret Witness

1931 · Bella

War Mamas

1931 · Zasu

The Guardsman

1931 · Liesl

The Pajama Party

1931 · Zasu

Penrod and Sam

1931 · Mrs. Bassett

The Big Gamble

1931 · Nora Dugan

Catch-As Catch-Can

1931 · ZaSu

Their Mad Moment

1931 · Miss Dibbs

A Woman of Experience

1931 · Katie

Let's Do Things

1931 · Zasu Pitts

Seed

1931 · Jennie

Beyond Victory

1931 · Fritzi Mobley

The Bad Sister

1931 · Minnie

Finn and Hattie

1931 · Mrs. Hattie Haddock

Passion Flower

1930 · Mrs. Harney

Free Love

1930 · Ada, the Maid

War Nurse

1930 · Cushie

Sin Takes a Holiday

1930 · Annie

River's End

1930 · Louise

The Lottery Bride

1930 · Hilda

Monte Carlo

1930 · Bertha

The Squealer

1930 · Bella

Little Accident

1930 · Monica

The Devil's Holiday

1930 · Ethel

Honey

1930 · Mayme

No, No, Nanette

1930 · Pauline Hastings

The Honeymoon

1929 · Caecilia

This Thing Called Love

1929 · Clara Bertrand

The Locked Door

1929 · Telephone Girl

Paris

1929 · Harriet

Oh, Yeah!

1929 · The Elk

Her Private Life

1929 · Timmins

The Argyle Case

1929 · Mrs. Wyatt

Twin Beds

1929 · Tillie

The Squall

1929 · Lena

The Dummy

1929 · Rose Gleason

Sins of the Fathers

1928 · Mother Spengler

The Wedding March

1928 · Cecelia Schweisser

Buck Privates

1928 · Hulda

13 Washington Square

1928 · The Maid

Wife Savers

1928 · Germaine

Casey at the Bat

1927 · Camille

Her Big Night

1926 · Gladys Smith

Risky Business

1926 · Agnes Wheaton

Sunny Side Up

1926 · Evelyn

The Great Love

1926 · Nancy

Early to Wed

1926 · Mrs. Dugan

Monte Carlo

1926 · Hope Durant

What Happened to Jones?

1926 · Hilda (as Zazu Pitts)

Mannequin

1926 · Annie Pogani

Wages for Wives

1925 · Luella Logan

Lazybones

1925 · Ruth Fanning

Thunder Mountain

1925 · Mandy Coulter

Pretty Ladies

1925 · Maggie Keenan

A Woman's Faith

A Woman's Faith

1925 · Blanche Odile

1925 Studio Tour

1925 · Self

Old Shoes

1925

The Great Divide

1925 · Polly Jordan

The Re-Creation of Brian Kent

1925 · Judy

Greed

1924 · Trina

Secrets of the Night

1924 · Celia Stebbins

The Fast Set

1924 · Mona

Changing Husbands

1924 · Delia

The Goldfish

1924 · Amelia Pugsley

Daughters of Today

1924 · Lorena

West of the Water Tower

1924 · Dessie Arnhalt

Tea- With a Kick!

1923 · 'Brainy' Jones

Hollywood

1923 · Zasu Pitts

Three Wise Fools

1923 · Mickey

Mary of the Movies

1923 · Zasu Pitts (uncredited)

Souls for Sale

1923 · Self - Celebrity Actress in Commissary

The Girl Who Came Back

1923 · Anastasia Muldoon

Poor Men's Wives

1923 · Apple Annie

Youth to Youth

1922 · Emily

For the Defense

1922 · Jennie Dunn

Is Matrimony a Failure?

1922 · Mrs. Wilbur

A Daughter of Luxury

A Daughter of Luxury

1922 · Mary Cosgrove

Patsy

1921 · Patsy

Heart of Twenty

Heart of Twenty

1920 · Katie Abbott

Seeing It Through

Seeing It Through

1920 · Betty Lawrence

Poor Relations

1919 · Daisy Perkins

The Other Half

1919 · Jennie Jones, The Jazz Kid

Better Times

1919 · Nancy Scroggs

Men, Women, and Money

1919 · Katie Jones

As the Sun Went Down

1919 · Sal Sue

A Lady's Name

1918 · Emily

The Talk of the Town

1918

A Society Sensation

1918 · Mary

How Could You, Jean?

1918 · Oscar's Sweetheart

A Modern Musketeer

1917 · A Kansas Belle (uncredited)

A Little Princess

1917 · Becky

'49–'17

1917 · Party Guest (uncredited)

Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm

1917 · Undetermined Role (uncredited)

His Fatal Beauty

His Fatal Beauty

1917 · Perscilla

A Desert Dilemma

A Desert Dilemma

1917

Tillie of the Nine Lives

1917

Uneasy Money

1917 · Suza - the Editor's Assistant

Why They Left Home

Why They Left Home

1917 · Mary Mandrake

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