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Zasu Pitts

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Overview

Date of Death:
7 June 1963, Hollywood, California, USA (cancer) more
Mini Biography:
Classic comedienne Zasu Pitts, she with the timid, forlorn blue eyes and... more
Trivia:
Was an excellent cook and a collector of candy recipes, which culminated... more
Awards:
Nominated for Primetime Emmy. Another 1 win more
Alternate Names:
ZaSu Pitts | Zazu Pitts

Filmography

Jump to filmography as: Actress, Soundtrack, Self, Archive Footage
Actress:
  1. It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World (1963) .... Gertie (switchboard operator)
  2. "Burke's Law" .... Mrs. Bowie (1 episode, 1963)
    ... aka Amos Burke, Secret Agent (USA: new title)
        - Who Killed Holly Howard? (1963) TV episode .... Mrs. Bowie
  3. The Thrill of It All (1963) .... Olivia
  4. "Perry Mason" .... Daphne Whilom (1 episode, 1962)
        - The Case of the Absent Artist (1962) TV episode .... Daphne Whilom
  5. The Teenage Millionaire (1961) .... Aunt Theodora
  6. "Guestward Ho!" (1 episode, 1961)
        - Lonesome's Gal (1961) TV episode (as ZaSu Pitts)
  7. "Hot Off the Wire" .... Minnie Morgan (1 episode)
    ... aka The Jim Backus Show
        - Dear Minnie (????) TV episode .... Minnie Morgan
  8. "The Dennis O'Keefe Show" .... Loretta Kimbal (1 episode, 1960)
        - Dimples (1960) TV episode .... Loretta Kimbal
  9. "The Gale Storm Show" .... Elvira Nugent / ... (81 episodes, 1956-1960)
    ... aka Oh! Susanna
        - Show Biz (1960) TV episode .... Elvira Nugent
        - It's Magic (1960) TV episode .... Elvira Nugent
        - One Coin in the Fountain (1960) TV episode .... Elvira Nugent
        - Captain Daddy (1959) TV episode .... Elvira Nugent
        - Calling Scotland Yard (1959) TV episode .... Elvira Nugent
          (76 more)

  10. This Could Be the Night (1957) .... Mrs. Katie Shea
  11. "Private Secretary" .... Aunt Martha (1 episode, 1957)
    ... aka Susie
        - Not Quite Paradise (1957) TV episode .... Aunt Martha
  12. "The Jackie Gleason Show" (1 episode, 1956)
        - Episode dated 29 September 1956 (1956) TV episode
  13. "The 20th Century-Fox Hour" .... Miss Appleton (1 episode, 1956)
    ... aka Fox Hour of Stars (USA: rerun title)
        - Mr. Belvedere (1956) TV episode (as Zazu Pitts) .... Miss Appleton
  14. "Screen Directors Playhouse" .... Selma (1 episode, 1955)
        - The Silent Partner (1955) TV episode .... Selma
  15. "The Best of Broadway" .... Miss Preen (1 episode, 1954)
        - The Man Who Came to Dinner (1954) TV episode .... Miss Preen
  16. "Kraft Television Theatre" (1 episode, 1954)
    ... aka Kraft Mystery Theatre (USA: new title)
    ... aka Kraft Theatre (USA: new title)
        - The Happy Touch (1954) TV episode
  17. Francis Joins the WACS (1954) .... Lt. Valerie Humpert
  18. "General Electric Theater" .... Aunt Laura (1 episode, 1954)
    ... aka G.E. Theater (USA: informal short title)
    ... aka G.E. True Theater (USA: new title)
        - Pardon My Aunt (1954) TV episode .... Aunt Laura
  19. Denver and Rio Grande (1952) .... Jane Dwyer
  20. Francis (1950) .... Nurse Valerie Humpert
    ... aka Francis the Talking Mule

  21. "The Philco Television Playhouse" (1 episode, 1949)
    ... aka Arena Theatre (USA: new title)
    ... aka Repertory Theatre (USA: new title)
    ... aka The Philco-Goodyear Television Playhouse (USA: new title)
        - Ramshackle Inn (1949) TV episode
  22. "The Chevrolet Tele-Theatre" (1 episode, 1948)
    ... aka Chevrolet Television Theatre (USA)
    ... aka The Broadway Playhouse
        - The Flattering Word (1948) TV episode
  23. Life with Father (1947) .... Cora Cartwright
  24. The Perfect Marriage (1947) .... Rosa
  25. Breakfast in Hollywood (1946) .... Elvira Spriggens
    ... aka The Mad Hatter (UK)
  26. Let's Face It (1943) .... Cornelia Figeson
  27. Tish (1942) (as ZaSu Pitts) .... Aggie Pilkington
  28. So's Your Aunt Emma (1942) .... Aunt Emma Bates
    ... aka Meet the Mob (USA: TV title)
  29. The Bashful Bachelor (1942) (as ZaSu Pitts) .... Geraldine
  30. Mexican Spitfire at Sea (1942) .... Miss Pepper
  31. Mexican Spitfire's Baby (1941) .... Miss Emily Pepper
  32. Miss Polly (1941) .... Miss Pandora Polly
  33. Weekend for Three (1941) .... Anna, Craig's Maid
  34. Niagara Falls (1941) .... Emmy Sawyer
  35. Broadway Limited (1941) .... Myra Prottle
    ... aka The Baby Vanishes
  36. Uncle Joe (1941) .... Aunt Julia
  37. No, No, Nanette (1940) .... Pauline
  38. It All Came True (1940) .... Miss Flint

  39. Eternally Yours (1939) .... Mrs. Bingham
  40. Nurse Edith Cavell (1939) .... Mme. Moulin
  41. Mickey the Kid (1939) .... Lilly
    ... aka Mickey
  42. Naughty But Nice (1939) .... Aunt Penelope Hardwick
  43. The Lady's from Kentucky (1939) .... Dulcey Lee
  44. 52nd Street (1937) .... Letitia Rondell
  45. Forty Naughty Girls (1937) .... Hildegarde Withers
  46. Merry Comes to Town (1937) .... Winnie Oatfield
    ... aka Merry Comes to Stay (UK: alternative title)
  47. Wanted! (1937) .... Winnie Oatfield
  48. Sing Me a Love Song (1936) .... Gwen Logan
    ... aka Let's Pretend and Come Up Smiling
  49. The Plot Thickens (1936) .... Hildegarde Withers
    ... aka The Swinging Pearl Mystery (UK)
  50. Mad Holiday (1936) .... Mrs. Fay Kinney
  51. Thirteen Hours by Air (1936) .... Miss Harkins
  52. The Affair of Susan (1935) .... Susan Todd
  53. Hot Tip (1935) .... Belle McGill
  54. She Gets Her Man (1935) .... Esmeralda
  55. Going Highbrow (1935) .... Mrs. Cora Upshaw
  56. Spring Tonic (1935) .... Maggie
  57. Ruggles of Red Gap (1935) (as ZaSu Pitts) .... Prunella Judson
  58. The Gay Bride (1934) .... Mirabelle
  59. Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch (1934) .... Miss Tabitha Hazy, Spinster
  60. Their Big Moment (1934) .... Tillie Whim
    ... aka Afterwards (UK)
  61. Dames (1934) .... Matilda Ounce Hemingway (misspelled Mathilda in opening credits)
  62. Private Scandal (1934) (as ZaSu Pitts) .... Miss Coates
  63. Love Birds (1934) .... Araminta Tootle
  64. Sing and Like It (1934) .... Annie Snodgrass
  65. Three on a Honeymoon (1934) .... Alice Mudge
  66. Two Alone (1934) .... Esthey Roberts
  67. The Meanest Gal in Town (1934) .... Tillie Prescott
  68. Mr. Skitch (1933) .... Mrs. Maddie Skitch
  69. Meet the Baron (1933) .... Zasu
  70. Aggie Appleby Maker of Men (1933) .... Sybby 'Sib'
    ... aka Cupid in the Rough (UK)
  71. Love, Honor and Oh Baby! (1933) .... Connie Clark
  72. Her First Mate (1933) .... Mary Horner
  73. Professional Sweetheart (1933) .... Elmerada de Leon
    ... aka Imaginary Sweetheart
  74. One Track Minds (1933)
  75. Hello, Sister (1933) .... Millie
    ... aka Clipped Wings (UK)
  76. Out All Night (1933) .... Bonny
  77. The Bargain of the Century (1933)
  78. Maids a la Mode (1933) .... Miss Pitts
  79. Asleep in the Feet (1933) .... Zasu
  80. They Just Had to Get Married (1932) .... Molly
  81. Sneak Easily (1932) .... Miss Zasu Pitts - Woman of the Jury
  82. Madison Sq. Garden (1932) .... Florrie
  83. The Soilers (1932) .... Zasu
  84. Once in a Lifetime (1932) .... Miss Leyton
  85. The Crooked Circle (1932) .... Nora Rafferty
  86. Alum and Eve (1932) .... Zasu
  87. Blondie of the Follies (1932) .... Gertie
  88. Back Street (1932) .... Mrs. Dole
  89. Show Business (1932) .... Zasu
  90. The Vanishing Frontier (1932) .... Aunt Sylvia
  91. Roar of the Dragon (1932) .... Gabby tourist
  92. Make Me a Star (1932) (as ZaSu Pitts) .... Mrs. Scudder
  93. Is My Face Red? (1932) .... Telephone Operator
  94. The Old Bull (1932) .... Zasu
  95. Westward Passage (1932) .... Mrs. Truesdale
  96. Strangers of the Evening (1932) .... Sybil Smith
    ... aka Case of the Missing Corpse
    ... aka The Hidden Corpse (USA: reissue title)
  97. The Trial of Vivienne Ware (1932) .... Gladys Fairweather
  98. Strictly Unreliable (1932) .... Pitts
  99. Destry Rides Again (1932) .... Temperance Worker
    ... aka Justice Rides Again (USA: TV title)
  100. Shopworn (1932) .... Aunt Dot
  101. Red Noses (1932) .... Miss Pitts
  102. Steady Company (1932) .... Dot
  103. Seal Skins (1932)
  104. Broken Lullaby (1932) .... Anna, Holderlin's Maid
    ... aka The Man I Killed (UK)
  105. The Unexpected Father (1932) .... Polly Perkins
  106. On the Loose (1931) .... Zasu
  107. The Secret Witness (1931) .... Bella
    ... aka Terror by Night
  108. War Mamas (1931) .... Zasu
  109. The Guardsman (1931) .... Liesl, the Maid
  110. Penrod and Sam (1931) .... Mrs. Bassett
    ... aka The Adventures of Penrod and Sam (USA: TV title)
  111. The Pajama Party (1931) .... Zasu
  112. The Big Gamble (1931) .... Nora Dugan
  113. Catch as Catch Can (1931) .... Zasu
  114. Their Mad Moment (1931) .... Miss Dibbs
  115. A Woman of Experience (1931) .... Katie
    ... aka Registered Woman
  116. Let's Do Things (1931) .... Zasu Pitts
  117. Seed (1931) .... Jennie
  118. Beyond Victory (1931) .... 'Mlle' Fritzi Mobley
  119. The Bad Sister (1931) .... Minnie
  120. Finn and Hattie (1931) .... Mrs. Haddock
  121. Free Love (1930) .... Ada, the Maid
  122. Passion Flower (1930) .... Mrs. Harney, landlady/nurse
  123. Sin Takes a Holiday (1930) .... Anna 'Annie'
  124. River's End (1930) .... Louise
  125. The Lottery Bride (1930) .... Hilda
  126. War Nurse (1930) .... Cushie
  127. Monte Carlo (1930) .... Bertha
  128. The Squealer (1930) .... Bella
  129. Little Accident (1930) .... Monica
  130. The Devil's Holiday (1930) .... Ethel
  131. All Quiet on the Western Front (1930) .... Mrs. Baumer - Silent Version
  132. Honey (1930) .... Mayme
  133. No, No, Nanette (1930) .... Pauline

  134. This Thing Called Love (1929) .... Clara Bertrand
  135. The Locked Door (1929) .... Telephone Girl
  136. Paris (1929) .... Harriet
  137. Oh, Yeah! (1929) .... The Elk
    ... aka No Brakes (UK)
  138. Her Private Life (1929) .... Timmins
  139. The Argyle Case (1929) .... Mrs. Wyatt
  140. Twin Beds (1929) .... Tillie
  141. The Squall (1929) .... Lena
  142. The Dummy (1929) .... Rose Gleason
  143. Sins of the Fathers (1928) .... Mother Spengler
  144. The Wedding March (1928) .... Cecelia Schweisser
  145. Buck Privates (1928) .... Hulda
  146. Wife Savers (1928) .... Germaine
  147. The Honeymoon (1928) .... Caecilia
  148. 13 Washington Square (1928) .... Mathilde
  149. Casey at the Bat (1927) .... Camille
  150. Her Big Night (1926) .... Gladys Smith
  151. Risky Business (1926) .... Agnes Wheaton
  152. Sunny Side Up (1926) .... Evelyn
  153. Early to Wed (1926) .... Mrs. Dugan
  154. Monte Carlo (1926/I) .... Hope Durant
  155. What Happened to Jones (1926) (as Zazu Pitts) .... Hilda
  156. Mannequin (1926) .... Annie Pogani
  157. The Great Love (1925) .... Nancy
  158. Wages for Wives (1925) .... Luella Logan
  159. Lazybones (1925) .... Ruth Fanning
  160. Thunder Mountain (1925) .... Mandy Coulter
  161. The Business of Love (1925)
  162. A Woman's Faith (1925) .... Blanche Odile
    ... aka The Clash
  163. Pretty Ladies (1925) .... Maggie Keenan
  164. Old Shoes (1925)
  165. The Re-Creation of Brian Kent (1925) .... Judy
  166. The Great Divide (1925) .... Polly Jordan
  167. Greed (1924) .... Trina
  168. Secrets of the Night (1924) .... Celia Stebbins
  169. The Fast Set (1924) .... Mona
  170. Wine of Youth (1924) (scenes deleted) .... Lucy
  171. Legend of Hollywood (1924) .... Mary Brown
  172. Changing Husbands (1924) .... Delia
  173. Triumph (1924) .... A Factory Girl
  174. The Goldfish (1924) .... Amelia Pugsley
  175. Daughters of Today (1924) .... Lorena
    ... aka What's Your Daughter Doing?
  176. Sunlight of Paris (1924)
  177. West of the Water Tower (1923) .... Dessie Arnhalt
  178. Tea: With a Kick! (1923) .... 'Brainy' Jones
  179. Three Wise Fools (1923) .... Mickey
  180. The Girl Who Came Back (1923) .... Anastasia Muldoon
  181. Poor Men's Wives (1923) .... Apple Annie
  182. A Daughter of Luxury (1922) .... Mary Cosgrove
  183. Youth to Youth (1922) .... Emily
  184. For the Defense (1922) .... Jennie Dunn
  185. Is Matrimony a Failure? (1922) .... Mrs. Wilbur
  186. Patsy (1921) .... Patsy
  187. Heart of Twenty (1920) .... Katie Abbott
  188. Bright Skies (1920) .... Sally
  189. Seeing It Through (1920) .... Betty Lawrence

  190. Poor Relations (1919) .... Daisy Perkins
  191. The Other Half (1919) .... Jennie Jones, The Jazz Kid
  192. Better Times (1919) .... Nancy Scroggs
  193. Men, Women, and Money (1919) .... Katie Jones
  194. As the Sun Went Down (1919) .... Sal Sue
  195. A Lady's Name (1918) .... Emily
  196. The Greatest Thing in Life (1918) (scenes deleted)
  197. The Talk of the Town (1918)
  198. A Society Sensation (1918) .... Mary
  199. The Pie Eyed Piper (1918)
  200. How Could You, Jean? (1918) .... Oscar's Sweetheart
  201. Good Night, Paul (1918) .... Undetermined Role
  202. Who's Your Wife? (1918)
  203. A Dog's Life (1918) (scenes deleted) .... Bit part
  204. A Modern Musketeer (1917) (uncredited) .... A Kansas Belle
  205. The Little Princess (1917) .... Becky
  206. '49-'17 (1917) (uncredited) .... Party Guest
    ... aka 49-17
    ... aka Forty-Nine Seventeen
  207. Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm (1917) (uncredited) .... Undetermined Role
  208. Why They Left Home (1917)
  209. Behind the Map (1917)
  210. O-My the Tent Mover (1917)
  211. The Battling Bellboy (1917)
  212. Canning the Cannibal King (1917)
  213. He Had 'em Buffaloed (1917)
  214. His Fatal Beauty (1917)
  215. A Desert Dilemma (1917)
  216. Tillie of the Nine Lives (1917)
  217. Uneasy Money (1917)
Soundtrack:
  1. Sing Me a Love Song (1936) (performer: "Carry Me Back to the Lone Prairie") ("Chopsticks")
    ... aka Let's Pretend and Come Up Smiling
  2. Sing and Like It (1934) ("Your Mother")
Self:
  1. Disneyland '59 (1959) (TV) .... Herself
    ... aka Kodak Presents Disneyland '59
  2. "The Spike Jones Show" .... Herself (1 episode, 1954)
        - Charity Bazaar (1954) TV episode .... Herself
  3. "The Name's the Same" .... Herself - Contestant (1 episode, 1952)
        - Episode dated 10 December 1952 (1952) TV episode .... Herself - Contestant
  4. "What's My Line?" .... Mystery Guest (1 episode, 1952)
        - Episode dated 15 June 1952 (1952) TV episode .... Mystery Guest

  5. Screen Snapshots Series 10, No. 6 (1931) .... Herself

  6. 1925 Studio Tour (1925) .... Herself
  7. Hollywood (1923) .... Herself, Cameo appearance
    ... aka Joligud
  8. Mary of the Movies (1923) (uncredited) .... Herself
  9. Souls for Sale (1923) .... Herself - Celebrity Actress in Commissary

Additional Details

Other Works:
In 1963-64, shortly after her death, her book, Candy Hits: The Famous Star's Own Candy Recipes, was published. The book is a mix of actual candy recipes and Ms. Pitts' remembrances. more
Publicity Listings:
3 Portrayals | 9 Articles more
Genres:
Comedy | Drama | Short | Romance more
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