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Overview
Mini Biography:
Classic comedienne Zasu Pitts, she with the timid, forlorn blue eyes and... moreTrivia:
Was an excellent cook and a collector of candy recipes, which culminated... moreAwards:
Nominated for Primetime Emmy. Another 1 win moreAlternate Names:
ZaSu Pitts | Zazu PittsFilmography
Actress:
- It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World (1963) .... Gertie (switchboard operator)
- "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 - The Thrill of It All (1963) .... Olivia
- "Perry Mason" .... Daphne Whilom (1 episode, 1962)
- The Case of the Absent Artist (1962) TV episode .... Daphne Whilom - The Teenage Millionaire (1961) .... Aunt Theodora
- "Guestward Ho!" (1 episode, 1961)
- Lonesome's Gal (1961) TV episode (as ZaSu Pitts) - "Hot Off the Wire" .... Minnie Morgan (1 episode)
... aka The Jim Backus Show
- Dear Minnie (????) TV episode .... Minnie Morgan - "The Dennis O'Keefe Show" .... Loretta Kimbal (1 episode, 1960)
- Dimples (1960) TV episode .... Loretta Kimbal - "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) - This Could Be the Night (1957) .... Mrs. Katie Shea
- "Private Secretary" .... Aunt Martha (1 episode, 1957)
... aka Susie
- Not Quite Paradise (1957) TV episode .... Aunt Martha - "The Jackie Gleason Show" (1 episode, 1956)
- Episode dated 29 September 1956 (1956) TV episode - "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 - "Screen Directors Playhouse" .... Selma (1 episode, 1955)
- The Silent Partner (1955) TV episode .... Selma - "The Best of Broadway" .... Miss Preen (1 episode, 1954)
- The Man Who Came to Dinner (1954) TV episode .... Miss Preen - "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 - Francis Joins the WACS (1954) .... Lt. Valerie Humpert
- "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 - Denver and Rio Grande (1952) .... Jane Dwyer
- Francis (1950) .... Nurse Valerie Humpert
... aka Francis the Talking Mule - "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 - "The Chevrolet Tele-Theatre" (1 episode, 1948)
... aka Chevrolet Television Theatre (USA)
... aka The Broadway Playhouse
- The Flattering Word (1948) TV episode - Life with Father (1947) .... Cora Cartwright
- The Perfect Marriage (1947) .... Rosa
- Breakfast in Hollywood (1946) .... Elvira Spriggens
... aka The Mad Hatter (UK) - Let's Face It (1943) .... Cornelia Figeson
- Tish (1942) (as ZaSu Pitts) .... Aggie Pilkington
- So's Your Aunt Emma (1942) .... Aunt Emma Bates
... aka Meet the Mob (USA: TV title) - The Bashful Bachelor (1942) (as ZaSu Pitts) .... Geraldine
- Mexican Spitfire at Sea (1942) .... Miss Pepper
- Mexican Spitfire's Baby (1941) .... Miss Emily Pepper
- Miss Polly (1941) .... Miss Pandora Polly
- Weekend for Three (1941) .... Anna, Craig's Maid
- Niagara Falls (1941) .... Emmy Sawyer
- Broadway Limited (1941) .... Myra Prottle
... aka The Baby Vanishes - Uncle Joe (1941) .... Aunt Julia
- No, No, Nanette (1940) .... Pauline
- It All Came True (1940) .... Miss Flint
- Eternally Yours (1939) .... Mrs. Bingham
- Nurse Edith Cavell (1939) .... Mme. Moulin
- Mickey the Kid (1939) .... Lilly
... aka Mickey - 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
- Merry Comes to Town (1937) .... Winnie Oatfield
... aka Merry Comes to Stay (UK: alternative title) - Wanted! (1937) .... Winnie Oatfield
- Sing Me a Love Song (1936) .... Gwen Logan
... aka Let's Pretend and Come Up Smiling - The Plot Thickens (1936) .... Hildegarde Withers
... aka The Swinging Pearl Mystery (UK) - Mad Holiday (1936) .... Mrs. Fay Kinney
- Thirteen 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) .... Mrs. Cora Upshaw
- Spring Tonic (1935) .... Maggie
- Ruggles of Red Gap (1935) (as ZaSu Pitts) .... Prunella Judson
- The Gay Bride (1934) .... Mirabelle
- Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch (1934) .... Miss Tabitha Hazy, Spinster
- Their Big Moment (1934) .... Tillie Whim
... aka Afterwards (UK) - Dames (1934) .... Matilda Ounce Hemingway (misspelled Mathilda in opening credits)
- Private Scandal (1934) (as ZaSu Pitts) .... Miss Coates
- Love Birds (1934) .... Araminta Tootle
- Sing and Like It (1934) .... Annie Snodgrass
- Three on a Honeymoon (1934) .... Alice Mudge
- Two Alone (1934) .... Esthey Roberts
- The Meanest Gal in Town (1934) .... Tillie Prescott
- Mr. Skitch (1933) .... Mrs. Maddie Skitch
- Meet the Baron (1933) .... Zasu
- Aggie Appleby Maker of Men (1933) .... Sybby 'Sib'
... aka Cupid in the Rough (UK) - Love, Honor and Oh Baby! (1933) .... Connie Clark
- Her First Mate (1933) .... Mary Horner
- Professional Sweetheart (1933) .... Elmerada de Leon
... aka Imaginary Sweetheart - One Track Minds (1933)
- Hello, Sister (1933) .... Millie
... aka Clipped Wings (UK) - Out All Night (1933) .... Bonny
- The Bargain of the Century (1933)
- Maids a la Mode (1933) .... Miss Pitts
- Asleep in the Feet (1933) .... Zasu
- They Just Had to Get Married (1932) .... Molly
- Sneak Easily (1932) .... Miss Zasu Pitts - Woman of the Jury
- Madison Sq. 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
- Back Street (1932) .... Mrs. Dole
- Show Business (1932) .... Zasu
- The Vanishing Frontier (1932) .... Aunt Sylvia
- Roar of the Dragon (1932) .... Gabby tourist
- Make Me a Star (1932) (as ZaSu Pitts) .... Mrs. Scudder
- Is My Face Red? (1932) .... Telephone Operator
- The Old Bull (1932) .... Zasu
- Westward Passage (1932) .... Mrs. Truesdale
- Strangers of the Evening (1932) .... Sybil Smith
... aka Case of the Missing Corpse
... aka The Hidden Corpse (USA: reissue title) - The Trial of Vivienne Ware (1932) .... Gladys Fairweather
- Strictly Unreliable (1932) .... Pitts
- Destry Rides Again (1932) .... Temperance Worker
... aka Justice Rides Again (USA: TV title) - Shopworn (1932) .... Aunt Dot
- Red Noses (1932) .... Miss Pitts
- Steady Company (1932) .... Dot
- Seal Skins (1932)
- Broken Lullaby (1932) .... Anna, Holderlin's Maid
... aka The Man I Killed (UK) - The Unexpected Father (1932) .... Polly Perkins
- On the Loose (1931) .... Zasu
- The Secret Witness (1931) .... Bella
... aka Terror by Night - War Mamas (1931) .... Zasu
- The Guardsman (1931) .... Liesl, the Maid
- Penrod and Sam (1931) .... Mrs. Bassett
... aka The Adventures of Penrod and Sam (USA: TV title) - The Pajama Party (1931) .... Zasu
- The Big Gamble (1931) .... Nora Dugan
- Catch as Catch Can (1931) .... Zasu
- Their Mad Moment (1931) .... Miss Dibbs
- A Woman of Experience (1931) .... Katie
... aka Registered Woman - Let's Do Things (1931) .... Zasu Pitts
- Seed (1931) .... Jennie
- Beyond Victory (1931) .... 'Mlle' Fritzi Mobley
- The Bad Sister (1931) .... Minnie
- Finn and Hattie (1931) .... Mrs. Haddock
- Free Love (1930) .... Ada, the Maid
- Passion Flower (1930) .... Mrs. Harney, landlady/nurse
- Sin Takes a Holiday (1930) .... Anna 'Annie'
- River's End (1930) .... Louise
- The Lottery Bride (1930) .... Hilda
- War Nurse (1930) .... Cushie
- Monte Carlo (1930) .... Bertha
- The Squealer (1930) .... Bella
- Little Accident (1930) .... Monica
- The Devil's Holiday (1930) .... Ethel
- All Quiet on the Western Front (1930) .... Mrs. Baumer - Silent Version
- Honey (1930) .... Mayme
- No, No, Nanette (1930) .... Pauline
- This Thing Called Love (1929) .... Clara Bertrand
- The Locked Door (1929) .... Telephone Girl
- Paris (1929) .... Harriet
- Oh, Yeah! (1929) .... The Elk
... aka No Brakes (UK) - 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
- Wife Savers (1928) .... Germaine
- The Honeymoon (1928) .... Caecilia
- 13 Washington Square (1928) .... Mathilde
- Casey at the Bat (1927) .... Camille
- Her Big Night (1926) .... Gladys Smith
- Risky Business (1926) .... Agnes Wheaton
- Sunny Side Up (1926) .... Evelyn
- Early to Wed (1926) .... Mrs. Dugan
- Monte Carlo (1926/I) .... Hope Durant
- What Happened to Jones (1926) (as Zazu Pitts) .... Hilda
- Mannequin (1926) .... Annie Pogani
- The Great Love (1925) .... Nancy
- Wages for Wives (1925) .... Luella Logan
- Lazybones (1925) .... Ruth Fanning
- Thunder Mountain (1925) .... Mandy Coulter
- The Business of Love (1925)
- A Woman's Faith (1925) .... Blanche Odile
... aka The Clash - Pretty Ladies (1925) .... Maggie Keenan
- Old Shoes (1925)
- The Re-Creation of Brian Kent (1925) .... Judy
- The Great Divide (1925) .... Polly Jordan
- Greed (1924) .... Trina
- Secrets of the Night (1924) .... Celia Stebbins
- The Fast Set (1924) .... Mona
- Wine of Youth (1924) (scenes deleted) .... Lucy
- Legend of Hollywood (1924) .... Mary Brown
- Changing Husbands (1924) .... Delia
- Triumph (1924) .... A Factory Girl
- The Goldfish (1924) .... Amelia Pugsley
- Daughters of Today (1924) .... Lorena
... aka What's Your Daughter Doing? - Sunlight of Paris (1924)
- West of the Water Tower (1923) .... Dessie Arnhalt
- Tea: With a Kick! (1923) .... 'Brainy' Jones
- Three Wise Fools (1923) .... Mickey
- The Girl Who Came Back (1923) .... Anastasia Muldoon
- Poor Men's Wives (1923) .... Apple Annie
- A Daughter of Luxury (1922) .... Mary Cosgrove
- Youth to Youth (1922) .... Emily
- For the Defense (1922) .... Jennie Dunn
- Is Matrimony a Failure? (1922) .... Mrs. Wilbur
- Patsy (1921) .... Patsy
- Heart of Twenty (1920) .... Katie Abbott
- Bright Skies (1920) .... Sally
- 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 Greatest Thing in Life (1918) (scenes deleted)
- The Talk of the Town (1918)
- A Society Sensation (1918) .... Mary
- The Pie Eyed Piper (1918)
- How Could You, Jean? (1918) .... Oscar's Sweetheart
- Good Night, Paul (1918) .... Undetermined Role
- Who's Your Wife? (1918)
- A Dog's Life (1918) (scenes deleted) .... Bit part
- A Modern Musketeer (1917) (uncredited) .... A Kansas Belle
- The Little Princess (1917) .... Becky
- '49-'17 (1917) (uncredited) .... Party Guest
... aka 49-17
... aka Forty-Nine Seventeen - Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm (1917) (uncredited) .... Undetermined Role
- Why They Left Home (1917)
- Behind the Map (1917)
- O-My the Tent Mover (1917)
- The Battling Bellboy (1917)
- Canning the Cannibal King (1917)
- He Had 'em Buffaloed (1917)
- His Fatal Beauty (1917)
- A Desert Dilemma (1917)
- Tillie of the Nine Lives (1917)
- Uneasy Money (1917)
Soundtrack:
- Sing Me a Love Song (1936) (performer: "Carry Me Back to the Lone Prairie") ("Chopsticks")
... aka Let's Pretend and Come Up Smiling - Sing and Like It (1934) ("Your Mother")
Self:
- Disneyland '59 (1959) (TV) .... Herself
... aka Kodak Presents Disneyland '59 - "The Spike Jones Show" .... Herself (1 episode, 1954)
- Charity Bazaar (1954) TV episode .... Herself - "The Name's the Same" .... Herself - Contestant (1 episode, 1952)
- Episode dated 10 December 1952 (1952) TV episode .... Herself - Contestant - "What's My Line?" .... Mystery Guest (1 episode, 1952)
- Episode dated 15 June 1952 (1952) TV episode .... Mystery Guest - Screen Snapshots Series 10, No. 6 (1931) .... Herself
- 1925 Studio Tour (1925) .... Herself
- Hollywood (1923) .... Herself, Cameo appearance
... aka Joligud - Mary of the Movies (1923) (uncredited) .... Herself
- Souls for Sale (1923) .... Herself - Celebrity Actress in Commissary
Archive Footage:
- "Hollywood" (1980) .... Herself
- The Big Parade of Comedy (1964)
- Screen Snapshots: Memories of Famous Hollywood Comedians (1952) .... Herself
- Screen Snapshots: Hollywood Party (1948) .... Herself
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. morePublicity Listings:
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