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Zasu Pitts (1894–1963)

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First a silent-screen heroine, then a daft-headed character actress in US films from the 20s through the 50s. See full bio »

Born:

Eliza Susan Pitts
in Parsons, Kansas, USA

Died:

(age 69) in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA
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1963 It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World
Gertie - Switchboard Operator
 
1963 Burke's Law (TV series)
Mrs. Bowie
– Who Killed Holly Howard? (1963) … Mrs. Bowie
 
1963 The Thrill of It All
Olivia
 
1962 Perry Mason (TV series)
Daphne Whilom
– The Case of the Absent Artist (1962) … Daphne Whilom
 
1961 Teenage Millionaire
Aunt Theodora
 
1961 Guestward Ho! (TV series)
– Lonesome's Gal (1961) (as ZaSu Pitts)
 
1961 The Jim Backus Show (TV series)
Minnie Morgan
– Dear Minnie (1961) … Minnie Morgan
 
1960 The Dennis O'Keefe Show (TV series)
Loretta Kimball
– Dimples (1960) … Loretta Kimball
 
1956-1960 The Gale Storm Show: Oh, Susanna! (TV series)
Elvira Nugent / Elvira 'Nugey' Nugent / Elvira (Nugey) Nugent
– Show Biz (1960) … Elvira Nugent
– It's Magic (1960) … Elvira Nugent
– Made in Hong Kong (1960) … Elvira Nugent
– One Coin in the Fountain (1960) … Elvira Nugent
– Captain Courageous (1960) … Elvira Nugent
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1957 This Could Be the Night
Mrs. Katie Shea - Landlady
 
1957 Private Secretary (TV series)
Aunt Martha
– Not Quite Paradise (1957) … Aunt Martha
 
1956 The Red Skelton Hour (TV series)
Ma Raspin
– Public Pigeon (1956) … Ma Raspin
 
1956 The 20th Century-Fox Hour (TV series)
Miss Appleton
– Mr. Belvedere (1956) … Miss Appleton (as Zazu Pitts)
 
1955 Screen Directors Playhouse (TV series)
Selma
– The Silent Partner (1955) … Selma
 
1954 The Best of Broadway (TV series)
Miss Preen
– The Man Who Came to Dinner (1954) … Miss Preen
 
1954 Kraft Theatre (TV series)
– The Happy Touch (1954)
 
1954 Francis Joins the WACS
Lt. Valerie Humpert
 
1954 G.E. True Theater (TV series)
Aunt Laura
– Pardon My Aunt (1954) … Aunt Laura
 
1952 Denver and Rio Grande
Jane Dwyer
 
1950 Francis
Nurse Valerie Humpert
 
1949 The Philco-Goodyear Television Playhouse (TV series)
Belinda Pryde
– Ramshackle Inn (1949) … Belinda Pryde
 
1948 The Chevrolet Tele-Theatre (TV series)
– The Flattering Word (1948)
 
1947 Life with Father
Cora
 
1947 The Perfect Marriage
Rosa
 
1946 Breakfast in Hollywood
Elvira Spriggens
 
1943 Let's Face It
Cornelia Figeson
 
1942 Tish
Aggie Pilkington (as ZaSu Pitts)
 
1942 So's Your Aunt Emma!
Aunt Emma Bates
 
1942 The Bashful Bachelor
Geraldine (as ZaSu Pitts)
 
1942 Mexican Spitfire at Sea
Miss Pepper
 
1941 Mexican Spitfire's Baby
Miss Emily Pepper
 
1941 Miss Polly
Miss Pandora Polly
 
1941 Weekend for Three
Anna, Craig's Maid
 
1941 Niagara Falls (short)
Emmy Sawyer
 
1941 Broadway Limited
Myra
 
1941 Uncle Joe
Julia Jordan - the Widow
 
1940 No, No, Nanette
Pauline Hastings
 
1940 It All Came True
Miss Flint
 
1939 Eternally Yours
Mrs. Cary Bingham
 
1939 Nurse Edith Cavell
Mme. Moulin
 
1939 Mickey the Kid
Lilly Handy
 
1939 Naughty But Nice
Aunt Penelope Hardwick
 
1939 The Lady's from Kentucky
Dulcey Lee
 
1937 52nd Street
Letitia Rondell
 
1937 Forty Naughty Girls
Hildegarde Withers
 
1937 Merry Comes to Town
Winnie Oatfield
 
1937 Wanted!
Winnie Oatfield
 
1936 Sing Me a Love Song
Gwen Logan
 
1936 The Plot Thickens
Hildegarde Withers
 
1936 Mad Holiday
Mrs. Faye Kinney
 
1936 Thirteen Hours by Air
Miss Harkins
 
1935 The Affair of Susan
Susan Todd
 
1935 Hot Tip
Belle McGill
 
1935 She Gets Her Man
Esmeralda
 
1935 Going Highbrow
Mrs. Cora Upshaw
 
1935 Spring Tonic
Maggie Conklin
 
1935 Ruggles of Red Gap
Mrs. Judson (as ZaSu Pitts)
 
1934 The Gay Bride
Mirabelle
 
1934 Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch
Miss TabithaHazy
 
1934 Their Big Moment
Tillie Whim
 
1934 Dames
Mathilda
 
1934 Private Scandal
Miss Coates (as ZaSu Pitts)
 
1934 Love Birds
Araminta Tootle
 
1934 Sing and Like It
Annie Snodgrass
 
1934 Three on a Honeymoon
Alice Mudge
 
1934 Two Alone
Esthey Roberts
 
1934 The Meanest Gal in Town
Tillie Prescott
 
1933 Mr. Skitch
Mrs. Maddie Skitch
 
1933 Meet the Baron
Zasu, Upstairs Maid
 
1933 Aggie Appleby Maker of Men
Sybby 'Sib'
 
1933 Love, Honor and Oh Baby!
Connie Clark
 
1933 I've Got to Sing a Torch Song (short)
 
1933 Her First Mate
Mary Horner
 
1933 Professional Sweetheart
Elmerada de Leon
 
1933 One Track Minds (short)
 
1933 Hello, Sister!
Millie
 
1933 Out All Night
Bonny
 
1933 The Bargain of the Century (short)
Zasu Pittts
 
1933 Maids a la Mode (short)
Miss Pitts
 
1933 Asleep in the Feet (short)
Zasu
 
1932 They Just Had to Get Married
Molly Hull
 
1932 Sneak Easily (short)
Miss Zasu Pitts - Woman of the Jury
 
1932 Madison Sq. Garden
Florrie
 
1932 The Soilers (short)
Zasu
 
1932 Once in a Lifetime
Miss Leyton
 
1932 The Crooked Circle
Nora Rafferty
 
1932 Alum and Eve (short)
Zasu
 
1932 Blondie of the Follies
Gertie
 
1932 Back Street
Mrs. Dole
 
1932 Show Business (short)
Zasu
 
1932 The Vanishing Frontier
Aunt Sylvia (as ZaSu Pitts)
 
1932 Roar of the Dragon
Gabby Woman
 
1932 Make Me a Star
Mrs. Scudder (as ZaSu Pitts)
 
1932 Is My Face Red?
Morning Gazette Telephone Operator
 
1932 The Old Bull (short)
Zasu
 
1932 Westward Passage
Mrs. Truesdale
 
1932 Strangers of the Evening
Sybil Smith
 
1932 The Trial of Vivienne Ware
Gladys Fairweather
 
1932 Strictly Unreliable (short)
Pitts
 
1932 Destry Rides Again
Temperance Worker
 
1932 Shopworn
Aunt Dot
 
1932 Red Noses (short)
Miss Pitts
 
1932 Steady Company
Dot
 
1932 Seal Skins (short)
 
1932 Broken Lullaby
Anna, Holderlin's Maid
 
1932 The Unexpected Father
Polly Perkins
 
1931 On the Loose (short)
Zasu Pitts
 
1931 The Secret Witness
Bella
 
1931 War Mamas (short)
Zasu
 
1931 The Guardsman
Liesl
 
1931 Penrod and Sam
Mrs. Bassett
 
1931 The Pajama Party (short)
Zasu
 
1931 The Big Gamble
Nora Dugan
 
1931 Catch as Catch Can (short)
Zasu
 
1931 Their Mad Moment
Miss Dibbs
 
1931 A Woman of Experience
Katie
 
1931 Let's Do Things (short)
Zasu Pitts
 
1931 Seed
Jennie
 
1931 Beyond Victory
'Mlle' Fritzi Mobley
 
1931 The Bad Sister
Minnie
 
1931 Finn and Hattie
Mrs. Haddock
 
1930 Free Love
Ada, the Maid
 
1930 Passion Flower
Mrs. Harney
 
1930 Sin Takes a Holiday
Annie
 
1930 River's End
Louise
 
1930 The Lottery Bride
Hilda
 
1930 War Nurse
Cushie
 
1930 Monte Carlo
Bertha
 
1930 The Squealer
Bella
 
1930 The Little Accident
Monica
 
1930 The Devil's Holiday
Ethel
 
1930 All Quiet on the Western Front
Frau Bäumer - Silent Version Trailer only (scenes deleted)
 
1930 Honey
Mayme
 
1930 No, No, Nanette
Pauline Hastings
 
1929 This Thing Called Love
Clara Bertrand
 
1929 The Locked Door
Telephone Girl (as Zazu Pitts)
 
1929 Paris
Harriet
 
1929 Oh, Yeah!
The Elk
 
1929 Her Private Life
Timmins
 
1929 The Argyle Case
Mrs. Wyatt
 
1929 Twin Beds
Tillie
 
1929 The Squall
Lena
 
1929 The Dummy
Rose Gleason
 
1928 Sins of the Fathers
Mother Spengler
 
1928 The Wedding March
Cecelia Schweisser
 
1928 Buck Privates
Hulda
 
1928 Wife Savers
Germaine
 
1928 Sunlight (short)
The Younger Sister
 
1928 The Honeymoon
Caecilia
 
1928 13 Washington Square
Mathilde
 
1927 Casey at the Bat
Camille
 
1926 Her Big Night
Gladys Smith
 
1926 Risky Business
Agnes Wheaton
 
1926 Sunny Side Up
Evelyn
 
1926 Early to Wed
Mrs. Dugan
 
1926/I Monte Carlo
Hope Durant
 
1926 What Happened to Jones
Hilda (as Zazu Pitts)
 
1926 Mannequin
Annie Pogani
 
1925 The Great Love
Nancy
 
1925 Wages for Wives
Luella Logan
 
1925 Lazybones
Ruth Fanning
 
1925 Thunder Mountain
Mandy Coulter
 
1925 The Business of Love
 
1925 A Woman's Faith
Blanche Odile
 
1925 Pretty Ladies
Maggie Keenan
 
1925 Old Shoes
 
1925 The Re-Creation of Brian Kent
Judy
 
1925 The Great Divide
Polly Jordan
 
1924 Greed
Trina
 
1924 Secrets of the Night
Celia Stebbins
 
1924 The Fast Set
Mona
 
1924 Wine of Youth
Lucy (scenes deleted)
 
1924 Legend of Hollywood
Mary Brown
 
1924 Changing Husbands
Delia
 
1924 Triumph
A Factory Girl
 
1924 The Goldfish
Amelia Pugsley
 
1924 Daughters of Today
Lorena
 
1924 Sunlight of Paris
 
1923 West of the Water Tower
Dessie Arnhalt
 
1923 Tea: With a Kick!
'Brainy' Jones
 
1923 Three Wise Fools
Mickey
 
1923 The Girl Who Came Back
Anastasia Muldoon
 
1923 Poor Men's Wives
Apple Annie
 
1922 A Daughter of Luxury
Mary Cosgrove
 
1922 Youth to Youth
Emily
 
1922 For the Defense
Jennie Dunn
 
1922 Is Matrimony a Failure?
Mrs. Wilbur
 
1921 Patsy
Patsy
 
1920 Heart of Twenty
Katie Abbott
 
1920 Bright Skies
Sally
 
1920 Seeing It Through
Betty Lawrence
 
1919 Poor Relations
Daisy Perkins
 
1919 The Other Half
Jennie Jones, The Jazz Kid
 
1919 Better Times
Nancy Scroggs
 
1919 Men, Women, and Money
Katie Jones
 
1919 As the Sun Went Down
Sal Sue
 
1918 A Lady's Name
Emily
 
1918 The Greatest Thing in Life (scenes deleted)
 
1918 The Talk of the Town
 
1918 A Society Sensation (short)
Mary
 
1918 The Pie Eyed Piper (short)
The Fair Ellen
 
1918 How Could You, Jean?
Oscar's Sweetheart
 
1918 Good Night, Paul
Undetermined Role (unconfirmed)
 
1918 Who's Your Wife? (short)
 
1917 A Modern Musketeer
A Kansas Belle (uncredited)
 
1917 The Little Princess
Becky
 
1917 '49-'17
Party Guest (uncredited)
 
1917 Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm
Undetermined Role (uncredited)
 
1917 Why They Left Home (short)
Mary Mandrake
 
1917 Behind the Map (short)
 
1917 O-My the Tent Mover (short)
 
1917 The Battling Bellboy (short)
 
1917 Canning the Cannibal King (short)
 
1917 He Had 'em Buffaloed (short)
 
1917 His Fatal Beauty (short)
Perscilla
 
1917 A Desert Dilemma (short)
 
1917 Tillie of the Nine Lives (short)
 
1917 Uneasy Money (short)
 
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1936 Sing Me a Love Song (performer: "Chopsticks" 1877 - uncredited, "Carry Me Back to the Lone Prairie" 1933 - uncredited)
 
1934 Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch (performer: "Beulah Land" 1876 - uncredited, "Comin' Thro' the Rye" - uncredited)
 
1934 Sing and Like It (performer: "Your Mother")
 
1930 Honey (performer: "Let's Be Domestic")
 
Show ShowSelf (11 titles)
1959 Disneyland '59 (TV documentary)
Herself
 
1954 The Spike Jones Show (TV series)
Herself
– Charity Bazaar (1954) … Herself
 
1952 The Name's the Same (TV series)
Herself - Contestant
– Episode dated 10 December 1952 (1952) … Herself - Contestant
 
1952 I've Got a Secret (TV series)
Herself - Mystery Guest
– Episode dated 11 September 1952 (1952) … Herself - Mystery Guest
 
1952 What's My Line? (TV series)
Herself - Mystery Guest
– Episode dated 15 June 1952 (1952) … Herself - Mystery Guest
 
1950 The Buick-Berle Show (TV series)
Herself - Comic Actress
– Episode #3.8 (1950) … Herself - Comic Actress
 
1931 Screen Snapshots Series 10, No. 6 (short)
Herself
 
1925 1925 Studio Tour (documentary short)
Herself
 
1923 Hollywood
Herself
 
1923 Mary of the Movies
Herself (uncredited)
 
1923 Souls for Sale
Herself - Celebrity Actress in Commissary
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (7 titles)
2008 The Naked Archaeologist (TV series)
 
1994 Hal Roach: King of Laughter (TV documentary)
Herself
 
1980 Hollywood (TV mini-series documentary)
 
1964 The Big Parade of Comedy (documentary)
Mirabelle in 'The Gay Bride'
 
1952 Screen Snapshots: Memories of Famous Hollywood Comedians (documentary short)
Herself
 
1948 Screen Snapshots: Hollywood Party (short)
Herself
 
1934 And She Learned About Dames (short)
Herself (uncredited)
 

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Personal Details

Other Works:

(1944) Stage: Appeared (as "Belinda Pryde") in "Ramshackle Inn" on Broadway. Melodrama. Written by George Batson. Directed by Arthur Sircom. Royale Theatre: 5 Jan 1944-8 Jul 1944 (216 performances). Cast: Joseph Downing, Will H. Philbrick, Maurine Alexander, Mary Barthelmess, William Blees... See more »

Publicity Listings:

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Alternate Names:

ZaSu Pitts | Zazu Pitts

Height:

5' 6" (1.68 m)
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Did You Know?

Personal Quote:

[on being fired by D.W. Griffith from The Greatest Thing in Life and having all her scenes cut out because she looked too much like star Lillian Gish] Of course, I was flattered. But I was out of a job again. See more »

Trivia:

The favorite actress of Erich von Stroheim, who called her "the greatest tragedienne of the screen." See more »

Star Sign:

Capricorn