Zasu Pitts

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Female

Birthday

1894-01-02 (69 years old)

Deathday

1963-06-07

Place of Birth

Parsons, Kansas, USA

Zasu Pitts

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 ...

Acting

1924

Greed

as Trina

1963

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

as Gertie - Switchboard Operator

1925

Thunder Mountain

as Mandy Coulter

1928

1930

The Squealer

as Bella

1935

Ruggles of Red Gap

as Mrs. Judson

1947

Life with Father

as Cousin Cora Cartwright

1950

Francis

as Valerie Humpert

1931

The Big Gamble

as Nora Dugan

1937

52nd Street

as Letitia Rondell

1934

Dames

as Matilda Hemingway

1929

The Honeymoon

as Caecilia

1929

The Dummy

as Rose Gleason

1921

Patsy

as Patsy

1928

Wife Savers

as Germaine

1940

It All Came True

as Miss Flint

1929

The Locked Door

as Telephone Girl

1946

Dear Miss Gloria

as Guest star

1931

1929

Oh, Yeah!

as The Elk

1924

1939

Eternally Yours

as Cary Bingham

1931

1926

What Happened to Jones

as Hilda (as Zazu Pitts)

1957

1936

The Plot Thickens

as Hildegarde Withers

1932

Once in a Lifetime

as Miss Leyton

1932

Shopworn

as Aunt Dot

1923

Hollywood

as Zasu Pitts

1930

Monte Carlo

as Bertha

1931

1932

The Crooked Circle

as Nora Rafferty

1932

1937

Forty Naughty Girls

as Hildegarde Withers

1936

Mad Holiday

as Mrs. Fay Kinney

1917

1933

1942

So's Your Aunt Emma!

as Aunt Emma Bates

1932

Make Me a Star

as Mrs. Scudder

1935

Going Highbrow

as Cora Upshaw

1952

1942

1941

Niagara Falls

as Emmy Sawyer

1941

Broadway Limited

as Myra Pottle

1930

1932

Westward Passage

as Mrs. Truesdale

1925

Pretty Ladies

as Maggie Keenan

1929

The Squall

as Lena

1930

Passion Flower

as Mrs. Harney

1934

Sing and Like It

as Annie Snodgrass

1943

Let's Face It

as Cornelia Pigeon

1935

Spring Tonic

as Maggie Conklin

1942

1934

The Gay Bride

as Mirabelle

1931

Seed

as Jennie

1941

Uncle Joe

as Julia Jordan

1961

Teenage Millionaire

as Aunt Theodora

1932

Destry Rides Again

as Temperance Worker

1933

1941

Weekend for Three

as Anna, Craig's Maid

1941

1933

Mr. Skitch

as Maddie Skitch

1936

13 Hours by Air

as Miss Harkins

1934

The Meanest Gal in Town

as Tillie Prescott

1939

Nurse Edith Cavell

as Mme. Moulin

1934

Two Alone

as Esthey Roberts

1930

River's End

as Louise

1931

Finn and Hattie

as Mrs. Hattie Haddock

1932

The Trial of Vivienne Ware

as Gladys Fairweather

1933

1932

Is My Face Red?

as Morning Gazette Telephone Operator

1933

Her First Mate

as Mary Horner

1932

Roar of the Dragon

as Gabby Woman

1924

1932

1932

Sealskins

as Zasu Pitts

1926

Risky Business

as Agnes Wheaton

1931

Beyond Victory

as Fritzi Mobley

1932

1932

1927

1932

Red Noses

as Miss Pitts

1931

Penrod and Sam

as Mrs. Bassett

1925

Lazybones

as Ruth Fanning

1942

Tish

as Aggie Pilkington (as ZaSu Pitts)

1933

Maids a la Mode

as Miss Pitts

1935

The Affair of Susan

as Susan Todd

1936

Sing Me a Love Song

as Gwen Logan

1933

1919

The Other Half

as Jennie Jones, The Jazz Kid

1933

1918

How Could You, Jean?

as Oscar's Sweetheart

1923

1926

1923

Souls for Sale

as Self - Celebrity Actress in Commissary

1917

A Modern Musketeer

as A Kansas Belle (uncredited)

1933

1922

A Daughter of Luxury

as Mary Cosgrove

1931

War Mamas

as Zasu

1932

1931

1932

1932

Sneak Easily

as Miss Zasu Pitts - Woman of the Jury

1933

One Track Minds

as Zasu Pitts

1931

Let's Do Things

as Zasu Pitts

1932

1928

The Wedding March

as Cecelia Schweisser

1935

She Gets Her Man

as Esmeralda

1931

1939

Naughty But Nice

as Aunt Penelope Hardwick

1934

Their Big Moment

as Tillie Whim

1930

No, No, Nanette

as Pauline Hastings

1941

Miss Polly

as Pandora Polly

1930

War Nurse

as Cushie

1926

Monte Carlo

as Hope Durant

1917

Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm

as Undetermined Role (uncredited)

1917

'49–'17

as Party Guest (uncredited)

1920

Heart of Twenty

as Katie Abbott

1939

Mickey the Kid

as Lilly Handy

1934

Private Scandal

as Miss Coates

1929

The Argyle Case

as Mrs. Wyatt

1918

1932

Broken Lullaby

as Anna, Holderlin's Maid

1946

Breakfast in Hollywood

as Elvira Spriggens

1931

Their Mad Moment

as Miss Dibbs

1932

Back Street

as Mrs. Dole

1929

Twin Beds

as Tillie

1934

Love Birds

as Araminta Tootle

1955

1935

Hot Tip

as Belle McGill

1924

Secrets of the Night

as Celia Stebbins

1954

Francis Joins the WACS

as Valerie Humpert

1940

No, No, Nanette

as Pauline Hastings

1925

1930

Honey

as Mayme

1934

Three on a Honeymoon

as Alice Mudge

1926

Mannequin

as Annie Pogani

1930

1939

1925

The Great Divide

as Polly Jordan

1930

Free Love

as Ada, the Maid

1929

Paris

as Harriet

1928

1922

For the Defense

as Jennie Dunn

1964

The Big Parade of Comedy

as Mirabelle in 'The Gay Bride' (archive footage)

1929

This Thing Called Love

as Clara Bertrand

1937

Wanted!

as Winnie Oatfield

1929

1923

Mary of the Movies

as Zasu Pitts (uncredited)

1919

Better Times

as Nancy Scroggs

1923

Tea- With a Kick!

as 'Brainy' Jones

1923

Poor Men's Wives

as Apple Annie

1926

Sunny Side Up

as Evelyn

1959

1924

The Goldfish

as Amelia Pugsley

1928

Sins of the Fathers

as Mother Spengler

1932

The Unexpected Father

as Polly Perkins

1920

Seeing It Through

as Betty Lawrence

1926

Early to Wed

as Mrs. Dugan

1925

Wages for Wives

as Luella Logan

1917

Uneasy Money

as Suza - the Editor's Assistant

1924

West of the Water Tower

as Dessie Arnhalt

1919

Men, Women, and Money

as Katie Jones

1926

Her Big Night

as Gladys Smith

1917

His Fatal Beauty

as Perscilla

1919

Poor Relations

as Daisy Perkins

1919

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