Zasu Pitts
Acting
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Acting Credits
Biography
Zasu Pitts (January 3, 1894 – June 7, 1963) 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,...
Known For
Filmography
The Big Parade of Comedy
1964
as Mirabelle in 'The Gay Bride' (archive footage)
The Thrill of It All
1963
as Olivia
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
1963
as Gertie - Switchboard Operator
Burke's Law
1963
as Mrs. Bowie
Teenage Millionaire
1961
as Aunt Theodora
Guestward, Ho!
1960
Disneyland '59
1959
as Self
The Dennis O'Keefe Show
1959
This Could Be the Night
1957
as Mrs. Shea
Perry Mason
1957
as Daphne Whilom
The Gale Storm Show
1956
The 20th Century Fox Hour
1955
Screen Director's Playhouse
1955
as Selma
Francis Joins the WACS
1954
as Valerie Humpert
General Electric Theater
1953
as Aunt Laura
Private Secretary
1953
Denver and Rio Grande
1952
as Jane Dwyer
Francis
1950
as Valerie Humpert
What's My Line?
1950
as Self
Lum and Abner
1949
The Philco Television Playhouse
1948
as Belinda Pryde
Life with Father
1947
as Cousin Cora Cartwright
The Perfect Marriage
1947
as Rosa
Dear Miss Gloria
1946
as Guest star
Breakfast in Hollywood
1946
as Elvira Spriggens
Let's Face It
1943
as Cornelia Pigeon
So's Your Aunt Emma!
1942
as Aunt Emma Bates
The Bashful Bachelor
1942
as Geraldine
Mexican Spitfire at Sea
1942
as Miss Pepper
Tish
1942
as Aggie Pilkington (as ZaSu Pitts)
Niagara Falls
1941
as Emmy Sawyer
Broadway Limited
1941
as Myra Pottle
Uncle Joe
1941
as Julia Jordan
Weekend for Three
1941
as Anna, Craig's Maid
The Mexican Spitfire's Baby
1941
as Emily Pepper
Miss Polly
1941
as Pandora Polly
It All Came True
1940
as Miss Flint
No, No, Nanette
1940
as Pauline Hastings
Eternally Yours
1939
as Mrs. Bingham
Nurse Edith Cavell
1939
as Mme. Moulin
Naughty but Nice
1939
as Aunt Penelope Hardwick
Mickey the Kid
1939
as Lilly Handy
The Lady's from Kentucky
1939
as Dulcey Lee
52nd Street
1937
as Letitia Rondell
Forty Naughty Girls
1937
as Hildegarde Withers
Wanted!
1937
as Winnie Oatfield
The Plot Thickens
1936
as Hildegarde Withers
Mad Holiday
1936
as Mrs. Fay Kinney
13 Hours by Air
1936
as Miss Harkins
Sing Me a Love Song
1936
as Gwen Logan
Ruggles of Red Gap
1935
as Mrs. Judson
Going Highbrow
1935
as Cora Upshaw
Spring Tonic
1935
as Maggie Conklin
The Affair of Susan
1935
as Susan Todd
She Gets Her Man
1935
as Esmeralda
Hot Tip
1935
as Belle McGill
Dames
1934
as Matilda Hemingway
Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch
1934
as Miss Hazy
Sing and Like It
1934
as Annie Snodgrass
The Gay Bride
1934
as Mirabelle
The Meanest Gal in Town
1934
as Tillie Prescott
Two Alone
1934
as Esthey Roberts
Their Big Moment
1934
as Tillie Whim
Private Scandal
1934
as Miss Coates
Love Birds
1934
as Araminta Tootle
Three on a Honeymoon
1934
as Alice Mudge
And She Learned About Dames
1934
as Herself
Meet the Baron
1933
as Zasu
Professional Sweetheart
1933
as Elmerada
Aggie Appleby, Maker of Men
1933
as Sybby 'Sib'
Mr. Skitch
1933
as Maddie Skitch
Hello, Sister!
1933
as Millie
Her First Mate
1933
as Mary Horner
The Bargain of the Century
1933
as Zasu
Asleep in the Feet
1933
as Zasu
Maids a la Mode
1933
as Miss Pitts
Love, Honor and Oh, Baby!
1933
as Connie Clark
The Vanishing Frontier
1933
as Aunt Sylvia
Out All Night
1933
as Bonny
One Track Minds
1933
as Zasu Pitts
She Whoops To Conquer
1933
as Beula
They Just Had to Get Married
1933
as Molly Hull
Mother's Helper
1933
Blondie of the Follies
1932
as Gertie
Once in a Lifetime
1932
as Miss Leyton
Shopworn
1932
as Aunt Dot
The Crooked Circle
1932
as Nora Rafferty
Strangers of the Evening
1932
as Sybil Smith
Make Me a Star
1932
as Mrs. Scudder
Westward Passage
1932
as Mrs. Truesdale
Destry Rides Again
1932
as Temperance Worker
The Trial of Vivienne Ware
1932
as Gladys Fairweather
Is My Face Red?
1932
as Morning Gazette Telephone Operator
Roar of the Dragon
1932
as Gabby Woman
Show Business
1932
as Zasu
Sealskins
1932
as Zasu Pitts
Madison Square Garden
1932
as Florrie
Steady Company
1932
as Dot
Red Noses
1932
as Miss Pitts
The Soilers
1932
as Zasu
The Old Bull
1932
as Zasu
Strictly Unreliable
1932
as Pitts
Sneak Easily
1932
as Miss Zasu Pitts - Woman of the Jury
Alum and Eve
1932
as Zasu
Broken Lullaby
1932
as Anna, Holderlin's Maid
Back Street
1932
as Mrs. Dole
The Unexpected Father
1932
as Polly Perkins
The Big Gamble
1931
as Nora Dugan
On the Loose
1931
as Zasu
The Guardsman
1931
as Liesl
The Bad Sister
1931
as Minnie
Seed
1931
as Jennie
Finn and Hattie
1931
as Mrs. Hattie Haddock
Beyond Victory
1931
as Fritzi Mobley
Catch-As Catch-Can
1931
as ZaSu
Penrod and Sam
1931
as Mrs. Bassett
A Woman of Experience
1931
as Katie
War Mamas
1931
as Zasu
The Pajama Party
1931
as Zasu
Let's Do Things
1931
as Zasu Pitts
The Secret Witness
1931
as Bella
Their Mad Moment
1931
as Miss Dibbs
The Squealer
1930
as Bella
Monte Carlo
1930
as Bertha
The Lottery Bride
1930
as Hilda
Sin Takes a Holiday
1930
as Annie
Passion Flower
1930
as Mrs. Harney
River's End
1930
as Louise
The Devil's Holiday
1930
as Ethel
No, No, Nanette
1930
as Pauline Hastings
War Nurse
1930
as Cushie
Honey
1930
as Mayme
Little Accident
1930
as Monica
Free Love
1930
as Ada, the Maid
The Honeymoon
1929
as Caecilia
The Dummy
1929
as Rose Gleason
The Locked Door
1929
as Telephone Girl
Oh, Yeah!
1929
as The Elk
The Squall
1929
as Lena
The Argyle Case
1929
as Mrs. Wyatt
Twin Beds
1929
as Tillie
Paris
1929
as Harriet
This Thing Called Love
1929
as Clara Bertrand
Her Private Life
1929
as Timmins
13 Washington Square
1928
as The Maid
Wife Savers
1928
as Germaine
The Wedding March
1928
as Cecelia Schweisser
Buck Privates
1928
as Hulda
Sins of the Fathers
1928
as Mother Spengler
Casey at the Bat
1927
as Camille
What Happened to Jones?
1926
as Hilda (as Zazu Pitts)
Risky Business
1926
as Agnes Wheaton
The Great Love
1926
as Nancy
Monte Carlo
1926
as Hope Durant
Mannequin
1926
as Annie Pogani
Sunny Side Up
1926
as Evelyn
Early to Wed
1926
as Mrs. Dugan
Her Big Night
1926
as Gladys Smith
Thunder Mountain
1925
as Mandy Coulter
Pretty Ladies
1925
as Maggie Keenan
Lazybones
1925
as Ruth Fanning
1925 Studio Tour
1925
as Self
The Great Divide
1925
as Polly Jordan
Old Shoes
1925
Wages for Wives
1925
as Luella Logan
The Re-Creation of Brian Kent
1925
as Judy
A Woman's Faith
1925
as Blanche Odile
Greed
1924
as Trina
Changing Husbands
1924
as Delia
The Fast Set
1924
as Mona
Secrets of the Night
1924
as Celia Stebbins
The Goldfish
1924
as Amelia Pugsley
West of the Water Tower
1924
as Dessie Arnhalt
Daughters of Today
1924
as Lorena
Hollywood
1923
as Zasu Pitts
Three Wise Fools
1923
as Mickey
Souls for Sale
1923
as Self - Celebrity Actress in Commissary
Mary of the Movies
1923
as Zasu Pitts (uncredited)
Tea- With a Kick!
1923
as 'Brainy' Jones
Poor Men's Wives
1923
as Apple Annie
The Girl Who Came Back
1923
as Anastasia Muldoon
A Daughter of Luxury
1922
as Mary Cosgrove
For the Defense
1922
as Jennie Dunn
Is Matrimony a Failure?
1922
as Mrs. Wilbur
Youth to Youth
1922
as Emily
Patsy
1921
as Patsy
Heart of Twenty
1920
as Katie Abbott
Seeing It Through
1920
as Betty Lawrence
The Other Half
1919
as Jennie Jones, The Jazz Kid
Better Times
1919
as Nancy Scroggs
Men, Women, and Money
1919
as Katie Jones
Poor Relations
1919
as Daisy Perkins
As the Sun Went Down
1919
as Sal Sue
The Talk of the Town
1918
How Could You, Jean?
1918
as Oscar's Sweetheart
A Society Sensation
1918
as Mary
A Lady's Name
1918
as Emily
A Little Princess
1917
as Becky
A Modern Musketeer
1917
as A Kansas Belle (uncredited)
Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm
1917
as Undetermined Role (uncredited)
'49 – '17
1917
as Party Guest (uncredited)
Uneasy Money
1917
as Suza - the Editor's Assistant
Tillie of the Nine Lives
1917
A Desert Dilemma
1917
His Fatal Beauty
1917
as Perscilla
Why They Left Home
1917
as Mary Mandrake