Biography
Zasu Pitts (; January 3, 1894 – June 7, 1963) was an American actress who starred in many silent dramas, including Erich von Stroheim's epic 1924 silent film Greed, and comedies, transitioning successfully to mostly comedy films with the advent of sound films. She also appeared on numerous radio shows. Her career as an entertainer spanned nearly 50 years, and she was awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1960.
Her parents named her "ZaSu" as an amalgamation of the two maiden aunts she had been named for.
Filmography
All 181
Movies 171
Self 13
TV Shows 10
(archive footage)
The Big Parade of Comedy (1964)
Movie
Gertie - Switchboard Operator
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963)
Movie
5.79
Mrs. Bowie
Burke's Law (1963)
TV Show
6
Olivia
The Thrill of It All (1963)
Movie
6
Aunt Theodora
Teenage Millionaire (1961)
Movie
Guestward, Ho! (1960)
TV Show
The Dennis O'Keefe Show (1959)
TV Show
Self
Disneyland '59 (1959)
Movie
Daphne Whilom
Perry Mason (1957)
TV Show
4.33
Mrs. Shea
This Could Be the Night (1957)
Movie
Elvira Nugent / Elvira 'Nugey' Nugent / Elvira (Nugey) Nugent
The Gale Storm Show (1956)
TV Show
Selma
The Silent Partner (1955)
Movie
The 20th Century Fox Hour (1955)
TV Show
Valerie Humpert
Francis Joins the WACS (1954)
Movie
Aunt Laura
General Electric Theater (1953)
TV Show
Private Secretary (1953)
TV Show
Jane Dwyer
Denver and Rio Grande (1952)
Movie
Valerie Humpert
Francis (1950)
Movie
Self - Mystery Guest
What's My Line? (1950)
TV Show
Actress
Lum and Abner (1949)
Movie
Belinda Pryde
The Philco Television Playhouse (1948)
TV Show
Cousin Cora Cartwright
Life with Father (1947)
Movie
Rosa
The Perfect Marriage (1947)
Movie
Elvira Spriggens
Breakfast in Hollywood (1946)
Movie
Guest star
Dear Miss Gloria (1946)
Movie
Cornelia Figeson
Let's Face It (1943)
Movie
Aggie Pilkington
Tish (1942)
Movie
Aunt Emma Bates
So's Your Aunt Emma! (1942)
Movie
6
Geraldine
The Bashful Bachelor (1942)
Movie
Miss Pepper
Mexican Spitfire at Sea (1942)
Movie
Anna, Craig's Maid
Weekend for Three (1941)
Movie
Miss Emily Pepper
The Mexican Spitfire's Baby (1941)
Movie
Miss Polly
Miss Polly (1941)
Movie
Emmy Sawyer
Niagara Falls (1941)
Movie
Myra Pottle
Broadway Limited (1941)
Movie
Julia Jordan
Uncle Joe (1941)
Movie
Pauline Hastings
No, No, Nanette (1940)
Movie
Miss Flint
It All Came True (1940)
Movie
Cary Bingham
Eternally Yours (1939)
Movie
Mme. Moulin
Nurse Edith Cavell (1939)
Movie
Lilly Handy
Mickey the Kid (1939)
Movie
Aunt Penelope Hardwick
Naughty But Nice (1939)
Movie
Dulcey Lee
The Lady's from Kentucky (1939)
Movie
Letitia Rondell
52nd Street (1937)
Movie
Hildegarde Withers
Forty Naughty Girls (1937)
Movie
Winnie Oatfield
Wanted! (1937)
Movie
Gwen Logan
Sing Me a Love Song (1936)
Movie
Hildegarde Withers
The Plot Thickens (1936)
Movie
Mrs. Kinney
Mad Holiday (1936)
Movie
Miss Harkins
13 Hours by Air (1936)
Movie
Susan Todd
The Affair of Susan (1935)
Movie
Mrs. Upshaw
Going Highbrow (1935)
Movie
Belle McGill
Hot Tip (1935)
Movie
Esmeralda
She Gets Her Man (1935)
Movie
Maggie Conklin
Spring Tonic (1935)
Movie
Prunella Judson
Ruggles of Red Gap (1935)
Movie
Mirabelle
The Gay Bride (1934)
Movie
Miss Hazy
Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch (1934)
Movie
Mathilda Hemingway
Dames (1934)
Movie
6
Tillie Whim
Their Big Moment (1934)
Movie
Araminta Tootle
Love Birds (1934)
Movie
Annie Snodgrass
Sing and Like it (1934)
Movie
Self
And She Learned About Dames (1934)
Movie
Alice Mudge
Three on a Honeymoon (1934)
Movie
Esthey Roberts
Two Alone (1934)
Movie
Tillie Prescott
The Meanest Gal in Town (1934)
Movie
Maddie Skitch
Mr. Skitch (1933)
Movie
Zasu - Upstairs Maid
Meet the Baron (1933)
Movie
Sybby 'Sib'
Aggie Appleby, Maker of Men (1933)
Movie
Mary Horner
Her First Mate (1933)
Movie
Elmerada de Leon
Professional Sweetheart (1933)
Movie
Actress
One Track Minds (1933)
Movie
Millie
Hello, Sister! (1933)
Movie
Bonny
Out All Night (1933)
Movie
Zasu Pittts
The Bargain of the Century (1933)
Movie
Aunt Sylvia
The Vanishing Frontier (1933)
Movie
Miss Pitts
Maids a la Mode (1933)
Movie
Zasu Pitts
Asleep in the Feet (1933)
Movie
Molly Hull
They Just Had to Get Married (1933)
Movie
She Whoops To Conquer (1933)
Movie
Miss Zasu Pitts - Woman of the Jury
Sneak Easily (1932)
Movie
Florrie
Madison Sq. Garden (1932)
Movie
Zasu
The Soilers (1932)
Movie
Miss Leyton
Once in a Lifetime (1932)
Movie
Nora Rafferty
The Crooked Circle (1932)
Movie
Zasu
Alum and Eve (1932)
Movie
Gertie
Blondie of the Follies (1932)
Movie
Zasu Pitts
Show Business (1932)
Movie
Mrs. Dole
Back Street (1932)
Movie
Gabby Woman
Roar of the Dragon (1932)
Movie
Mrs. Scudder
Make Me a Star (1932)
Movie
Morning Gazette Telephone Operator
Is My Face Red? (1932)
Movie
Zasu
The Old Bull (1932)
Movie
Mrs. Truesdale
Westward Passage (1932)
Movie
Sybil Smith
Strangers of the Evening (1932)
Movie
Gladys Fairweather
The Trial of Vivienne Ware (1932)
Movie
Pitts
Strictly Unreliable (1932)
Movie
Temperance Worker
Destry Rides Again (1932)
Movie
Dot
Shopworn (1932)
Movie
Miss Pitts
Red Noses (1932)
Movie
Dot
Steady Company (1932)
Movie
Zasu Pitts
Sealskins (1932)
Movie
Anna, Holderlin's Maid
Broken Lullaby (1932)
Movie
Polly Perkins
The Unexpected Father (1932)
Movie
Zasu Pitts
On the Loose (1931)
Movie
Bella
The Secret Witness (1931)
Movie
Zasu
War Mamas (1931)
Movie
Liesl
The Guardsman (1931)
Movie
Zasu Pitts
The Pajama Party (1931)
Movie
Mrs. Bassett
Penrod and Sam (1931)
Movie
Nora Dugan
The Big Gamble (1931)
Movie
Zasu
Catch-As Catch-Can (1931)
Movie
Miss Dibbs
Their Mad Moment (1931)
Movie
Katie
A Woman of Experience (1931)
Movie
Zasu Pitts
Let's Do Things (1931)
Movie
Jennie
Seed (1931)
Movie
'Mlle' Fritzi Mobley
Beyond Victory (1931)
Movie
Minnie
The Bad Sister (1931)
Movie
Mrs. Haddock
Finn and Hattie (1931)
Movie
Mrs. Harney
Passion Flower (1930)
Movie
Free Love (1930)
Movie
Cushie
War Nurse (1930)
Movie
Annie
Sin Takes a Holiday (1930)
Movie
Louise
River's End (1930)
Movie
Hilda
The Lottery Bride (1930)
Movie
Bertha
Monte Carlo (1930)
Movie
Bella
The Squealer (1930)
Movie
Monica
Little Accident (1930)
Movie
Ethel
The Devil's Holiday (1930)
Movie
6
Mayme
Honey (1930)
Movie
Pauline Hastings
No, No, Nanette (1930)
Movie
Caecilia
The Honeymoon (1929)
Movie
Clara Bertrand
This Thing Called Love (1929)
Movie
Telephone Girl
The Locked Door (1929)
Movie
Harriet
Paris (1929)
Movie
The Elk
Oh, Yeah! (1929)
Movie
Timmins
Her Private Life (1929)
Movie
Lena
The Squall (1929)
Movie
Rose Gleason
The Dummy (1929)
Movie
Mother Spengler
Sins of the Fathers (1928)
Movie
Cecelia Schweisser
The Wedding March (1928)
Movie
Hulda
Buck Privates (1928)
Movie
Mathilde
13 Washington Square (1928)
Movie
Germaine
Wife Savers (1928)
Movie
Camille Gibson
Casey at the Bat (1927)
Movie
Hope Durant
Dreams of Monte Carlo (1926)
Movie
Agnes Wheaton
Risky Business (1926)
Movie
Evelyn
Sunny Side Up (1926)
Movie
Nancy
The Great Love (1926)
Movie
Hilda (as Zazu Pitts)
What Happened to Jones (1926)
Movie
Annie Pogani
Mannequin (1926)
Movie
Ruth Fanning
Lazybones (1925)
Movie
6
Mandy Coulter
Thunder Mountain (1925)
Movie
Maggie Keenan
Pretty Ladies (1925)
Movie
Self
1925 Studio Tour (1925)
Movie
Actress
Old Shoes (1925)
Movie
Polly Jordan
The Great Divide (1925)
Movie
Trina
Greed (1924)
Movie
4.62
Celia Stebbins
Secrets of the Night (1924)
Movie
Delia
Changing Husbands (1924)
Movie
Amelia Pugsley
The Goldfish (1924)
Movie
'Brainy' Jones
Tea: With a Kick! (1923)
Movie
Mickey
Three Wise Fools (1923)
Movie
Zasu Pitts (uncredited)
Mary of the Movies (1923)
Movie
Herself - Celebrity Actress in Commissary
Souls for Sale (1923)
Movie
Apple Annie
Poor Men's Wives (1923)
Movie
Jennie Dunn
For the Defense (1922)
Movie
Mary Cosgrove
A Daughter of Luxury (1922)
Movie
Patsy
Patsy (1921)
Movie
Betty Lawrence
Seeing It Through (1920)
Movie
Jennie Jones - The Jazz Kid
The Other Half (1919)
Movie
Nancy Scroggs
Better Times (1919)
Movie
Emily
A Lady's Name (1918)
Movie
The Talk of the Town (1918)
Movie
Mary
A Society Sensation (1918)
Movie
Oscar's Sweetheart
How Could You, Jean? (1918)
Movie
A Kansas Belle (uncredited)
A Modern Musketeer (1917)
Movie
Becky
A Little Princess (1917)
Movie
Party Guest (uncredited)
'49–'17 (1917)
Movie
Undetermined Role (uncredited)
Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm (1917)
Movie
6
Mrs. Dugan
Early to Wed
Movie
Ratings
Average 5.23
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Information
Known forActing
GenderFemale
Birthday1894-01-03
Deathday1963-06-07 (69 years old)
Place of birthKansas, United States of America
RelationshipsTom Gallery (1920-01-01 - 1933-01-01)
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
Also known asZazu Pitts, Eliza Susan Pitts, ZaSu Pitts
Awardsstar on Hollywood Walk of Fame
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