
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
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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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