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ZaSu Pitts 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.
Birth Name
Eliza Susan Pitts
Born
Wednesday, 03 January 1894
Died
Friday, 07 June 1963
Actress Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| The Green Fog | Trina Sieppe | 2018 |
| Hollywoods Spaßfabrik - Als die Bilder Lachen lernten | (archive footage) | 2014 |
| The Naked Archaeologist | Tillie Prescott / Screaming Woman | 2005 |
| Hollywood | Actress 'Greed' | 1980 |
| The Big Parade of Comedy | Mirabelle in 'The Gay Bride' / (archive footage) | 1964 |
| It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World | Gertie - Switchboard Operator | 1963 |
| Burke's Law | Mrs. Bowie | 1963 |
| The Thrill of It All | Olivia | 1963 |
| Teenage Millionaire | Aunt Theodora | 1961 |
| The Jim Backus Show | Minnie Morgan | 1960 |
Actress Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| The Green Fog | Trina Sieppe | 2018 |
| Hollywoods Spaßfabrik - Als die Bilder Lachen lernten | (archive footage) | 2014 |
| The Naked Archaeologist | Tillie Prescott / Screaming Woman | 2005 |
| Hollywood | Actress 'Greed' | 1980 |
| The Big Parade of Comedy | Mirabelle in 'The Gay Bride' / (archive footage) | 1964 |
| It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World | Gertie - Switchboard Operator | 1963 |
| Burke's Law | Mrs. Bowie | 1963 |
| The Thrill of It All | Olivia | 1963 |
| Teenage Millionaire | Aunt Theodora | 1961 |
| The Jim Backus Show | Minnie Morgan | 1960 |
| Guestward Ho! | (as ZaSu Pitts) | 1960 |
| Here's Hollywood | Self | 1960 |
| The Dennis O'Keefe Show | Loretta Kimball | 1959 |
| About Faces | Self | 1959 |
| Perry Mason | Daphne Whilom | 1957 |
| This Could Be the Night | Mrs. Katie Shea - Landlady / Mrs. Shea | 1957 |
| The Gale Storm Show: Oh! Susanna | Elvira Nugent / Elvira 'Nugey' Nugent / Elvira (Nugey) Nugent | 1956 |
| Screen Directors Playhouse | Selma | 1955 |
| The 20th Century-Fox Hour | Miss Appleton | 1955 |
| The Best of Broadway | Miss Preen | 1954 |
| Francis Joins the WACS | Lt. Valerie Humpert / Valerie Humpert | 1954 |
| The Spike Jones Show | Self | 1954 |
| General Electric Theater | Aunt Laura | 1953 |
| Private Secretary | Aunt Martha | 1953 |
| I've Got a Secret | Self - Guest | 1952 |
| Denver & Rio Grande | Jane Dwyer | 1952 |
| The Name's the Same | Self - Contestant | 1951 |
| The Red Skelton Hour | Ma Raspin | 1951 |
| Francis | Nurse Valerie Humpert / Valerie Humpert | 1950 |
| What's My Line? | Herself - Mystery Guest | 1950 |
| The Philco Television Playhouse | Belinda Pryde | 1948 |
| The Milton Berle Show | Self | 1948 |
| Life with Father | Cora / Cousin Cora Cartwright | 1947 |
| The Perfect Marriage | Rosa | 1946 |
| Breakfast in Hollywood | Elvira Spriggens | 1946 |
| Dear Miss Gloria | Guest star | 1946 |
| Let's Face It | Cornelia Figeson / Cornelia Pigeon | 1943 |
| Tish | Aggie Pilkington (as ZaSu Pitts) / Aggie Pilkington | 1942 |
| So's Your Aunt Emma! | Aunt Emma Bates | 1942 |
| The Bashful Bachelor | Geraldine | 1942 |
| Mexican Spitfire at Sea | Miss Pepper | 1942 |
| The Mexican Spitfire's Baby | Miss Emily Pepper / Emily Pepper | 1941 |
| Miss Polly | Miss Pandora Polly / Pandora Polly | 1941 |
| Weekend for Three | Anna / Anna, Craig's Maid | 1941 |
| Uncle Joe | Julia Jordan | 1941 |
| Niagara Falls | Emmy Sawyer | 1941 |
| Broadway Limited | Myra Pottle | 1941 |
| No, No, Nanette | Pauline Hastings | 1940 |
| It All Came True | Miss Flint | 1940 |
| Eternally Yours | Mrs. Cary Bingham / 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 | 1939 |
| 52nd Street | Letitia Rondell | 1937 |
| Merry Comes to Town | Winnie Oatfield | 1937 |
| Wanted! | Winnie Oatfield | 1937 |
| Forty Naughty Girls | Hildegarde Withers | 1937 |
| Sing Me a Love Song | Gwen Logan | 1937 |
| The Plot Thickens | Hildegarde Withers | 1936 |
| Mad Holiday | Mrs. Kinney / Mrs. Fay Kinney | 1936 |
| 13 Hours by Air | Miss Harkins | 1936 |
| The Affair of Susan | Susan Todd | 1935 |
| Hot Tip | Belle McGill | 1935 |
| She Gets Her Man | Esmeralda | 1935 |
| Going Highbrow | Mrs. Upshaw / Cora Upshaw | 1935 |
| Spring Tonic | Maggie Conklin | 1935 |
| Ruggles of Red Gap | Prunella Judson / Mrs. Judson | 1935 |
| The Gay Bride | Mirabelle | 1934 |
| Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch | Miss Hazy | 1934 |
| Dames | Matilda Hemingway / Mathilda | 1934 |
| Their Big Moment | Tillie Whim | 1934 |
| Private Scandal | Miss Coates | 1934 |
| Sing and Like It | Annie Snodgrass | 1934 |
| Love Birds | Araminta Tootle | 1934 |
| And She Learned About Dames | Herself / Self | 1934 |
| Two Alone | Esthey Roberts | 1934 |
| The Meanest Gal in Town | Tillie Prescott | 1934 |
| Mr. Skitch | Maddie Skitch / Mrs. Maddie Skitch | 1933 |
| Meet the Baron | Zasu - Upstairs Maid / Zasu | 1933 |
| Aggie Appleby, Maker of Men | Sybby 'Sib' | 1933 |
| Her First Mate | Mary Horner | 1933 |
| Professional Sweetheart | Elmerada de Leon | 1933 |
| One Track Minds | 1933 | |
| Hello, Sister! | Millie | 1933 |
| Out All Night | Bonny | 1933 |
| The Bargain of the Century | Zasu / Zasu Pittts | 1933 |
| Maids a la Mode | Miss Pitts | 1933 |
| Asleep in the Feet | Zasu / Zasu Pitts | 1933 |
| They Just Had to Get Married | Molly Hull | 1933 |
| Madison Square Garden | Florrie | 1932 |
| The Soilers | Zasu | 1932 |
| Once in a Lifetime | Miss Leighton / Miss Leyton | 1932 |
| The Crooked Circle | Nora Rafferty | 1932 |
| Alum and Eve | Zasu | 1932 |
| Back Street | Mrs. Dole | 1932 |
| Blondie of the Follies | Gertie | 1932 |
| Show Business | Zasu / Zasu Pitts | 1932 |
| The Vanishing Frontier | Aunt Sylvia | 1932 |
| Roar of the Dragon | Gabby Woman | 1932 |
| Make Me a Star | Mrs. Scudder | 1932 |
| Is My Face Red? | Morning Gazette Telephone Operator | 1932 |
| The Old Bull | Zasu | 1932 |
| Westward Passage | Mrs. Truesdale | 1932 |
| Strangers of the Evening | Sybil Smith | 1932 |
| The Trial of Vivienne Ware | Gladys Fairweather | 1932 |
| Destry Rides Again | Temperance Worker | 1932 |
| Shopworn | Dot / Aunt Dot | 1932 |
| Red Noses | Miss Pitts | 1932 |
| Steady Company | Dot | 1932 |
| Sealskins | Zasu Pitts | 1932 |
| Broken Lullaby | Anna, Holderlin's Maid | 1932 |
| On the Loose | Zasu Pitts / Zasu | 1931 |
| The Secret Witness | Bella | 1931 |
| War Mamas | Zasu | 1931 |
| The Guardsman | Liesl | 1931 |
| Penrod and Sam | Mrs. Bassett | 1931 |
| The Big Gamble | Nora Dugan | 1931 |
| Catch-As Catch-Can | Zasu | 1931 |
| A Woman of Experience | Katie | 1931 |
| Their Mad Moment | Miss Dibbs | 1931 |
| Let's Do Things | Zasu Pitts | 1931 |
| Seed | Jennie | 1931 |
| Beyond Victory | 'Mlle' Fritzi Mobley / Fritzi Mobley | 1931 |
| Bad Sister | Minnie | 1931 |
| Finn and Hattie | Mrs. Hattie Haddock / Mrs. Haddock | 1931 |
| Passion Flower | Mrs. Harney | 1930 |
| War Nurse | Cushie | 1930 |
| Sin Takes a Holiday | Annie | 1930 |
| River's End | Louise | 1930 |
| The Lottery Bride | Hilda | 1930 |
| Monte Carlo | Bertha | 1930 |
| Little Accident | Monica | 1930 |
| The Devil's Holiday | Ethel | 1930 |
| All Quiet on the Western Front | Frau Bäumer - Silent Version Trailer only | 1930 |
| Honey | Mayme | 1930 |
| No, No, Nanette | Pauline Hastings | 1930 |
| Her Private Life | Timmins | 1930 |
| The Locked Door | Telephone Girl | 1929 |
| Oh, Yeah? | The Elk | 1929 |
| The Argyle Case | Mrs. Wyatt | 1929 |
| The Squall | Lena | 1929 |
| The Dummy | Rose Gleason | 1929 |
| Sins of the Fathers | Mother Spengler | 1928 |
| The Wedding March | Cecelia Schweisser | 1928 |
| 13 Washington Square | Mathilde / The Maid | 1928 |
| Wife Savers | Germaine | 1928 |
| Casey at the Bat | Camille / Camille Gibson | 1927 |
| Her Big Night | Gladys Smith | 1926 |
| Risky Business | Agnes Wheaton | 1926 |
| Early to Wed | Mrs. Dugan | 1926 |
| What Happened to Jones? | Hilda / Hilda (as Zazu Pitts) | 1926 |
| Mannequin | Annie Pogani | 1926 |
| Wages for Wives | Luella Logan | 1925 |
| Lazybones | Ruth Fanning | 1925 |
| Thunder Mountain | Mandy Coulter | 1925 |
| Pretty Ladies | Maggie Keenan | 1925 |
| The Business of Love | Miss Wright | 1925 |
| 1925 Studio Tour | Self | 1925 |
| The Re-Creation of Brian Kent | Judy | 1925 |
| Greed | Trina | 1925 |
| Secrets of the Night | Celia Stebbins | 1924 |
| Wine of Youth | Lucy | 1924 |
| Legend of Hollywood | Mary Brown | 1924 |
| Changing Husbands | Delia | 1924 |
| Triumph | A Factory Girl | 1924 |
| Daughters of Today | Lorena | 1924 |
| West of the Water Tower | Dessie Arnhalt | 1924 |
| Tea: With a Kick! | 'Brainy' Jones | 1923 |
| Hollywood | Zasu Pitts | 1923 |
| Three Wise Fools | Mickey | 1923 |
| Mary of the Movies | Zasu Pitts | 1923 |
| Souls for Sables | Herself - Celebrity Actress in Commissary | 1923 |
| Souls for Sale | Zasu Pitts / Herself - Celebrity Actress in Commissary | 1923 |
| Poor Men's Wives | Apple Annie | 1923 |
| Youth to Youth | Emily | 1922 |
| For the Defense | Jennie Dunn | 1922 |
| Is Matrimony a Failure? | Mrs. Wilbur | 1922 |
| Heart of Twenty | Katie Abbott | 1920 |
| 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 |
| A Lady's Name | Emily | 1918 |
| The Greatest Thing in Life | Undetermined Secondary Role | 1918 |
| A Society Sensation | Mary | 1918 |
| How Could You, Jean? | Oscar's Sweetheart | 1918 |
| A Modern Musketeer | A Kansas Belle | 1917 |
| A Little Princess | Becky | 1917 |
| '49-'17 | Party Guest | 1917 |
| Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm | Undetermined Role | 1917 |
| Year | Type | Category | Won |
|---|
| 1959 | Emmy | Best Supporting Actress (Continuing Character) in a Comedy Series | Nominated |
