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Zasu Pitts

Zasu Pitts

Actor · Born 1894-01-02 · Parsons, Kansas, USA

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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 in the classic war drama All Quiet on the Western Front (1930) by Beryl Mercer after her initial appearance in previews drew unintentional laughs, despite her intense performance. She had viewers rolling in the aisles in Finn and Hattie (1931), The Guardsman (1931), Blondie of the Follies (1932), Sing and Like It (1934) and Ruggles of Red Gap (1935). In 1936 and 1937 she portrayed Hildegarde Withers in two movies, succeeding Edna May Oliver as the spinster sleuth, but they were not well received. In the 1950s she started focusing on television…

Movies & TV Shows

  1. It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963) — Gertie - Switchboard Operator
  2. Greed (1924) — Trina
  3. Perry Mason (1957) — Daphne Whilom
  4. The Thrill of It All (1963) — Olivia
  5. Ruggles of Red Gap (1935) — Mrs. Judson
  6. Life with Father (1947) — Cousin Cora Cartwright
  7. The Wedding March (1928) — Cecelia Schweisser
  8. Broken Lullaby (1932) — Anna, Holderlin's Maid
  9. Dames (1934) — Matilda Hemingway
  10. What's My Line? (1950) — Self
  11. Francis (1950) — Valerie Humpert
  12. The Bad Sister (1931) — Minnie
  13. Sin Takes a Holiday (1930) — Annie
  14. Eternally Yours (1939) — Mrs. Bingham
  15. Souls for Sale (1923) — Self - Celebrity Actress in Commissary
  16. It All Came True (1940) — Miss Flint
  17. Monte Carlo (1930) — Bertha
  18. Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm (1917) — Undetermined Role (uncredited)
  19. 1925 Studio Tour (1925) — Self
  20. On the Loose (1931) — Zasu
  21. The Locked Door (1929) — Telephone Girl
  22. Denver and Rio Grande (1952) — Jane Dwyer
  23. Lazybones (1925) — Ruth Fanning
  24. Hello, Sister! (1933) — Millie
  25. This Could Be the Night (1957) — Mrs. Shea
  26. A Little Princess (1917) — Becky
  27. '49–'17 (1917) — Party Guest (uncredited)
  28. Back Street (1932) — Mrs. Dole
  29. Francis Joins the WACS (1954) — Valerie Humpert
  30. The Guardsman (1931) — Liesl
  31. Strangers of the Evening (1932) — Sybil Smith
  32. So's Your Aunt Emma! (1942) — Aunt Emma Bates
  33. Shopworn (1932) — Aunt Dot
  34. Nurse Edith Cavell (1939) — Mme. Moulin
  35. The Devil's Holiday (1930) — Ethel
  36. Burke's Law (1963) — Mrs. Bowie
  37. Blondie of the Follies (1932) — Gertie
  38. Passion Flower (1930) — Mrs. Harney
  39. A Modern Musketeer (1917) — A Kansas Belle (uncredited)
  40. The Plot Thickens (1936) — Hildegarde Withers