Personal Info
Known Credits
181
Gender
Female
Birthdate
1894-01-02 (131 Y.O)
Place Of Birth
Parsons, Kansas, USA
Also Known For
Zazu PittsEliza Susan PittsZaSu PittsZa Su Pitts
Zasu Pitts
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 ...
Known For
Acting
1964 --
The Big Parade of Comedy
| Mirabelle in 'The Gay Bride' (archive footage)
1963 --
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
| Gertie - Switchboard Operator
1963 --
The Thrill of It All
| Olivia
1961 --
Teenage Millionaire
| Aunt Theodora
1959 --
Disneyland '59
| Self
1957 --
This Could Be the Night
| Mrs. Shea
1955 --
The Silent Partner
| Selma
1954 --
Francis Joins the WACS
| Valerie Humpert
1952 --
Denver and Rio Grande
| Jane Dwyer
1950 --
Francis
| Valerie Humpert
1949 --
Lum and Abner
|
1947 --
Life with Father
| Cousin Cora Cartwright
1947 --
The Perfect Marriage
| Rosa
1946 --
Breakfast in Hollywood
| Elvira Spriggens
1946 --
Dear Miss Gloria
| Guest star
1943 --
Let's Face It
| Cornelia Pigeon
1942 --
Tish
| Aggie Pilkington (as ZaSu Pitts)
1942 --
So's Your Aunt Emma!
| Aunt Emma Bates
1942 --
The Bashful Bachelor
| Geraldine
1942 --
Mexican Spitfire at Sea
| Miss Pepper
1941 --
Weekend for Three
| Anna, Craig's Maid
1941 --
The Mexican Spitfire's Baby
| Emily Pepper
1941 --
Miss Polly
| Pandora Polly
1941 --
Uncle Joe
| Julia Jordan
1941 --
Niagara Falls
| Emmy Sawyer
1941 --
Broadway Limited
| Myra Pottle
1940 --
No, No, Nanette
| Pauline Hastings
1940 --
It All Came True
| Miss Flint
1939 --
Eternally Yours
| 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
1937 --
52nd Street
| Letitia Rondell
1937 --
Forty Naughty Girls
| Hildegarde Withers
1937 --
Wanted!
| Winnie Oatfield
1936 --
Sing Me a Love Song
| Gwen Logan
1936 --
The Plot Thickens
| Hildegarde Withers
1936 --
Mad Holiday
| Mrs. Fay Kinney
1936 --
13 Hours by Air
| Miss Harkins
1935 --
The Affair of Susan
| Susan Todd
1935 --
Hot Tip
| Belle McGill
1935 --
She Gets Her Man
| Esmeralda
1935 --
Going Highbrow
| Cora Upshaw
1935 --
Spring Tonic
| Maggie Conklin
1935 --
Ruggles of Red Gap
| Mrs. Judson
1934 --
The Gay Bride
| Mirabelle
1934 --
Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch
| Miss Hazy
1934 --
Dames
| Matilda Hemingway
1934 --
Their Big Moment
| Tillie Whim
1934 --
Private Scandal
| Miss Coates
1934 --
Love Birds
| Araminta Tootle
1934 --
Sing and Like it
| Annie Snodgrass
1934 --
And She Learned About Dames
| Herself
1934 --
Three on a Honeymoon
| Alice Mudge
1934 --
Two Alone
| Esthey Roberts
1934 --
The Meanest Gal in Town
| Tillie Prescott
1933 --
Mr. Skitch
| Maddie Skitch
1933 --
Meet the Baron
| Zasu
1933 --
Aggie Appleby, Maker of Men
| Sybby 'Sib'
1933 --
Love, Honor and Oh, Baby!
| Connie Clark
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
1933 --
The Vanishing Frontier
| Aunt Sylvia
1933 --
Maids a la Mode
| Miss Pitts
1933 --
Asleep in the Feet
| Zasu
1933 --
They Just Had to Get Married
| Molly Hull
1933 --
She Whoops To Conquer
| Beula
1932 --
Sneak Easily
| Miss Zasu Pitts - Woman of the Jury
1932 --
Madison Square Garden
| Florrie
1932 --
The Soilers
| Zasu
1932 --
Once in a Lifetime
| Miss Leyton
1932 --
The Crooked Circle
| Nora Rafferty
1932 --
Alum and Eve
| Zasu
1932 --
Blondie of the Follies
| Gertie
1932 --
Show Business
| Zasu
1932 --
Back Street
| Mrs. Dole
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 --
Strictly Unreliable
| Pitts
1932 --
Destry Rides Again
| Temperance Worker
1932 --
Shopworn
| Aunt Dot
1932 --
Red Noses
| Miss Pitts
1932 --
Steady Company
| Dot
1932 --
Sealskins
| Zasu Pitts
1932 --
Broken Lullaby
| Anna, Holderlin's Maid
1932 --
The Unexpected Father
| Polly Perkins
1931 --
On the Loose
| Zasu
1931 --
The Secret Witness
| Bella
1931 --
War Mamas
| Zasu
1931 --
The Guardsman
| Liesl
1931 --
The Pajama Party
| Zasu
1931 --
Penrod and Sam
| Mrs. Bassett
1931 --
The Big Gamble
| Nora Dugan
1931 --
Catch-As Catch-Can
| ZaSu
1931 --
Their Mad Moment
| Miss Dibbs
1931 --
A Woman of Experience
| Katie
1931 --
Let's Do Things
| Zasu Pitts
1931 --
Seed
| Jennie
1931 --
Beyond Victory
| Fritzi Mobley
1931 --
The Bad Sister
| Minnie
1931 --
Finn and Hattie
| Mrs. Hattie Haddock
1930 --
Passion Flower
| Mrs. Harney
1930 --
Free Love
| Ada, the Maid
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 --
The Squealer
| Bella
1930 --
Little Accident
| Monica
1930 --
The Devil's Holiday
| Ethel
1930 --
Honey
| Mayme
1930 --
No, No, Nanette
| Pauline Hastings
1929 --
The Honeymoon
| Caecilia
1929 --
This Thing Called Love
| Clara Bertrand
1929 --
The Locked Door
| Telephone Girl
1929 --
Paris
| Harriet
1929 --
Oh, Yeah!
| The Elk
1929 --
Her Private Life
| Timmins
1929 --
The Argyle Case
| Mrs. Wyatt
1929 --
Twin Beds
| Tillie
1929 --
The Squall
| Lena
1929 --
The Dummy
| Rose Gleason
1928 --
Sins of the Fathers
| Mother Spengler
1928 --
The Wedding March
| Cecelia Schweisser
1928 --
Buck Privates
| Hulda
1928 --
13 Washington Square
| The Maid
1928 --
Wife Savers
| Germaine
1927 --
Casey at the Bat
| Camille
1926 --
Risky Business
| Agnes Wheaton
1926 --
Sunny Side Up
| Evelyn
1926 --
The Great Love
| Nancy
1926 --
Early to Wed
| Mrs. Dugan
1926 --
Monte Carlo
| Hope Durant
1926 --
What Happened to Jones
| Hilda (as Zazu Pitts)
1926 --
Mannequin
| Annie Pogani
1925 --
Wages for Wives
| Luella Logan
1925 --
Lazybones
| Ruth Fanning
1925 --
Thunder Mountain
| Mandy Coulter
1925 --
Pretty Ladies
| Maggie Keenan
1925 --
1925 Studio Tour
| Self
1925 --
Old Shoes
|
1925 --
The Great Divide
| Polly Jordan
1924 --
Greed
| Trina
1924 --
Secrets of the Night
| Celia Stebbins
1924 --
The Fast Set
| Mona
1924 --
Changing Husbands
| Delia
1924 --
The Goldfish
| Amelia Pugsley
1923 --
Tea- With a Kick!
| 'Brainy' Jones
1923 --
Three Wise Fools
| Mickey
1923 --
Hollywood
| Zasu Pitts
1923 --
Mary of the Movies
| Zasu Pitts (uncredited)
1923 --
Souls for Sale
| Self - Celebrity Actress in Commissary
1923 --
Poor Men's Wives
| Apple Annie
1922 --
For the Defense
| Jennie Dunn
1922 --
A Daughter of Luxury
| Mary Cosgrove
1921 --
Patsy
| Patsy
1920 --
Heart of Twenty
| Katie Abbott
1920 --
Seeing It Through
| Betty Lawrence
1919 --
The Other Half
| Jennie Jones, The Jazz Kid
1919 --
Better Times
| Nancy Scroggs
1918 --
A Lady's Name
| Emily
1918 --
The Talk of the Town
|
1918 --
A Society Sensation
| Mary
1918 --
How Could You, Jean?
| Oscar's Sweetheart
1917 --
A Modern Musketeer
| A Kansas Belle (uncredited)
1917 --
A Little Princess
| Becky
1917 --
'49–'17
| Party Guest (uncredited)
1917 --
Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm
| Undetermined Role (uncredited)
1917 --
Tillie of the Nine Lives
|
1917 --
Uneasy Money
| Suza - the Editor's Assistant