Birthday
1894/01/02
Day of death
1963/06/07 (69 years old)
Gender
Female
Place of Birth
Parsons, Kansas, USA
Also know as
Zazu Pitts, Eliza Susan Pitts, ZaSu Pitts, Za Su Pitts
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...Read more
(1924) Greed
as Trina
(1932) Blondie of the Follies
as Gertie
(1963) The Thrill of It All
as Olivia
(1963) It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
as Gertie - Switchboard Operator
(1925) Thunder Mountain
as Mandy Coulter
(1928) 13 Washington Square
as The Maid
(1930) The Squealer
as Bella
(1935) Ruggles of Red Gap
as Mrs. Judson
(1947) Life with Father
as Cousin Cora Cartwright
(1918) The Talk of the Town
as ---
(1950) Francis
as Valerie Humpert
(1931) The Big Gamble
as Nora Dugan
(1937) 52nd Street
as Letitia Rondell
(1934) Dames
as Matilda Hemingway
(1929) The Honeymoon
as Caecilia
(1929) The Dummy
as Rose Gleason
(1921) Patsy
as Patsy
(1928) Wife Savers
as Germaine
(1940) It All Came True
as Miss Flint
(1929) The Locked Door
as Telephone Girl
(1946) Dear Miss Gloria
as Guest star
(1931) On the Loose
as Zasu
(1929) Oh, Yeah!
as The Elk
(1934) Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch
as Miss Hazy
(1924) Changing Husbands
as Delia
(1939) Eternally Yours
as Cary Bingham
(1931) The Guardsman
as Liesl
(1926) What Happened to Jones
as Hilda (as Zazu Pitts)
(1957) This Could Be the Night
as Mrs. Shea
(1936) The Plot Thickens
as Hildegarde Withers
(1932) Once in a Lifetime
as Miss Leyton
(1932) Shopworn
as Aunt Dot
(1923) Hollywood
as Zasu Pitts
(1930) Monte Carlo
as Bertha
(1931) The Bad Sister
as Minnie
(1932) Strangers of the Evening
as Sybil Smith
(1932) The Crooked Circle
as Nora Rafferty
(1937) Forty Naughty Girls
as Hildegarde Withers
(1936) Mad Holiday
as Mrs. Fay Kinney
(1917) A Little Princess
as Becky
(1933) Meet the Baron
as Zasu
(1942) So's Your Aunt Emma!
as Aunt Emma Bates
(1932) Make Me a Star
as Mrs. Scudder
(1935) Going Highbrow
as Cora Upshaw
(1952) Denver and Rio Grande
as Jane Dwyer
(1942) The Bashful Bachelor
as Geraldine
(1941) Niagara Falls
as Emmy Sawyer
(1941) Broadway Limited
as Myra Pottle
(1930) The Lottery Bride
as Hilda
(1930) Sin Takes a Holiday
as Annie
(1932) Westward Passage
as Mrs. Truesdale
(1925) Pretty Ladies
as Maggie Keenan
(1929) The Squall
as Lena
(1930) Passion Flower
as Mrs. Harney
(1934) Sing and Like it
as Annie Snodgrass
(1943) Let's Face It
as Cornelia Pigeon
(1935) Spring Tonic
as Maggie Conklin
(1942) Mexican Spitfire at Sea
as Miss Pepper
(1934) The Gay Bride
as Mirabelle
(1933) Professional Sweetheart
as Elmerada de Leon
(1931) Seed
as Jennie
(1961) Teenage Millionaire
as Aunt Theodora
(1941) Uncle Joe
as Julia Jordan
(1932) Destry Rides Again
as Temperance Worker
(1933) Aggie Appleby, Maker of Men
as Sybby 'Sib'
(1941) Weekend for Three
as Anna, Craig's Maid
(1941) The Mexican Spitfire's Baby
as Emily Pepper
(1933) Mr. Skitch
as Maddie Skitch
(1936) 13 Hours by Air
as Miss Harkins
(1934) The Meanest Gal in Town
as Tillie Prescott
(1939) Nurse Edith Cavell
as Mme. Moulin
(1934) Two Alone
as Esthey Roberts
(1930) River's End
as Louise
(1930) The Devil's Holiday
as Ethel
(1931) Finn and Hattie
as Mrs. Hattie Haddock
(1932) The Trial of Vivienne Ware
as Gladys Fairweather
(1932) Is My Face Red?
as Morning Gazette Telephone Operator
(1933) Hello, Sister!
as Millie
(1933) Her First Mate
as Mary Horner
(1932) Roar of the Dragon
as Gabby Woman
(1933) The Bargain of the Century
as Zasu
(1924) The Fast Set
as Mona
(1932) Sealskins
as Zasu Pitts
(1933) Asleep in the Feet
as Zasu
(1932) Show Business
as Zasu
(1926) Risky Business
as Agnes Wheaton
(1931) Beyond Victory
as Fritzi Mobley
(1932) Madison Square Garden
as Florrie
(1932) Steady Company
as Dot
(1931) Catch-As Catch-Can
as ZaSu
(1927) Casey at the Bat
as Camille
(1932) Red Noses
as Miss Pitts
(1931) Penrod and Sam
as Mrs. Bassett
(1925) Lazybones
as Ruth Fanning
(1931) A Woman of Experience
as Katie
(1942) Tish
as Aggie Pilkington (as ZaSu Pitts)
(1933) Maids a la Mode
as Miss Pitts
(1935) The Affair of Susan
as Susan Todd
(1936) Sing Me a Love Song
as Gwen Logan
(1933) Love, Honor and Oh, Baby!
as Connie Clark
(1919) The Other Half
as Jennie Jones, The Jazz Kid
(1933) The Vanishing Frontier
as Aunt Sylvia
(1918) How Could You, Jean?
as Oscar's Sweetheart
(1923) Three Wise Fools
as Mickey
(1926) The Great Love
as Nancy
(1923) Souls for Sale
as Self - Celebrity Actress in Commissary
(1917) A Modern Musketeer
as A Kansas Belle (uncredited)
(1933) Out All Night
as Bonny
(1922) A Daughter of Luxury
as Mary Cosgrove
(1931) War Mamas
as Zasu
(1932) The Soilers
as Zasu
(1931) The Pajama Party
as Zasu
(1932) The Old Bull
as Zasu
(1932) Strictly Unreliable
as Pitts
(1932) Sneak Easily
as Miss Zasu Pitts - Woman of the Jury
(1931) Let's Do Things
as Zasu Pitts
(1933) One Track Minds
as ---
(1932) Alum and Eve
as Zasu
(1928) The Wedding March
as Cecelia Schweisser
(1918) A Society Sensation
as Mary
(1935) She Gets Her Man
as Esmeralda
(1931) The Secret Witness
as Bella
(1939) Naughty But Nice
as Aunt Penelope Hardwick
(1934) Their Big Moment
as Tillie Whim
(1930) No, No, Nanette
as Pauline Hastings
(1941) Miss Polly
as Pandora Polly
(1930) War Nurse
as Cushie
(1926) Monte Carlo
as Hope Durant
(1917) Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm
as Undetermined Role (uncredited)
(1917) '49–'17
as Party Guest (uncredited)
(1920) Heart of Twenty
as Katie Abbott
(1939) Mickey the Kid
as Lilly Handy
(1934) Private Scandal
as Miss Coates
(1929) The Argyle Case
as Mrs. Wyatt
(1918) A Lady's Name
as Emily
(1932) Broken Lullaby
as Anna, Holderlin's Maid
(1946) Breakfast in Hollywood
as Elvira Spriggens
(1931) Their Mad Moment
as Miss Dibbs
(1932) Back Street
as Mrs. Dole
(1929) Twin Beds
as Tillie
(1934) Love Birds
as Araminta Tootle
(1955) The Silent Partner
as Selma
(1935) Hot Tip
as Belle McGill
(1954) Francis Joins the WACS
as Valerie Humpert
(1924) Secrets of the Night
as Celia Stebbins
(1940) No, No, Nanette
as Pauline Hastings
(1933) She Whoops To Conquer
as Beula
(1925) 1925 Studio Tour
as Self
(1930) Honey
as Mayme
(1934) Three on a Honeymoon
as Alice Mudge
(1926) Mannequin
as Annie Pogani
(1930) Little Accident
as Monica
(1934) And She Learned About Dames
as Herself
(1939) The Lady's from Kentucky
as Dulcey Lee
(1947) The Perfect Marriage
as Rosa
(1925) The Great Divide
as Polly Jordan
(1930) Free Love
as Ada, the Maid
(1929) Paris
as Harriet
(1928) Buck Privates
as Hulda
(1925) Old Shoes
as ---
(1922) For the Defense
as Jennie Dunn
(1964) The Big Parade of Comedy
as Mirabelle in 'The Gay Bride' (archive footage)
(1933) They Just Had to Get Married
as Molly Hull
(1929) This Thing Called Love
as Clara Bertrand
(1937) Wanted!
as Winnie Oatfield
(1929) Her Private Life
as Timmins
(1923) Mary of the Movies
as Zasu Pitts (uncredited)
(1919) Better Times
as Nancy Scroggs
(1923) Tea- With a Kick!
as 'Brainy' Jones
(1923) Poor Men's Wives
as Apple Annie
(1926) Sunny Side Up
as Evelyn
(1959) Disneyland '59
as Self
(1924) The Goldfish
as Amelia Pugsley
(1928) Sins of the Fathers
as Mother Spengler
(1932) The Unexpected Father
as Polly Perkins
(1949) Lum and Abner
as ---
(1920) Seeing It Through
as Betty Lawrence
(1926) Early to Wed
as Mrs. Dugan
(1925) Wages for Wives
as Luella Logan
(1917) Uneasy Money
as Suza - the Editor's Assistant
(1917) Tillie of the Nine Lives
as ---
(1963) Burke's Law
as Mrs. Bowie
(1957) Perry Mason
as Daphne Whilom
(1953) General Electric Theater
as Aunt Laura
(1955) The 20th Century Fox Hour
as ---
(1953) Private Secretary
as ---
(1956) The Gale Storm Show
as ---
(1948) The Philco Television Playhouse
as Belinda Pryde
(1960) Guestward, Ho!
as ---
(1959) The Dennis O'Keefe Show
as ---
(1950) What's My Line?
as Self - Mystery Guest
(1955) Screen Director's Playhouse
as Selma