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