Zasu Pitts
Acting1894-01-02Parsons, Kansas, USA
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. This culminated in her best known series role, playing second banana to Gale Storm on CBS's The Gale Storm Show (1956) (also known as Oh, Susannah) in the role of Elvira Nugent ("Nugie"), the shipboard beautician. In 1961, Pitts was cast opposite Earle Hodgins in the episode "Lonesome's Gal" on the ABC sitcom, Guestward, Ho!, set on a dude ranch in New Mexico. In 1962, Pitts appeared in an episode of CBS's Perry Mason, "The Case of the Absent Artist". Her final role was as Gertie, the switchboard operator in the Stanley Kramer comedy epic It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963).
出演作品（194）
Hollywood
Free Love
Perry Mason
Broken Lullaby
グリード
Aggie Appleby, Maker of Men
The Thrill of It All
The Wedding March
人生は四十二から
Once in a Lifetime
Two Alone
Red Noses
The Pajama Party
What's My Line?
おかしなおかしなおかしな世界
On the Loose
Niagara Falls
Life with Father
The Big Parade of Comedy
Naughty But Nice
Lazybones
Shopworn
Monte Carlo
So's Your Aunt Emma!
The Meanest Gal in Town
Risky Business
Disneyland '59
Screen Director's Playhouse
Dames
Nurse Edith Cavell
General Electric Theater
Alum and Eve
The Philco Television Playhouse
River's End
The Devil's Holiday
Madison Square Garden
Souls for Sale
The Soilers
1925 Studio Tour
Back Street
Blondie of the Follies
The Squealer
命を売る男
Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch
Mad Holiday
Going Highbrow
Seed
Uncle Joe
Mr. Skitch
Roar of the Dragon
Show Business
Casey at the Bat
Penrod and Sam
Out All Night
No, No, Nanette
Love Birds
Secrets of the Night
No, No, Nanette
And She Learned About Dames
Sins of the Fathers
Burke's Law
The Locked Door
It All Came True
This Could Be the Night
What Happened to Jones?
The Plot Thickens
Westward Passage
Hello, Sister!
A Society Sensation
Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm
Francis Joins the WACS
'49–'17
The Gay Bride
Eternally Yours
Weekend for Three
Tish
Francis
Make Me a Star
Denver and Rio Grande
Sealskins
Strictly Unreliable
The Bad Sister
Sin Takes a Holiday
The 20th Century Fox Hour
Forty Naughty Girls
Spring Tonic
Finn and Hattie
13 Washington Square
A Little Princess
A Woman of Experience
A Modern Musketeer
Passion Flower
The Guardsman
Professional Sweetheart
The Other Half
Breakfast in Hollywood
Their Mad Moment
Hot Tip
Honey
Private Secretary
The Dennis O'Keefe Show
The Crooked Circle
Strangers of the Evening
Is My Face Red?
The Lottery Bride
Pretty Ladies
Broadway Limited
13 Hours by Air
War Nurse
The Bashful Bachelor
Let's Face It
Teenage Millionaire
Miss Polly
Oh, Yeah!
Meet the Baron
The Mexican Spitfire's Baby
Sing and Like It
The Perfect Marriage
Guestward, Ho!
Their Big Moment
Destry Rides Again
The Squall
Mexican Spitfire at Sea
The Old Bull
The Secret Witness
The Bargain of the Century
The Talk of the Town
Asleep in the Feet
Catch-As Catch-Can
Maids a la Mode
Her Private Life
Thunder Mountain
52nd Street
The Honeymoon
The Dummy
Wife Savers
Dear Miss Gloria
Changing Husbands
The Trial of Vivienne Ware
Her First Mate
The Fast Set
Beyond Victory
Steady Company
The Affair of Susan
Sing Me a Love Song
Love, Honor and Oh, Baby!
The Vanishing Frontier
How Could You, Jean?
Three Wise Fools
The Great Love
War Mamas
Sneak Easily
One Track Minds
Let's Do Things
She Gets Her Man
Monte Carlo
Mickey the Kid
Private Scandal
The Argyle Case
A Lady's Name
Twin Beds
She Whoops To Conquer
Three on a Honeymoon
Mannequin
Little Accident
The Lady's from Kentucky
The Great Divide
Paris
Buck Privates
For the Defense
They Just Had to Get Married
This Thing Called Love
Wanted!
Mary of the Movies
Better Times
Tea- With a Kick!
Poor Men's Wives
Sunny Side Up
The Goldfish
The Unexpected Father
Lum and Abner
Early to Wed
Wages for Wives
Tillie of the Nine Lives
West of the Water Tower
Men, Women, and Money
Her Big Night
The Re-Creation of Brian Kent
Poor Relations
As the Sun Went Down
Daughters of Today
Is Matrimony a Failure?
Youth to Youth
The Girl Who Came Back