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ZaSu Pitts (/ ˈ s eɪ z uː ˈ p ɪ t s /; January 3, 1894 – June 7, 1963) was an American actress who, in a career spanning nearly five decades, starred in many silent film dramas, such as Erich von Stroheim's 1924 epic Greed, and comedies, before transitioning successfully to mostly comedy roles with the advent of sound films.
Zasu Pitts. Actress: Greed. Classic comedienne Zasu Pitts, of the timid, forlorn blue eyes and trademark woebegone vocal pattern and fidgety hands, was born to Rulandus and Nellie (Shay) Pitts, the third of four children on January 3, 1894.
Aug 2, 2019 · ZaSu Pitts was an actress and comedienne whose career stretched from the Silent Movie Age right through to the birth of television in the 1940s and 50s, ending with her cameo role in the all-star comic extravaganza It’s a Mad Mad Mad Mad World in 1963.
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.
Known as the "Girl with the Ginger Snap Name," ZaSu Pitts played leading and supporting roles in the silents and early talkies, making over 150 movies during a career that spanned close to 50 years.
Z aSu Pitts became a renowned character actress, beginning in the teens and working consistently through the early 1960s. She developed distinctive and eccentric affections that endeared her to audiences but limited the roles she could play.
Nov 23, 2018 · Before Lucy and Ethel, Laverne and Shirley, or Mary and Rhoda, there were Thelma Todd and Zasu Pitts. Separately, they were journeymen character actors in 1930s Hollywood.
“Half dead” turned out to be what propelled ZaSu Pitts to a six-decade career as one of the early movie era’s most popular sidekicks. Pitts became famous in the 1930s and 1940s for her deadpan...
Just before Christmas 1950 a well-known Melbourne drag queen, Zasu Pitts, also known as Harry Francis (32) of Barkly Street, St Kilda went out for an evening with a friend at the Galleon café in Acland Street; a café popular with Melbourne's jazz crowd and also a well-known haunt of Melbourne's camp and queer scene.
Apr 29, 2014 · “Zasu Pitts, who now ranks with the foremost tragic actresses of the motion picture world as the result of her splendid characterization of Trina, the miserly wife in Erich von Stroheim’s cinematic version of Frank Norris’ “McTeague.”
