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The Thrill of It All

as Olivia

1963
Francis Joins the WACS

as Valerie Humpert

1954
Denver and Rio Grande

as Jane Dwyer

1952
Francis

as Valerie Humpert

1950
Life with Father

as Cousin Cora Cartwright

1947
The Bashful Bachelor

as Geraldine

1942
It All Came True

as Miss Flint

1940
Eternally Yours

as Cary Bingham

1939
Nurse Edith Cavell

as Mme. Moulin

1939
Naughty But Nice

as Aunt Penelope Hardwick

1939
Forty Naughty Girls

as Hildegarde Withers

1937
Mad Holiday

as Mrs. Fay Kinney

1936
Sing Me a Love Song

as Gwen Logan

1936
Ruggles of Red Gap

as Mrs. Judson

1935
Going Highbrow

as Cora Upshaw

1935
She Gets Her Man

as Esmeralda

1935
Dames

as Matilda Hemingway

1934
The Gay Bride

as Mirabelle

1934
Professional Sweetheart

as Elmerada de Leon

1933
Aggie Appleby, Maker of Men

as Sybby 'Sib'

1933
Mr. Skitch

as Maddie Skitch

1933
Shopworn

as Aunt Dot

1932
The Crooked Circle

as Nora Rafferty

1932
Strangers of the Evening

as Sybil Smith

1932
Roar of the Dragon

as Gabby Woman

1932
Make Me a Star

as Mrs. Scudder

1932
Is My Face Red?

as Morning Gazette Telephone Operator

1932
Destry Rides Again

as Temperance Worker

1932
Zasu Pitts Zasu Pitts

Birthday

1894-01-03

Place of Birth

Parsons, Kansas, USA

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). 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).
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