Zasu Pitts

Zasu Pitts (Parsons, 3 jannewaris 1894 - Hollywood, 7 juny 1963) wie in Amerikaansk aktrise. Se is wierskynlik it meast bekend fan har rol yn Erich von Stroheim's epyske stomme film Greed.

Pitts waard berne as Eliza Susan Pitts, mar krige rillegau de bynamme Zasu. Har heit Rulandus Pitts ferlear in skonk yn de Amerikaanske Boargeroarloch. Pitts waard grutbrocht yn in rêstige húshâlding.

 Wurkpaad 
Har teäterdebút wie yn 1915. Se waard opmurken troch senarioskriuwer Frances Marion, dy't har in rol joech yn The Little Princess (1917). Hoewol't Pitts har ûntjoech ta in komédienne, wie hja yn de perioade fan de stomme film fral bekend fan har rol yn de oerenlange dramafilm Greed (1924).

It hichtepunt fan har karriêre wie yn de jierren tweintich. Yn de jierren tritich wie se fral te sjen yn B-films en waard se cast yn koarte films. Har tsjinspylster wie doe faak Thelma Todd.

Doe't Pitts âlder waard en har sûnes tebek rûn, bleau se hold se byrollen yn films. Har lêste film makke se yn 1963, itselde jier dat se weirekke. Se stoar yn de âldens fan 69 jier oan kanker.

Persoanlik libben
Pitts wie fan 1920 oant 1933 boaske oan Thomas Sarsfield Gallery. De akteur Gallery waard in bekend promoter fan it boksen yn Los Ageles en waard letter ek in bestjoerden yn de tillefyzjewrâld. It pear hie twa bern: Ann Gallery (1922) en Donald Michael "Sonny" Gallery (berne as Marvin Carville La Marr), dy't se oannaam nei de dea fan syn mem, har freondinne en aktrise Barbara La Marr. Fan 1933 oant har dea wie hja boaske oan John Edward "Eddie" Woodall.

Pitts wie sûnt 1959 in aktyf lid fan de Republikeinske Partij.

 Neitins 
ZaSu Pitts krige op 8 febrewaris 1960 in stjer op de Hollywood Walk of Fame foar har bydragen oan de film. 

Yn 1994 waard hja eare mei in byldnis op in Amerikaanske postsegel, lykas ek de filmstjerren Rudolph Valentino, Clara Bow and Charlie Chaplin, as part fan 'The Silent Screen Stars stamp set', ûntwurpen troch karikaturist Al Hirschfeld. Yn Parsons, Kansas, leit in stjertegel foar de yngong fan it Parsons Theatre ta har oantins.

 Filmografy 
Films
De filmografy fan Pitts, útsein de koarte films:
 Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm (1917)
 '49-'17 (1917)
 The Little Princess (1917)
 A Modern Musketeer (1917)
 A Dog's Life (1918)
 Good Night, Paul (1918)
 How Could You, Jean? (1918)
 The Talk of the Town (1918)
 The Greatest Thing in Life (1918)
 A Lady's Name (1918)
 As the Sun Went Down (1919)
 Men, Women, and Money (1919)
 Better Times (1919)
 The Other Half (1919)
 Poor Relations (1919)
 Seeing It Through (1920)
 Bright Skies (1920)
 Heart of Twenty (1920)
 Patsy (1921)
 Is Matrimony a Failure? (1922)
 For the Defense (1922)
 Youth to Youth (1922)
 A Daughter of Luxury (1922)
 Poor Men's Wives (1923)
 The Girl Who Came Back (1923)
 Souls for Sale (1923)
 Three Wise Fools (1923)
 Tea: With a Kick! (1923)
 West of the Water Tower (1923)
 Sunlight of Paris (1924)
 Daughters of Today (1924)
 The Goldfish (1924)
 Triumph (1924)
 Changing Husbands (1924)
 Legend of Hollywood (1924)
 Wine of Youth (1924)
 The Fast Set (1924)
 Secrets of the Night (1924)
 Greed (1924)
 The Great Divide (1925)
 The Re-Creation of Brian Kent (1925)
 Old Shoes (1925)
 Pretty Ladies (1925)
 A Woman's Faith (1925)
 The Business of Love (1925)
 Thunder Mountain (1925)
 Lazybones (1925)
 Wages for Wives (1925)
 The Great Love (1925)
 Mannequin (1926)
 What Happened to Jones (1926)
 Monte Carlo (1926)
 Early to Wed (1926)
 Sunny Side Up (1926)
 Risky Business (1926)
 Her Big Night (1926)
 Casey at the Bat (1927)
 The Honeymoon (1928)
 13 Washington Square (1928)
 Wife Savers (1928)
 Buck Privates (1928)
 The Wedding March (1928)
 Sins of the Fathers (1928)
 The Dummy (1929)
 The Squall (1929)
 Twin Beds (1929)
 The Argyle Case (1929)
 Oh, Yeah? (1929)
 Paris (1929)
 The Locked Door (1929)
 This Thing Called Love (1929)
 No, No, Nanette (1930)
 Honey (1930)
 All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)
 The Devil's Holiday (1930)
 Little Accident (1930)
 The Squealer (1930)
 Monte Carlo (1930)
 War Nurse (1930)
 The Lottery Bride (1930)
 River's End (1930)
 Sin Takes a Holiday (1930)
 Passion Flower (1930)
 Free Love (1930)
 Finn and Hattie (1931)
 The Bad Sister (1931) Beyond Victory (1931)
 Seed (1931)
 A Woman of Experience (1931)
 Their Mad Moment (1931)
 The Big Gamble (1931)
 Penrod and Sam (1931)
 The Guardsman (1931)
 The Secret Witness (1931)
 The Unexpected Father (1932)
 Broken Lullaby (1932)
 Steady Company (1932)
 Shopworn (1932)
 Destry Rides Again (1932)
 The Trial of Vivienne Ware (1932)
 Strangers of the Evening (1932)
 Westward Passage (1932)
 Is My Face Red? (1932)
 Make Me a Star (1932)
 Roar of the Dragon (1932)
 The Vanishing Frontier (1932)
 Show Business (1932)
 Blondie of the Follies (1932)
 Back Street (1932)
 The Crooked Circle (1932)
 Once in a Lifetime (1932)
 Madison Sq. Garden (1932)
 They Just Had to Get Married (1933)
 Out All Night (1933)
 Hello, Sister (1933)
 Professional Sweetheart (1933)
 Her First Mate (1933)
 Love, Honor and Oh Baby! (1933)
 Aggie Appleby Maker of Men (1933)
 Meet the Baron (1933)
 Mr. Skitch (1933)
 The Meanest Gal in Town (1934)
 Two Alone (1934)
 Three on a Honeymoon (1934)
 Sing and Like It (1934)
 Love Birds (1934)
 Private Scandal (1934)
 Dames (1934)
 Their Big Moment (1934)
 Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch (1934)
 The Gay Bride (1934)
 Ruggles of Red Gap (1935)
 Spring Tonic (1935)
 She Gets Her Man (1935)
 Hot Tip (1935)
 Going Highbrow (1935)
 The Affair of Susan (1935)
 Thirteen Hours by Air (1936)
 Mad Holiday (1936)
 The Plot Thickens (1936)
 Sing Me a Love Song (1936)
 Wanted! (1937)
 Merry Comes to Town (1937)
 Forty Naughty Girls (1937)
 52nd Street (1937)
 The Lady's from Kentucky (1939)
 Naughty But Nice (1939)
 Mickey the Kid (1939)
 Nurse Edith Cavell (1939)
 Eternally Yours (1939)
 It All Came True (1940)
 No, No, Nanette (1940)
 Uncle Joe (1941)
 Broadway Limited (1941)
 Weekend for Three (1941)
 Miss Polly (1941)
 Mexican Spitfire's Baby (1941)
 Mexican Spitfire at Sea (1942)
 The Bashful Bachelor (1942)
 So's Your Aunt Emma (1942)
 Tish (1942)
 Let's Face It (1943)
 Breakfast in Hollywood (1946)
 The Perfect Marriage (1947)
 Life with Father (1947)
 Francis (1950)
 Denver and Rio Grande (1952)
 Francis Joins the WACS (1954)
 This Could Be the Night (1957)
 The Teenage Millionaire (1961)
 The Thrill of It All (1963)
 It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963)

Tillefyzje
 Jier Titel Rol Opmerkingen 1954 Best of Broadway Juffer Preen Episoade: "The Man Who Came to Dinner" 1955 Screen Directors Playhouse Selma Episoade: "The Silent Partner" 1956 20th Century Fox Hour Juffer Appleton Episoade: "Mr. Belvedere" 1956–1960 The Gale Storm Show Elvira Nugent 91 episoades 1957 Private Secretary Muoike Martha Episoade: "Not Quite Paradise" 1960 The Dennis O'Keefe Show Loretta Kimball Episoade: "Dimples" 1961 Guestward, Ho! Episoade: "Lonesome's Gal" 1961 Perry Mason Daphne Whilom Episoade: "The Case of the Absent Artist" 1963 Burke's Law Frou Bowie Episoade: "Who Killed Holly Howard?" 

Kategory:Amerikaansk toanielakteur
Kategory:Amerikaansk stomme-filmakteur
Kategory:Amerikaansk filmakteur
Kategory:Amerikaansk telefyzje-akteur
Kategory:Amerikaansk stimakteur
Kategory:Persoan berne yn 1894
Kategory:Persoan stoarn yn 1963