AFI CATALOG OF FEATURE FILMS

THE FIRST 100 YEARS 1893–1993

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ZaSu Pitts

Also Known As: Zona Porter,
Za Su Pitts

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TITLE
CREDITED AS
CREDIT
YEAR
THE LITTLE PRINCESS
Becky
1917
A MODERN MUSKETEER
Blonde girl on Kansas street
1917
TILLIE OF THE NINE LIVES
Tillie
1917
A MATCH IN QUARANTINE
Aunt ZaSu
1917
A LADY'S NAME
Emily
1918
THE TALK OF THE TOWN
1918
HOW COULD YOU, JEAN?
Oscar's sweetheart
1918
A SOCIETY SENSATION
Mary
1918
THE PIE-EYED PIPER
The Fair Ellen
1918
POOR RELATIONS
Daisy Perkins
1919
MEN, WOMEN AND MONEY
Katie Jones
1919
BETTER TIMES
Nancy Scroggs
1919
THE OTHER HALF
Jennie Jones, The Jazz Kid
1919
THE HEART OF TWENTY
Katie Abbott
1920
SEEING IT THROUGH
Betty Lawrence
1920
YOUTH TO YOUTH
Emily
1922
A DAUGHTER OF LUXURY
Mary Cosgrove
1922
IS MATRIMONY A FAILURE?
Mrs. Wilbur
1922
PATSY
Patsy
1922
FOR THE DEFENSE
Jennie Dunn
1922
SOULS FOR SALE
1923
THREE WISE FOOLS
Mickey
1923
THE GIRL WHO CAME BACK
Anastasia Muldoon
1923
TEA--WITH A KICK
"Brainy" Jones
1923
POOR MEN'S WIVES
Apple Annie
1923
MARY OF THE MOVIES
1923
TRIUMPH
A factory girl
1924
DAUGHTERS OF TODAY
Lorena
1924
WEST OF THE WATER TOWER
Dessie Arnhalt
1924
THE GOLDFISH
Amelia Pugsley
1924
CHANGING HUSBANDS
Delia
1924
THE LEGEND OF HOLLYWOOD
Mary Brown
1924
THE FAST SET
Mona
1924
SECRETS OF THE NIGHT
Celia Stebbins
1925
LAZYBONES
Ruth Fanning
1925
THE GREAT DIVIDE
Polly Jordan
1925
THUNDER MOUNTAIN
Mandy Coulter
1925
PRETTY LADIES
Maggie Keenan
1925
GREED
Trina [Sieppe McTeague]
1925
THE BUSINESS OF LOVE
Miss Wright
1925
THE RE-CREATION OF BRIAN KENT
Judy
1925
THE GREAT LOVE
Nancy
1925
A WOMAN'S FAITH
Blanche
1925
WAGES FOR WIVES
Luella Logan
1925
WHAT HAPPENED TO JONES
Hilda
1926
EARLY TO WED
Mrs. Dugan
1926
RISKY BUSINESS
Agnes Wheaton
1926
MONTE CARLO
Hope Durant
1926
HER BIG NIGHT
Gladys Smith
1926
SUNNYSIDE UP
Evelyn
1926
MANNEQUIN
Annie Pogani
1926
OLD SHOES
1927
CASEY AT THE BAT
Camille
1927
SINS OF THE FATHERS
Mother Spengler
1928
BUCK PRIVATES
Hulda
1928
WIFE SAVERS
Germaine
1928
13 WASHINGTON SQUARE
Mathilde
1928
THE WEDDING MARCH
Cecelia Schweisser
1928
HER PRIVATE LIFE
Timmins
1929
THE LOCKED DOOR
Telephone girl
1929
THE DUMMY
Rose Gleason
1929
THE SQUALL
Lena
1929
TWIN BEDS
Tillie
1929
PARIS
Harriet
1929
THE ARGYLE CASE
Mrs. Wyatt
1929
OH, YEAH
The Elk
1929
THIS THING CALLED LOVE
Clara Bertrand
1929
THE DEVIL'S HOLIDAY
Ethel
1930
SIN TAKES A HOLIDAY
Anna
1930
HONEY
Mayme
1930
NO, NO, NANETTE
Pauline
1930
PASSION FLOWER
Mrs. Harney
1930
WAR NURSE
Cushie
1930
THE SQUEALER
Bella
1930
MONTE CARLO
Maria
1930
RIVER'S END
Louise
1930
THE LITTLE ACCIDENT
Monica
1930
THE LOTTERY BRIDE
Hilda
1930
ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT
Paul's mother
1930
FREE LOVE
Ada
1931
A WOMAN OF EXPERIENCE
Katie
1931
THE BIG GAMBLE
Nora [Dugan]
1931
FINN AND HATTIE
Hattie Haddock
1931
THEIR MAD MOMENT
Miss Dibbs
1931
THE SECRET WITNESS
Bella
1931
BEYOND VICTORY
"Mlle." Fritzi
1931
SEED
Jennie
1931
THE GUARDSMAN
Liesl
1931
BAD SISTER
Minnie
1931
PENROD AND SAM
Mrs. Bassett
1931
BROKEN LULLABY
Anna
1932
ONCE IN A LIFETIME
Miss Leighton
1932
BLONDIE OF THE FOLLIES
Gertie
1932
IS MY FACE RED?
Telephone operator
1932
MADISON SQ. GARDEN
Florrie
1932
ROAR OF THE DRAGON
Gabby tourist
1932
UNEXPECTED FATHER
Polly Pickerill
1932
STRANGERS OF THE EVENING
Sybil Smith
1932
THE CROOKED CIRCLE
Nora Rafferty
1932
THE VANISHING FRONTIER
Aunt Sylvia
1932
SHOPWORN
Dot
1932
WESTWARD PASSAGE
Mrs. Truesdale
1932
STEADY COMPANY
Dot
1932
DESTRY RIDES AGAIN
Temperance worker
1932
MAKE ME A STAR
Mrs. Scudder
1932
BACK STREET
Mrs. Dole
1932
THE TRIAL OF VIVIENNE WARE
Miss Gladys Fairweather
1932
THEY JUST HAD TO GET MARRIED
Molly Hull
1933
LOVE, HONOR AND OH, BABY!
Connie Clark
1933
OUT ALL NIGHT
Bunny
1933
MR. SKITCH
Mrs. [Maddie] Skitch
1933
HELLO, SISTER!
Millie
1933
HER FIRST MATE
Mary Horner
1933
PROFESSIONAL SWEETHEART
Elmerada [de Leon]
1933
MEET THE BARON
ZaSu
1933
AGGIE APPLEBY, MAKER OF MEN
Sibby
1933
LOVE BIRDS
Araminta Tootle
1934
3 ON A HONEYMOON
Alice Mudge
1934
PRIVATE SCANDAL
Miss Coates
1934
SING AND LIKE IT
Annie Snodgrass
1934
THE MEANEST GAL IN TOWN
Tillie [Prescott]
1934
THEIR BIG MOMENT
Tillie Whim
1934
MRS. WIGGS OF THE CABBAGE PATCH
Miss [Tabitha] Hazy
1934
THE GAY BRIDE
Mirabelle
1934
TWO ALONE
Esthey Roberts
1934
DAMES
Mathilda [Ounce Hemingway]
1934
GOING HIGHBROW
Mrs. [Cora] Upshaw
1935
SHE GETS HER MAN
Esmeralda
1935
THE AFFAIR OF SUSAN
Susan
1935
HOT TIP
Belle McGill
1935
RUGGLES OF RED GAP
Mrs. [Prunella] Judson
1935
SPRING TONIC
Maggie
1935
THE PLOT THICKENS
Hildegarde Withers
1936
MAD HOLIDAY
Mrs. [Fay] Kinney
1936
13 HOURS BY AIR
Miss Harkins
1936
FORTY NAUGHTY GIRLS
Hildegarde Withers
1937
52ND STREET
Letitia Rondell
1937
SING ME A LOVE SONG
Gwen Logan
1937
NAUGHTY BUT NICE
Aunt Penelope
1939
ETERNALLY YOURS
Mrs. Bingham
1939
NURSE EDITH CAVELL
Mme. Moulin
1939
MICKEY, THE KID
Lilly
1939
THE LADY'S FROM KENTUCKY
Dulcy Lee
1939
NO, NO, NANETTE
Pauline
1940
IT ALL CAME TRUE
Miss Flint
1940
MISS POLLY
Miss [Pandora] Polly
1941
NIAGARA FALLS
Emmy Sawyer
1941
THE MEXICAN SPITFIRE'S BABY
Miss Pepper
1941
WEEK-END FOR THREE
Anna
1941
BROADWAY LIMITED
Myra [Pottle]
1941
TISH
Aggie Pilkington
1942
SO'S YOUR AUNT EMMA
"Aunt" Emma Bates
1942
THE BASHFUL BACHELOR
Geraldine
1942
MEXICAN SPITFIRE AT SEA
Miss Emily Pepper
1942
LET'S FACE IT
Cornelia Pigeon
1943
BREAKFAST IN HOLLYWOOD
Elvira Spriggens
1946
THE PERFECT MARRIAGE
Rosa [O`Flynn]
1947
LIFE WITH FATHER
Cora [Cartwright]
1947
FRANCIS
Valerie Humpert
1950
DENVER & RIO GRANDE
Jane
1952
FRANCIS JOINS THE WACS
Lt. Valerie Humpert
1954
THIS COULD BE THE NIGHT
Mrs. Shea
1957
TEENAGE MILLIONAIRE
Aunt Theodora
1961
IT'S A MAD, MAD, MAD, MAD WORLD
Switchboard operator
1963
THE THRILL OF IT ALL
Olivia
1963

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