ZaSu Pitts was born in Parsons, Kansas, to Rulandus and Nelly ( née Shay) Pitts; she was the third of four children. Her father, who had lost a leg while serving in the 76th New York I… See more

Pitts made her stage debut in 1914–15 doing school and local community theater in … See more

ZaSu Pitts had hidden talents as a dramatic actress. She was given the greatest tragic role of her career in Erich von Stroheim's 71⁄2 -hour epic Greed (1924). The surprise casting initi… See more

Beginning in the 1930s, Pitts found work in radio. She appeared several times in the earliest Fibber McGee and Molly shows, playing a dizzy dame constantly looking for a husband… See more

Postwar films continued to give her the chance to play comic snoops and flighty relatives in such fare as Life with Father (1947), but in the 1950s, she started focusing o… See more

Pitts was married to actor Thomas Sarsfield Gallery from 1920 until their 1933 divorce. Gallery became a Los Angeles boxing promoter and later a TV executive. The couple had … See more