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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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A group of strangers come across...It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World 1963
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The goings on of a few...Breakfast in Hollywood 1946
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The nosy antics of a honeymooner...Niagara Falls 1941
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Perky young Nanette attempts to save...No, No, Nanette 1940
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Anita engaged to solid Don Barnes...Eternally Yours 1939
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British nurse Edith Cavell is stationed...Nurse Edith Cavell 1939
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Donald Hardwick Dick Powell is a...Naughty But Nice 1939
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William Poster writes a gossip column...Is My Face Red? 1932
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Dowdy Sylvia accepts her boss marriage...Sin Takes a Holiday 1930
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A countess fleeing her husband mistakes...Monte Carlo 1930
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A young impoverished aristocrat falls in...The Wedding March 1928
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Angela comes to Hollywood with only...Hollywood 1923
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