ZaSu Pitts

ZaSu Pitts (3 January1894–7 June1963) was a United States movie actress. In many of her film credits and contemporary articles, her name is rendered as Zazu Pitts.

Career

Pitts debuted in silent film in 1917, including a number of leading roles. Perhaps her most famous early role was in Erich von Stroheim's Greed (1925). Von Stroheim also featured her in The Wedding March and Walking Down Broadway.

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Silent film - 1917 - Erich von Stroheim - Greed - 1925

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When Hollywood switched to talkies Pitts, who had a distinctive nasal voice with a wavering vibrato, switched to comedy character actor roles.

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Hollywood - Talkies - Comedy

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When Mae Questel was called on to create the screen voice of the character "Olive Oyl" for the Fleischer Studios animated cartoon version of the comic strip "Popeye", Questel created a caricature of Zazu Pitts' voice.

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Mae Questel - Olive Oyl - Fleischer Studios - Animated cartoon - Comic strip - Popeye

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From the 1940s through the early 1960s ZaSu Pitts also made numerous television appearances, including her role in The Gale Storm Show, Oh! Susanna (1956-1960), with Gale Storm.

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1940s - 1960s - Television - The Gale Storm Show, Oh! Susanna - Gale Storm

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She has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame and in 1994, she was honored with her image on a United States postage stamp designed by caricaturist Al Hirschfeld.

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Hollywood Walk of Fame - United States postage stamp - Al Hirschfeld

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