Zazu Pitts

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. Other films include:. They had two children: a daughter, Ann Gallery, and a son, Don Gallery (ne Marvin Carville La Marr), whom they adopted after the death of his mother, actress Barbara La Marr. Her big budget movie studio films include Scream 3 (2000), You've Got Mail (1998), Josie and the Pussycats (2001), and Blade: Trinity (2004). Pitts was married to actor Tom Gallery from 1920 to 1932. She has appeared in three of Christopher Guest's mock documentaries: Waiting for Guffman (1996), Best in Show (2000), and A Mighty Wind (2003). She was interred at Holy Cross Cemetery, Culver City. Her first lead role was in Party Girl (1995).

ZaSu Pitts died of cancer in Hollywood, California at age 69. She attended Purchase College where she roomed with fellow actress Sherry Stringfield and, like Stringfield, her first role was on a soap opera; in Posey's case, it was on As the World Turns. 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. She and her twin brother, Chris, were raised in Mississippi and Louisiana. 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. She was born in Laurel, Mississippi and named by her father after the 1950s supermodel Suzy Parker. When Hollywood switched to talkies, Pitts, who had a distinctive nasal voice with a wavering vibrato, switched to comedy character actor roles. Parker Posey (born November 8, 1968) is an American actress best known for her many appearances in independent films.

Von Stroheim also featured her in The Wedding March and Walking Down Broadway. Dazed and Confused (1993). Perhaps her most famous early role was in Erich von Stroheim's Greed (1925). Clockwatchers (1997). Pitts debuted in silent film in 1917, including a number of leading roles. The House of Yes (1997). Her unusual first name was coined from parts of the names "Eliza" and "Susan", female relatives who both wanted ZaSu's mother to name the child after them. The Anniversary Party (2001).

ZaSu Pitts was born in Parsons, Kansas and grew up in Santa Cruz, California. Personal Velocity: Three Portraits (2002). In many of her film credits and contemporary articles, her name is rendered as Zazu Pitts. ZaSu Pitts (3 January 1894 - 7 June 1963) was a United States movie actress.