Designed by caricaturist Al Hirschfeld, this set of stamps also honored Rudolph Valentino, Clara Bow, Charles Chaplin, Lon Chaney, John Gilbert, Harold Lloyd, Theda Bara, Buster Keaton, and the Keystone Kops.įollowing her death, she was interred at Holy Cross Cemetery, Culver City, California.
Pictured on one of ten 29¢ US commemorative postage stamps celebrating stars of the silent screen, issued 27 April 1994. Was an excellent cook and a collector of candy recipes, which culminated into a cook book entitled "Candy Hits by ZaSu Pitts", which was published posthumously in 1963. They shared a Hollywood apartment while both were fledgling actors.Īccording to "Classic Images" biographer Charles Stumpf, she claimed that Rudolph Valentino taught her to dance while appearing together in the film A Society Sensation (1918). He actually signed her to a six-month contract but never used her.Ī close friend from her high school days was actress Lois Nelson (aka Lois Nelson). It also shows them as the adoptive parents of a boy named Don Mike, who is listed as "child actor".Ĭharles Chaplin took an interest in her around 1917 or 1918 during her first brush with popularity. The 1930 Census shows her still living with husband, though reportedly legally separated. She was awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6654 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California on February 8, 1960. Unhappy with her contract, like other Roach actors, and with a breakdown in renewal negotiations she was replaced with Patsy Kelly.
#ZAZU PITTS MEMORIAL ORCHESTRA SERIES#
Under contract to Hal Roach Studios she made a series of 16 comedy shorts with Thelma Todd in the early 1930s. Miss Pitts, in addition to Reginald Gardner and Nancy Walker, are heard on the musical LP, and could possibly be the only LP album made by the actress.
In 1958, William Howe and Casey Adams (Max Showalter) wrote "My Square Laddie", a version of "My Fair Lady" with a gender reversed. Instead of being hurt, Pitts said it was the nicest thing anyone had ever said to her.Īfter initially being rejected by the Sennett, Chaplin and Christie studios, the determined Pitts was finally was given a successful screen test and work as a stock player at Universal by the LaSalle and Joker unit. Griffith, the director rejected her because he said she looked too much like Lillian Gish. Zasu's career really began when she found her way onto the set of Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm (1917) and was noticed by star Mary Pickford, who put her into the picture as well as her next, The Little Princess (1917) and in husband Douglas Fairbanks' A Modern Musketeer (1917). Was known for giving speeches as a very conservative Republican and reportedly when Nancy Davis took Ronald Reagan to a speech by Pitts, he switched his allegiance from Democrat Helen Gahagan Douglas to Richard Nixon during the 1950 Senatorial race in California. The young girl who was previously made fun of by her peers, found acceptance in making them laugh. Although initially embarrassed, she was coaxed to finish it and found that making others laugh was the key to social acceptance for her. Her attempts to give it a melodramatic reading were met with laughter from students and staff, who thought she was genuinely funny. Pitts inadvertently began her career as a comedienne when she was selected by her high school graduation class to recite "The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere" as a joke. Profiled in the book "Funny Ladies" by Stephen M. Upon the death of MGM beauty Barbara LaMarr Zasu adopted her orphaned son Don Mike.
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