ZaSu Pitts
Actor
On the Loose (1931 film)...in 1931 . It was produced and directed by Hal Roach and distributed by MGM. It stars Zasu Pitts and Thelma Todd and features a cameo appearance by Laurel and Hardy. Zasu and Thelma are two young women at home complaining about all of the... In this article: On the Loose, Coney Island, Laurel and Hardy, ZaSu Pitts, Thelma Todd, Hal Roach, and MGM |
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Patsy Kelly
...Roach hired Kelly to co-star with Thelma Todd in a series of short-subject comedies. (Kelly replaced ZaSu Pitts, who left Roach after a salary dispute.) The Todd-Kelly shorts cemented Patsy Kelly's image: a brash, wisecracking woman who...
In this article: Patsy Kelly, Frank Fay, Broadway, Hal Roach, Barbara Harris, Tallulah Bankhead, and Thelma Todd
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Pitts and Todd
Pitts and Todd Pitts and Todd was a female comedy duo from the 1930s, put together by Hal Roach as the female counterpart to Laurel and Hardy Both actresses, ZaSu Pitts and Thelma Todd, had been working with Roach in various short films and...
In this article: Thelma Todd, Patsy Kelly, Hal Roach, Laurel and Hardy, Lyda Roberti, Leroy Shield, A Pain in the Pullman, On the Loose, and Jules White
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ZaSu Pitts
...published posthumously in 1963. Conservative both politically and financially, Pitts left her lucrative job with Thelma Todd over a money dispute with Hal Roach, and often complained about taxes. Mae Questel caricatured Pitts's voice...
In this article: Thelma Todd, It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World, Hal Roach, Parsons, Kansas, and Hollywood
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Leroy Shield
...film studio, composing countless background themes that became associated with such Roach comedy series as Laurel and Hardy, Our Gang, ZaSu Pitts and Thelma Todd '', and ''Charley Chase. One of his compositions for the 1930 Our Gang 1930...
In this article: Leroy Shield, Hal Roach, Laurel and Hardy, Thelma Todd, Arturo Toscanini, R. Crumb, Beau Hunks, Teacher's Pet, and Our Gang
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Joplin, Missouri
...Thelma Todd and ZaSu Pitts, Pitts often makes references to Joplin as being her home town. In real life, Pitts was born in nearby Parsons, Kansas. In the ending credits of the movie "RV", Robin Williams and Jeff Daniels sing the Route 66...
In this article: Joplin High School, Scott Joplin, Missouri Southern State University, Bonnie and Clyde, Zinc, Union City, and Route 66
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Thelma Todd
...was replaced by Patsy Kelly. The Todd shorts often cast her as a working girl having all sorts of problems, and trying her best to remain poised and charming despite the embarrassing antics of her sidekick. Thelma Todd became highly...
In this article: Thelma Todd, Roland West, Lucky Luciano, Hal Roach, Jewel Carmen, Laurel and Hardy, and Hollywood
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ZaSu Pitts (January 3, – June 7, ) (pronounced: /ˈzeɪsuː ˈpɪts/) was an American film actress who starred in many silent dramas, although later, her career digressed to comedy sound films. She overcame her unglamorous looks and wallflower tendencies by basing her stage and screen persona on them in scores of comedies. == Name ==
Her unusual first name was coined from parts of the names, "Eliza," and, "Susan," female relatives who both wanted Pitts' mother to name the child after them. In many film credits and articles, her name was rendered as, Zazu Pitts, or, Zasu Pitts. Though her name is commonly mispronounced as, "Zazz-oo," in her 1930s film shorts with Thelma Todd (see below) it is clearly pronounced, on-screen [by Todd] as, "ZAY-sue;" her name was also consistently pronounced, "ZAY-sue," during her recurrent guest appearances on, Fibber McGee and Mollys show in 1939.
- Name At Birth:
- Eliza Susan Pitts
- Birth Date:
- January 03, 1894
- Birthplace:
- Parsons, Kansas, U.S.
- Death Date:
- June 07, 1963
- Place of Death:
- Hollywood, California, U.S.
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