Biography
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...
Known For
Complete Filmography

The Big Parade of Comedy
1964
as Mirabelle in 'The Gay Bride' (archive footage)
Film clips highlight the funniest scenes and brightest comic stars in MGM's history.

It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
1963
as Gertie - Switchboard Operator
A group of strangers come across a man dying after a car crash who proceeds to tell them about the $350,000 he buried in California. What follows is t...

The Thrill of It All
1963
as Olivia
A housewife's sudden rise to fame as a soap spokesperson leads to chaos in her home life.

Teenage Millionaire
1961
as Aunt Theodora
A teenager whose father is a millionaire radio station owner secretly records a song and plays it on one of his father's stations. It becomes a hit.

Disneyland '59
1959
as Self
Walt Disney and Art Linkletter co-host a live celebration of Disneyland's 1959 expansion that consisted of the debuts of Matterhorn Bobsleds, the Disn...

This Could Be the Night
1957
as Mrs. Shea
To earn extra money, a prim schoolteacher takes a second job as secretary to the uncouth owner of a boisterous nightclub.

The Silent Partner
1955
as Selma
When a great film director accepts an Academy Award, he reflects on a comedian he worked with in the early film days, owing his success to him, not re...

Francis Joins the WACS
1954
as Valerie Humpert
Peter Stirling (with his old friend the talking mule) is recalled to active duty...in the WACs!

Denver and Rio Grande
1952
as Jane Dwyer
Jim Vesser and his team of railroading men try to build a rail line through a mountain pass, while a group of less scrupulous construction workers sab...

Francis
1950
as Valerie Humpert
The truthful soldier Stirling didn't know how to lie about his source of information, the talking army Mule, Francis, so he was treated as a lunatic a...
Lum and Abner
1949
Chester Lauck and Norris Goff tried to bring their highly successful radio show to TV but it didn’t happen. In this failed pilot Abner is on the phone...

Life with Father
1947
as Cousin Cora Cartwright
A straitlaced turn-of-the-century father presides over a family of boys and the mother who really rules the roost.

The Perfect Marriage
1947
as Rosa
A couple celebrate their tenth anniversary by quarreling their way to divorce court.

Breakfast in Hollywood
1946
as Elvira Spriggens
The goings on of a few members of a radio show's audience is the premise for this feature film derived from the popular ABC radio show of the 1940s. T...

Dear Miss Gloria
1946
as Guest star
A short subject, intended as the first of a series, where Gloria Swanson plays "Miss Gloria," advice columnist to the lovelorn.

Let's Face It
1943
as Cornelia Pigeon
A soldier stationed on an army base and his fiancé, who runs a women's "fat farm" nearby, want to get married but don't have enough money. Three custo...

Tish
1942
as Aggie Pilkington (as ZaSu Pitts)
In this comedy, the town gossip fills her time running the lives of others. Naturally, she is also a matchmaker.

So's Your Aunt Emma!
1942
as Aunt Emma Bates
A dizzy old spinster gets involved in the boxing racket and gangland murders.

The Bashful Bachelor
1942
as Geraldine
Lum Edwards is annoyed with his partner in Pine Ridge's Jot-'em-Down general store, Abner Peabody, because Abner has swapped their delivery car for a ...

Mexican Spitfire at Sea
1942
as Miss Pepper
An advertising executive and his temperamental wife sail to Hawaii in search of business. The fifth entry (of eight) in the "Mexican Spitfire" comedy...

Weekend for Three
1941
as Anna, Craig's Maid
Jim is hardly thrilled when his new bride, Ellen, invites an old friend, Randy, over for dinner. Yet Jim turns genuinely dismayed once Randy arrives a...

The Mexican Spitfire's Baby
1941
as Emily Pepper
An advertising executive and his temperamental wife adopt a war orphan who turns out to be a beautiful woman.

Miss Polly
1941
as Pandora Polly
A small-town spinster, who's a born romantic, takes on the strict members of the local "Purity League" by spilling a few of their well-kept secrets. C...

Uncle Joe
1941
as Julia Jordan
A pretty Chicago teenager (Gale Storm), who's being courted by an older man, is sent by her worried parents to live with her uncle on his Iowa farm.

Niagara Falls
1941
as Emmy Sawyer
The nosy antics of a honeymooner puts an unwed couple in the same room.

Broadway Limited
1941
as Myra Pottle
A publicity stunt staged on a train known as the Broadway Limited gets out of control, as no one wants to be responsible for the baby that was brought...

No, No, Nanette
1940
as Pauline Hastings
Perky young Nanette attempts to save the marriage of her uncle and aunt by untangling Uncle Jimmy from several innocent but ensnaring flirtations. Att...

It All Came True
1940
as Miss Flint
After crooked nightclub owner murders a police informant, he blackmails his piano player to allow him to stay at his eccentric mother's boarding house...

Eternally Yours
1939
as Cary Bingham
Anita, engaged to solid Don Barnes, is swept off her feet by magician Arturo. Before you can say presto, she's his wife and stage assistant on a lengt...

Nurse Edith Cavell
1939
as Mme. Moulin
British nurse Edith Cavell is stationed at a hospital in Brussels during World War I. When the son of a former patient escapes from a German prisoner-...

Mickey the Kid
1939
as Lilly Handy
A bank robber and his boy make a run for it during winter in a bus full of children.

Naughty But Nice
1939
as Aunt Penelope Hardwick
Donald Hardwick (Dick Powell) is a stuffed-shirt, classical music professor. His family and small-town music college that he works are of equal mindse...

The Lady's from Kentucky
1939
as Dulcey Lee
Good-natured gambler Marty Black falls into ownership of a booking joint but soon falls on hard times. His one out is a marker for half-ownership in a...

52nd Street
1937
as Letitia Rondell
The story of how 52nd Street became New York City's "Nightclub Row" in the 1930s.

Forty Naughty Girls
1937
as Hildegarde Withers
Hildegarde Withers and Inspector Piper try to solve a murder while attending a popular Broadway show.

Wanted!
1937
as Winnie Oatfield
A married couple are mistaken for jewel thieves and forced to go to a party. The husband turns on the burglar alarm by mistake and the real thieves ar...

Sing Me a Love Song
1936
as Gwen Logan
A young playboy inherits a financially-troubled New York City department store. To learn the business, he poses as a store clerk, and quickly falls fo...

The Plot Thickens
1936
as Hildegarde Withers
A priceless Cellini silver cup is stolen from a local museum with both Hildegarde and Oscar on the case.

Mad Holiday
1936
as Mrs. Fay Kinney
A temperamental film star's vacation turns deadly when he uncovers a murder.

13 Hours by Air
1936
as Miss Harkins
Womanizer and airline pilot Jack Gordon must fly the world's fastest airliner from New York to California while dealing with dangerous jewel thieves o...

The Affair of Susan
1935
as Susan Todd
Two people go to Coney Island to find romance and wind up in jail.

Hot Tip
1935
as Belle McGill
An amateur handicapper must help his future son-in-law recoup the money he lost while playing the ponies.

She Gets Her Man
1935
as Esmeralda
Esmeralda is a cook in a diner in a small Arkansas town. When a gang of crooks moves into town and plots a bank robbery, Esmeralda unintentionally wre...

Going Highbrow
1935
as Cora Upshaw
A ditzy wife yearns to join "high society" when she and her husband become suddenly wealthy. Comedy.

Spring Tonic
1935
as Maggie Conklin
Betty Ingals walks out on her fiancé in search of adventure. She gets more than she bargained for when she stumbles upon a gang of bootleggers.

Ruggles of Red Gap
1935
as Mrs. Judson
In this comedy of an Englishman stranded in a sea of barbaric Americans, Marmaduke Ruggles, a gentleman's gentleman and butler to an Earl is lost in a...

The Gay Bride
1934
as Mirabelle
Mary wants to marry a gangster because that is where the money is. Unfortunately, the life expectancy and finances of a gangster are unstable.

Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch
1934
as Miss Hazy
The Wiggs family plan to celebrate Thanksgiving in their rundown shack with leftover stew, without Mr. Wiggs who wandered off long ago an has never be...

Dames
1934
as Matilda Hemingway
A reformer's daughter wins the lead role in a scandalous Broadway show.

Their Big Moment
1934
as Tillie Whim
Early '30s comedy-mystery involving magicians, fake psychics and murder.

Private Scandal
1934
as Miss Coates
"Private Scandal" is a 1934 American Pre-Code comedy film directed by Ralph Murphy and written by Vera Caspary, Garrett Fort and Bruce Manning. The fi...

Love Birds
1934
as Araminta Tootle
ZaSu Pitts and Slim Summerville meet when both are sold deeds to an abandoned ranch in the California desert. Their lonely lives become much more crow...

Sing and Like It
1934
as Annie Snodgrass
While breaking into a bank safe, a gangster overhears a bank employee singing and decides to put her in a Broadway revue

And She Learned About Dames
1934
as Herself
Students at New York's Rovina Finishing School for Girls send their photographs to the makers of Claybury's Beauty Soap, in the hope of being chosen a...

Three on a Honeymoon
1934
as Alice Mudge
This romantic comedy takes place on an ocean liner. One of the few unattached passengers is heiress Joan Foster. Joan finds herself in the arms of the...

Two Alone
1934
as Esthey Roberts
Mazie, a poor orphan girl, is mistreated by cruel farmer Slag and his wife for whom she works. Mazie, who is growing into a woman, does not like they...

The Meanest Gal in Town
1934
as Tillie Prescott
A stranded actress turned manicurist affects the lives of people in a small American town.

Mr. Skitch
1933
as Maddie Skitch
After losing their Missouri home during the Great Depression, the Skitch family pulls up stakes and heads west to California to begin life anew. Comed...

Meet the Baron
1933
as Zasu
A charlatan posing as Baron Munchhausen is invited to be guest speaker at a girls' school.

Aggie Appleby, Maker of Men
1933
as Sybby 'Sib'
Tough Aggie gives a street guy polish and a rich kid gumption.
Love, Honor and Oh, Baby!
1933
as Connie Clark
A lawyer devises a plan to fake a breach of contract suit against a wealthy womanizer.

Her First Mate
1933
as Mary Horner
A camp butcher on an Albany night boat dreams of the South Seas.

Professional Sweetheart
1933
as Elmerada
Radio singer Glory Eden is publicized as the ideal of American womanhood in order to sell the sponsor's product Ippsie-Wippsie Washcloths. In reality,...

One Track Minds
1933
as Zasu Pitts
Thelma wins a screen test with a Hollywood studio, but trouble ensues on the train trip out there.

Hello, Sister!
1933
as Millie
Peggy and her friend Millie are strolling down Broadway while Jimmy and Mac are trolling Broadway, and the four get together...

The Bargain of the Century
1933
as Zasu
Comedy short with ZaSuPitts and Thelma Todd. After accidentally getting a policeman friend fired, the girls must come up with some way to get him re-...

Out All Night
1933
as Bonny
A "mama's boy" falls for a spinster who takes care of children at a department store nursery.

The Vanishing Frontier
1933
as Aunt Sylvia
Its 1850 and California is under ruthless military rule. Kirby Tornell's rancho has been taken over by soldiers and when two of Kirby's men are captur...

Maids a la Mode
1933
as Miss Pitts
Instead of delivering some fancy dresses to a customer, the girls wear them to a party.

Asleep in the Feet
1933
as Zasu
The girls moonlight as taxi dancers in order to earn some extra money.

They Just Had to Get Married
1933
as Molly Hull
Molly Hull, a maid, and Sam Sutton, a butler, are bequeathed a million dollars, and they encounter many problems and difficulties as they try to becom...

She Whoops To Conquer
1933
as Beula
Both the maid and the youngest daughter are after the same man who wants nothing to do with either of them.

Sneak Easily
1932
as Miss Zasu Pitts - Woman of the Jury
Juror Zasu accidentally swallows a piece of evidence which just happens to be a time bomb.

Madison Square Garden
1932
as Florrie
Eddie Burke is a wise-guy pugilist whose talent is unevenly matched by his ego. Despite his character flaws, Eddie knows the meaning of loyalty. When ...

The Soilers
1932
as Zasu
Zasu and Thelma are working their way through college by selling magazine subscriptions. Finding little success going door-to-door, the pair decide to...

Once in a Lifetime
1932
as Miss Leyton
Story of a Hollywood studio during the transition from silents to talkies.

The Crooked Circle
1932
as Nora Rafferty
A group of amateur detectives sets out to expose The Crooked Circle, a secretive group of hooded occultists.

Alum and Eve
1932
as Zasu
When Thelma is stopped by a cop for speeding, she tries to get out of it by telling him that she and Zasu are on their way to the hospital.

Blondie of the Follies
1932
as Gertie
New York City tenement dwelling neighbors Blondie and Lottie are longtime best friends. When Lottie makes the cast of the Follies and moves up in the ...

Show Business
1932
as Zasu
The girls and their pet monkey create havoc on board a train carrying a traveling Broadway troupe.

Back Street
1932
as Mrs. Dole
A woman's love for and devotion to a married man results in her being relegated to the "back streets" of his life.

Roar of the Dragon
1932
as Gabby Woman
A boatload of Westerners is trapped in Manchuria as bandits led by Russian renegade Voronsky ravage the area. Seeking refuge in a fortified inn, the g...

Make Me a Star
1932
as Mrs. Scudder
A grocery clerk, longing to become a cowboy actor, goes to Hollywood in search of fame and fortune. Unfortunately, his acting ability is non-existent.

Is My Face Red?
1932
as Morning Gazette Telephone Operator
William Poster writes a gossip column for the Morning Gazette. He will write about anyone and everyone as long as he gets the credit. He gets most of ...

The Old Bull
1932
as Zasu
Thelma and Zazu are on a leisurely excursion in a borrowed car. Thelma lets Zazu drive. When she brakes to avoid a bull pulled along by three rustics,...

Westward Passage
1932
as Mrs. Truesdale
A struggling writer divorces his wife to pursue his career without interference, but they meet in Europe years later after she has remarried.

Strangers of the Evening
1932
as Sybil Smith
Bodies start mysteriously disappearing from the city morgue. An investigator tries to determine what is going on.

The Trial of Vivienne Ware
1932
as Gladys Fairweather
Vivienne Ware is defended by her ex-beau when she's accused of killing her faithless fiance.

Strictly Unreliable
1932
as Pitts
Zasu inadvertently turns Thelma's vaudeville act into a shambles.

Destry Rides Again
1932
as Temperance Worker
The story about a man framed for a crime he didn't commit, who returns to wreak havoc following his release from prison.

Shopworn
1932
as Aunt Dot
A waitress falls for a wealthy young man but has to fight his mother to find happiness.

Red Noses
1932
as Miss Pitts
Thelma and Zasu go to a Turkish bath to try to get rid of a cold.

Steady Company
1932
as Dot
Truck driver Norman Foster has aspirations to become a prize fighter, but romantic interest June Clyde finds the idea deplorable. Henry Armetta and Za...

Sealskins
1932
as Zasu Pitts
In their first comedy two-reeler of 1932, vivacious Thelma Todd and fluttery ZaSu Pitts learn that the royal seal of a foreign country has been stolen...

Broken Lullaby
1932
as Anna, Holderlin's Maid
A young French soldier in World War I is overcome with guilt when he kills a German soldier who, like himself, is a musically gifted conscript, each h...

The Unexpected Father
1932
as Polly Perkins
A wealthy bachelor hires a pretty young nanny to look after his adopted daughter. Sparks quickly fly between the two, much to the dismay of the man's ...

On the Loose
1931
as Zasu
Two young women, Zasu and Thelma, complain that all of their dates take them to Coney Island. The next day a car goes by and they are splashed with mu...

The Secret Witness
1931
as Bella
A wealthy, cheating husband is found murdered in his penthouse apartment. The police soon arrest a suspect, but the victim's downstairs neighbor belie...

War Mamas
1931
as Zasu
During WW1, the girls become spies when they spend the evening with two German officers.

The Guardsman
1931
as Liesl
An acclaimed actor and his equally acclaimed actress wife, who have been married for less than a year, are already showing signs of strain in their ma...

The Pajama Party
1931
as Zasu
After running their car off the road, a society matron insists that the girls spend the evening at her mansion.

Penrod and Sam
1931
as Mrs. Bassett
Best pals Penrod and Sam are leaders of a super-secret neighborhood society, the In-Or-In Boys Club. Troubles arise when a pompous prig tries to join ...

The Big Gamble
1931
as Nora Dugan
A gambler, hopelessly in debt, agrees to pay off his debt by allowing his creditor to take out a life insurance policy on him and collecting once the ...

Catch-As Catch-Can
1931
as ZaSu
Zasu falls for a wrestler, drags Thelma to his next fight.

Their Mad Moment
1931
as Miss Dibbs
Dorothy Mackaill stars in this old-fashioned melodrama set in the Basque country of Spain. She is Emily Stanley, betrothed to foppish Englishman Sir H...

A Woman of Experience
1931
as Katie
It is 1915 in Vienna and the Great War has caused many casualties. Elsa, a beautiful prostitute, wants to help the war effort, but is rejected as a nu...

Let's Do Things
1931
as Zasu Pitts
Zasu & Thelma go out with two idiots to a nightclub.

Seed
1931
as Jennie
Bart is a clerk for a publishing company; he has written a novel. His wife Peggy and he have five children. Bart's former girlfriend Mildred is manage...

Beyond Victory
1931
as Fritzi Mobley
Four battle-weary American soldiers under fire reflect on the women they left behind.

The Bad Sister
1931
as Minnie
Marianne falls in love with con man Valentine who uses their relation to get her father's endorsement on a money-raising scheme. He runs off with the ...

Finn and Hattie
1931
as Mrs. Hattie Haddock
The Haddocks are going on a European vacation and from their reception at the station, where the whole town goes to see them off, it is clear who wear...

Passion Flower
1930
as Mrs. Harney
A bored society woman invites scandal and heartache when she falls in love with her low-born chauffeur.

Free Love
1930
as Ada, the Maid
A wife's psychiatrist tells her that she is being dominated by her husband. Her solution is to divorce him.

War Nurse
1930
as Cushie
Women from various backgrounds volunteer as nurses in France at the outbreak of World War I.

Sin Takes a Holiday
1930
as Annie
Dowdy Sylvia accepts her boss' marriage proposal, even though he only asked her to avoid marriage to another woman. As a wealthy wife, Sylvia changes ...

River's End
1930
as Louise
Sgt. Conniston and his alcoholic guide O'Toole are on the trail of an escaped murderer named Keith. When they catch up with him in the farthest reache...

The Lottery Bride
1930
as Hilda
Sundered lovers meet again amid tragic irony at a mining camp in northern Norway.

Monte Carlo
1930
as Bertha
A countess fleeing her husband mistakes a count for her hairdresser at a Monte Carlo casino.

The Squealer
1930
as Bella
A gangster's wife, fearful that he is about to be murdered by his rivals, tips off the police to his whereabouts in order to save his life. Her husban...

Little Accident
1930
as Monica
On the day before his second wedding, a man finds out that his bride-to-be has had a baby.

The Devil's Holiday
1930
as Ethel
Beautiful manicurist Hallie Hobart sets her sights on handsome David Stone, the son of wealthy wheat farmer Ezra Stone. Professing to hate men, Hallie...

Honey
1930
as Mayme
A once-wealthy sister and brother rent out their Southern mansion and stay on as cook and butler.

No, No, Nanette
1930
as Pauline Hastings
A bible publisher is falling in love with a chorus girl and finds himself backing a Broadway show.

The Honeymoon
1929
as Caecilia
The honeymoon of Prince Nicki in the Alps, and the wedding of Mitzi and Schani. Mitzi still loves Nicki, and jealous Schani decides once again to kil...

This Thing Called Love
1929
as Clara Bertrand
A romance runs into difficulties because the girl has seen a great deal of the turbulence in her sister's household, and has no illusions about marrie...

The Locked Door
1929
as Telephone Girl
On her first anniversary, Ann Reagan finds that her sister-in-law is involved with a shady character that she used to be intimate with, and determines...

Paris
1929
as Harriet
Irène Bordoni is cast as Vivienne Rolland, a Parisian chorus girl in love with Massachusetts boy Andrew Sabbot (Jason Robards Sr.) Andrew's snobbish m...

Oh, Yeah!
1929
as The Elk
A couple of roving vagabonds hitch a freight to the railroad town of Linda, and between bouts with the fright-yard bulls and other drifters, find roma...

Her Private Life
1929
as Timmins
A English aristocrat causes a scandal when she divorces her husband and runs off with a young American.

The Argyle Case
1929
as Mrs. Wyatt
A multimillionaire is murdered, and his will leaves all his money to a beautiful young blonde. The murdered man's son thinks something is fishy, and a...

Twin Beds
1929
as Tillie
A young husband just wants to spend a quiet evening at home with his wife, but her collection of zany friends make hash of his hopes.

The Squall
1929
as Lena
A fiesty, sexy and manipulative gypsy disrupts the lives of a conservative farm family.

The Dummy
1929
as Rose Gleason
The title character is office-boy Barney. Pretending to be a deaf-mute, Barney tries to trump his detective boss Walter Babbing by tracking down the p...

Sins of the Fathers
1928
as Mother Spengler
A married restaurant owner is persuaded to become a bootlegger by a beautiful young girl. When he starts making money at it, she steals it, then runs ...

The Wedding March
1928
as Cecelia Schweisser
A young impoverished aristocrat falls in love with an inn-keeper's daughter, but has to marry money.

Buck Privates
1928
as Hulda
Pvt. Smith, an American soldier stationed in a German town during the occupation of Germany after World War I, falls in love with the daughter of the ...

13 Washington Square
1928
as The Maid
In this comedy, a wealthy matron is terribly upset when she learns that her socialite son is planning to marry a blue collar girl.

Wife Savers
1928
as Germaine
While stationed in Switzerland, soldiers Louis and Rodney fall in love with local damsel Colette, much to the dismay of Colette's self-appointed boyfr...

Casey at the Bat
1927
as Camille
Casey is a slovenly junk man in a turn of the twentieth century hick town who has a remarkable ability to play baseball. An unscrupulous New York scou...
Her Big Night
1926
as Gladys Smith
Tom Barrett, a motion picture press agent, noting Frances Norcross' resemblance to film star Daphne Dix, offers her passes to the star's personal appe...

Risky Business
1926
as Agnes Wheaton
A domineering mother sets out to break up the romance and possible marriage of her daughter, Cecily Stoughton, with Ted Pyncheon by several contrived ...

Sunny Side Up
1926
as Evelyn
Sunny sings in the streets to obtain funds for a country outing. A theatre owner hears her and takes her up. During a fishing trip Sunny is about to a...

The Great Love
1926
as Nancy
Struggling young doctor in a rural community, Dr. Lawrence Tibbits, cures Norma, a circus elephant, when she is injured in a fire. The circus moves on...

Early to Wed
1926
as Mrs. Dugan
Tommy and Daphne Carter, a young married couple, following the advice of a pretentious friend, decide to impress their friends by appearing to be pros...

Monte Carlo
1926
as Hope Durant
Three girls from a small town win a trip to Monte Carlo. The trip was sponsored by their local newspaper, which sends along its ace reporter Bancroft ...

What Happened to Jones
1926
as Hilda (as Zazu Pitts)
On the night before his wedding, a young man plays poker with friends. When the game is raided by the police, he escapes into a Turkish bath on ladies...

Mannequin
1926
as Annie Pogani
Adapted from the Fannie Hurst story of the same name, Mannequin is the story of Joan Herrick, kidnapped in infancy from her wealthy parents and raised...

Wages for Wives
1925
as Luella Logan
Nell Bailey, taking a lesson from the married lives of her sister, Luella Logan, and her mother, agrees to marry Danny Kester provided that he will sp...

Lazybones
1925
as Ruth Fanning
Steve Tuttle, the titular lazybones, takes on the responsibility of raising a fatherless girl, causing a scandal in his small town. Many years later, ...

Thunder Mountain
1925
as Mandy Coulter
Sam Martin grows up in the Kentucky hills with a preacher as his closest friend and father figure. The young man goes away and gets an education, and ...

Pretty Ladies
1925
as Maggie Keenan
Maggie, a headlining comedienne with the Follies, takes a fall off the stage into the orchestra pit and lands on the drum of musician Al Cassidy. One ...

1925 Studio Tour
1925
as Self
A tour of the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studio in 1925 shows the people who make the movies there, and gives viewers a glimpse at how movies are made.
Old Shoes
1925
A widowed woman marries her husband's brother, who soon proves to be a tyrant stepfather to his adopted son.

The Great Divide
1925
as Polly Jordan
Alone and unprotected in an isolated wilderness cabin, Ruth Jordan is discovered by three drunken brutes who begin to barter for her. In desperation, ...
The Re-Creation of Brian Kent
1925
as Judy
To support a demanding wife, bank clerk Brian Kent embezzles a large sum of money and, overcome with remorse, attempts to commit suicide by casting hi...

Greed
1924
as Trina
A lottery win of $5,000 forever changes the lives of a miner turned dentist and his wife.

Secrets of the Night
1924
as Celia Stebbins
Robert Andrews hosts a large party and there stages his own murder, to keep bank examiner Alfred Austin from examining the records of his bank.

The Fast Set
1924
as Mona

Changing Husbands
1924
as Delia
A bored rich housewife wants to go on the stage, but her husband won't let her. When she meets a despairing actress who looks exactly like her, she su...

The Goldfish
1924
as Amelia Pugsley
A newly married husband and wife make an agreement that should either of them want to terminate their relationship then a bowl with goldfish would be ...

West of the Water Tower
1924
as Dessie Arnhalt
Young marrieds Guy & Bee are ostracized by their supposed friends in town when Bee discovers she is expecting but the legitimacy of their union is cal...

Tea- With a Kick!
1923
as 'Brainy' Jones
The tale of Bonnie Day, a rambunctious young lady who is rankled when she is expelled from college for serving tea in her room. She goes on to open up...

Hollywood
1923
as Zasu Pitts
Angela comes to Hollywood with only two things: Her dream to become a movie star, and Grandpa. She leaves an Aunt, a brother, Grandma, and her longtim...

Three Wise Fools
1923
as Mickey
Sydney Fairchild, the daughter of a woman who was once loved by three bachelors, surprises the men with a visit. Findley, Trumbull, and Gaunt honor th...

Mary of the Movies
1923
as Zasu Pitts (uncredited)
Mary's kid brother needs an operation and, in order to pay for it, Mary goes to a Hollywood studio and applies for a job as an actress. Mary is given ...

Souls for Sale
1923
as Self - Celebrity Actress in Commissary
A young woman hits Hollywood, determined to become a star.

Poor Men's Wives
1923
as Apple Annie
Drama of two girls who married into different layers of society.

For the Defense
1922
as Jennie Dunn
Singer Anna Woodstock loses her voice, but a visit to a hypnotist, Dr. Joseph Kasimir, brings it back. What Anna doesn't realize is that her illness w...
A Daughter of Luxury
1922
as Mary Cosgrove
When a lawsuit deprives a rich woman, Mary Fenton, of her wealth, she decides to impersonate another woman, Mary Cosgrove. The situation becomes stick...
Patsy
1921
as Patsy
Patsy is the awkward sister of the lovely Grace. She is also in love with Grace's boyfriend. Mother shows favoritism towards Grace, and father is too ...
Heart of Twenty
1920
as Katie Abbott
Katie Abbott, despairing of being a wallflower, is about to attempt suicide in the village pond when she is rescued by a young stranger.
Seeing It Through
1920
as Betty Lawrence
Swindled out of her small property by crooked money lender Bogrum, Betty Lawrence turns to large estate owner and old friend Jim Carrington. On a tip ...
Poor Relations
1919
as Daisy Perkins
Dorothy Perkins, the eldest daughter of a simple, wholesome country family, leaves for the big city to study architecture. After winning a competition...

The Other Half
1919
as Jennie Jones, The Jazz Kid
Social drama about a friendship that is pressurized by class differences.

Better Times
1919
as Nancy Scroggs
Ezra Scroggs is a shiftless gambler who has let his hotel, the Lakeview, fall on hard times. Finally his daughter Nancy gets fed up seeing all the bus...

Men, Women, and Money
1919
as Katie Jones

A Lady's Name
1918
as Emily
Bright young novelist Mabel Vere is engaged to Gerald Wantage, a prig who angrily objects when she advertises for a husband in order to elicit ideas f...

The Talk of the Town
1918
Her strict upbringing is driving Genevra French (Dorothy Phillips) crazy, so when she gets her hand on a book called "How to Attract the Opposite Sex,...

A Society Sensation
1918
as Mary
A wealthy society playboy falls in love with the daughter of a poor fisherman. After Valentino shot to fame, A Society Sensation was cut down to a mee...

How Could You, Jean?
1918
as Oscar's Sweetheart
A lost Film. Mary Pickford plays a socialite who, having lost her fortune, takes a job as a Swedish cook. She falls in love with a chauffeur who, lo a...

A Modern Musketeer
1917
as A Kansas Belle (uncredited)
A young man grows restless living in a small Kansas town, dreaming of the adventures of the Three Musketeers. So in hopes of becoming a modern D'Artag...

A Little Princess
1917
as Becky
Little Sara Crewe is placed in a boarding school by her father when he goes off to war, but he does not understand that the headmistress is a cruel, s...

'49–'17
1917
as Party Guest (uncredited)
A judge who had taken part in the gold rush of 1849 hires an acting troupe to recreate the experience in this rather fanciful silent Western. The make...

Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm
1917
as Undetermined Role (uncredited)
Behind in the mortgage on Sunnybrook Farm and barely managing to feed seven hungry mouths, mother sends young Rebecca off to Riverboro to be raised by...
His Fatal Beauty
1917
as Perscilla
Perscilla (Zasu Pitts) holds the mortgage on Milt's (Milburn Morante) home but says she will cancel it if Milt will make his son, Ebbie (Billy Franey)...
A Desert Dilemma
1917
1917 short.

Tillie of the Nine Lives
1917
Uneasy Money
1917
as Suza - the Editor's Assistant