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ZaSu Pitts was born in Parsons, Kansas and grew up in Santa Cruz, California. 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.

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)

When Hollywood switched to talkies, Pitts, who had a distinctive nasal voice with a wavering vibrato, switched to comedyComedy is the use of humor in the performing arts. It also means a performance that relies heavily on humor. The term originally comes from theater, where it simply referred to a play with a happy ending, in contrast to a tragedy. The humor, once an incid character actor roles.

When Mae QuestelMae Questel ( September 13, 1908 January 4, 1998) was an American actress. Born in New York, New York, Questel won a talent contest at the age of 17, and began performing on vaudeville. She was seen by Max Fleischer who was looking for an actress to provi was called on to create the screen voice of the character " Olive OylOlive Oyl is a cartoon character created by Elzie Crisler Segar for his comic strip Thimble Theater''. Thimble Theater later became Popeye after the sailor character who became the most popular member of the comic strip's cast. Olive Oyl was a character i" for the Fleischer StudiosFleischer Studios is an American New York animation company founded by the brothers, Max Fleischer and Dave Fleischer who ran the company from 1921- 1942. In its prime, it was the most significant competitor to The Walt Disney Company. Silent Films The co animated cartoon version of the comic stripThis article is about the comic strip, the sequential art form as published in newspapers and on the Internet. There is a separate article about The Comic Strip, the British comedy group. A comic strip is a short strip or sequence of drawings, telling a s " Popeyecartoon shorts, with his characteristic corncob pipe and single good eye. Popeye the sailor man is a cartoon figure and comic strip character created by Elzie Crisler Segar in 1929 and syndicated by the Hearst newspaper's King Features Syndicate. He is a", Questel created a caricature of Zazu Pitts' voice.

From the 1940sCenturies: 19th century 20th century 21st century Decades: 1890s 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s Years: 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 Events and trends Technology First nuclear bomb First cruise missile, the 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.

ZaSu Pitts died of cancer in Hollywood, California at age 69. She was interred at Holy Cross Cemetery, Culver City.

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.