First a silent-screen heroine, then a daft-headed character actress in US films from the 20s through the 50s. By: Bill Takacs Classic comedienne Zasu Pitts, she with the timid, forlorn blue eyes and trademark woebegone vocal pattern and fidgety hands, was born to Rulandus and Nellie (Shay) Pitts, the third of four children on January 3, 1894. Her aged New York-native father, who lost a leg back in the Civil War times, had settled the family in Kansas by the time ZaSu was born, but ...[Read Story]
"The Gale Storm Show"Volcano
(1957)
