In 1962, Pitts appeared in an episode of CBS's Perry Mason, "The Case of the Absent Artist". In 1961, Pitts was cast opposite Earle Hodgins in the episode "Lonesome's Gal" on the ABC sitcom, Guestward, Ho!, set on a dude ranch in New Mexico.
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This culminated in her best known series role, playing second banana to Gale Storm on CBS's The Gale Storm Show (1956) (also known as Oh, Susannah) in the role of Elvira Nugent ("Nugie"), the shipboard beautician. In the 1950s she started focusing on television. In 19 she portrayed Hildegarde Withers in two movies, succeeding Edna May Oliver as the spinster sleuth, but they were not well received. She had viewers rolling in the aisles in Finn and Hattie (1931), The Guardsman (1931), Blondie of the Follies (1932), Sing and Like It (1934) and Ruggles of Red Gap (1935). A bitter disappointment was when she was replaced in the classic war drama All Quiet on the Western Front (1930) by Beryl Mercer after her initial appearance in previews drew unintentional laughs, despite her intense performance. However, for the most part, with the advent of sound Pitts was mostly relegated to comedy parts. 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). She may be best known for her performance in Erich von Stroheim's epic silent film Greed.īased on her performance, von Stroheim labeled Pitts "the greatest dramatic actress". Arizona Musicians Hall Of Fame with Goose Creek Symphony, Capitol Records.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. After leaving most members founded Big Bang Beat The bass player acquired new musicians and continued on under the Zasu Pitts name.
All zasu pitts artwork ships within 48 hours and includes a 30-day money-back guarantee. 2 The original Zasu Pitts Memorial Orchestra disbanded in the mid-80s. National tours with Rusty Evans & Ring Of Fire, #1 Johnny Cash tribute. Shop for zasu pitts wall art from the worlds greatest living artists. Played, toured with NRPS, THE TUBES, LIGHTNIN’ HOPKINS, VAN MORRISON, BLUE CHEER and others.
Chris Lockheed (as Jim Keltner)Ĭhris has been a studio musician for years. Steve plays bass with Jody’s Refugee Tom Petty band and was the lead guitar/lead singer for the #1 Sixty’s tribute band, Back Pages, in Northern California. He was a founding member of Zasu Pitts Memorial Orchestra, scored a #1 hit on alternative radio as guitarist in the 700 Club, and done stints playing 5-string banjo in many bluegrass bands. Chris Sanborn (as Roy Orbison)Ĭhris uses his classical training to sound like Roy Orbison from when he was studying voice in Vienna and performing with jazz vocal groups throughout Europe and with the Austrian National Radio Choir. Jody has been recreating Tom Petty’s music and signature vocal stylings for the last 14 years.
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Jody Greenberg (as Tom Petty)Īs the founder and lead singer of The Refugees, a SF Bay Area Tom Petty tribute band. The State Theatre is thrilled to announce the return of the ZaSu Pitts Memorial Orchestra plus special guests Lester Chambers (from the Chambers Brothers), Ruben Valtierra (Weird Al Yankovic), David Aguilar (Norton Buffalo) plus local legends Joe Barretta and Gary Nelson (and others) on Saturday, Nov. Tom is a California native guitarist and Gulf Coast Music Hall of Fame inductee, has toured throughout the U.S., Europe, Japan and Canada playing with artists such as Big Brother & the Holding Co., Jefferson Starship, Joan Baez and many others.
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