ZaSu Pitts had given what she thought was an embarrassing audition in 1917, to play Mary Pickford’s impoverished best friend in “A Little Princess.” ZaSu asked her idol “How do you want ...

In Santa Cruz High School, ZaSu Pitts developed her fretful gestures and easily flattered cooing, but could switch to fist-fighting if she sensed mistreatment. Santa Cruz paid her way to Hollywood ...

Before Lucy and Ethel, Laverne and Shirley, or Mary and Rhoda, there were Thelma Todd and Zasu Pitts. Separately, they were journeymen character actors in 1930s Hollywood. Together, they became ...

General Photographic Agency, Getty Images General Photographic Agency, Getty Images This is ZaSu Pitts. If you silently read ZaSu as "Zaz-oo," "Zay-soo" or "Zay-zoo," you had better take a good ...

ZaSu Pitts in her 1928 dramatic role as the rich man's daughter marrying the prince, played by director Erich von Stroheim, in both “The Wedding March” and “The Honeymoon.” (ZaSu Pitts ...

In 1917, ZaSu Pitts (on left) plays a servant from the orphanage, who becomes best friends with Mary Pickford playing “A Little Princess.” (Public Domain) Tom Gallery and ZaSu Pitts under the ...