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 “Ho… ...

"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," writes columnist Ross Eric Gibson.

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 ...

ZaSu Pitts and her brother Rolandus, just back from Hollywood, are interviewed by the Santa Cruz News. (UCSC Special Collections) The tower of Santa Cruz High School was the Senior Study Hall.

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 ...