HOW ZASU GOT HER NAME.
Zasu Pitts was born in Parsons-.', Kansas. She was christened Zasu to please two doting aunts, one named Liza and the ether Sus'an. She received her education in Santa Cruz, California, where her family moved when she was very young. Zasu appeared in school theatricals and eventually
went to Los Angeles. Several years of miscellaneous roles followed and when Eric von Stroheim cast her in a tragic role in "Greed" she was hailed as a great tragedienne. She did another tragedy role in ''The Wedding March," bnt, comedy claimed her, for after the enthusiastic reception of her comedy role in "The Dummy" she has remained one of the best laugh wnn ners of the screen.
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Stratford Evening Post, Volume IV, Issue 107, 16 April 1936, Page 7
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120HOW ZASU GOT HER NAME. Stratford Evening Post, Volume IV, Issue 107, 16 April 1936, Page 7
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