Zorita was adopted by Methodists as a child, by the time she was fifteen years old and "built to the hilt for her age" she would be doing stag parties, then nudists colonies (San Diego Worlds Fair) and finally turned to burlesque. Her routines would contain the use of snakes (Pythons & Boa Constrictors) as a gimmick with her most remembered routine being called "the consummation of the wedding of the snake."

   Another of her routines was called the Half and Half (supposedly invented by Vernon Castle) whereas as the dancer/performers costume was half designed as a male and the other half as a female design. The dancer would usually don make-up to reflect the same, and Zorita became famous for her provocative rendition.

   Zorita liked women more than men and never married but did date certain men and used them