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Susan Cabot

Actor
Died December 10, 1986 (59 years)
​Susan Cabot (born Harriet Pearl Shapiro; July 9, 1927 – December 10, 1986) was an American film, stage, and television actress. She rose to prominence for her roles in a variety of Western films, including Tomahawk (1951), The Duel at Silver Creek (1952), and Gunsmoke (1953).

After severing her contract with Universal Pictures in the mid-1950s, Cabot returned to performing in theater in New York. She subsequently returned to Hollywood in the later part of the decade, and appeared in a series of films by director Roger Corman, such as Sorority Girl (1957), War of the Satellites, and Machine-Gun Kelly (both 1958). She made her final film appearance in Corman's horror feature, The Wasp Woman (1959).

Cabot had a seven-year affair with King Hussein of Jordan and their only child was born out of wedlock in 1964. She received $1500 in monthly support from Hussein. In 1968, she married her second husband Michael Roman with whom she raised her son, Timothy Scott Roman, before again divorcing in 1983.

Cabot spent the following two decades largely in seclusion, though she did appear in off-Broadway theatre in the early 1960s, and made a 1970 television appearance on the series Bracken's World. By the 1980s, Cabot was suffering from severe mental illness, including depression, suicidal thoughts, and irrational phobias.

On December 10, 1986, Cabot's only child, 22-year-old Timothy Roman, bludgeoned her to death in their Los Angeles home with a weightlifting bar after Cabot purportedly awoke in a panicked state and attacked him. Roman, who had dwarfism and suffered pituitary gland problems, pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter, and was sentenced to three years' probation for his matricide.

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Movies & Shows on Plex
  • Kiss of Death
  • The Wasp Woman
  • Machine-Gun Kelly
  • The Saga of the Viking Women and Their Voyage to the Waters of the Great Sea Serpent
  • War of the Satellites
  • Sorority Girl
Known For
  • The Wasp Woman
  • Machine-Gun Kelly
  • Ride Clear of Diablo
  • Gunsmoke
  • War of the Satellites
  • The Saga of the Viking Women and Their Voyage to the Waters of the Great Sea Serpent
  • The Duel at Silver Creek
  • Sorority Girl
  • Fort Massacre
  • Son of Ali Baba
  • The Battle at Apache Pass
  • Carnival Rock
  • Tomahawk
  • Surrender - Hell!
  • Flame of Araby

Filmography

2011
1995
1969
Bracken's World (TV Series)
1959
The Wasp Woman · as Janice Starlin
1959
Surrender - Hell! · as Delia Guerrero
1958
War of the Satellites · as Sybil Carrington
1958
Fort Massacre · as Piute Girl
1958
Machine-Gun Kelly · as Florence 'flo' Becker
1957
1957
Sorority Girl · as Sabra Tanner
1957
Have Gun, Will Travel (TV Series) · as Becky Gray Carver
1957
Carnival Rock · as Natalie Cook
1954
Ride Clear of Diablo · as Laurie Kenyon
1953
Gunsmoke · as Rita Saxon
1952
Son of Ali Baba · as Tala
1952
The Duel at Silver Creek · as Jane 'dusty' Fargo
1952
1951
Flame of Araby · as Clio
1951
The Prince Who Was a Thief · as (uncredited)
1951
The Enforcer · as Nina Lombardo (uncredited)
1951
Tomahawk · as Monahseetah
1950
1947
Kiss of Death · as Restaurant Patron (uncredited)
1947
Kraft Television Theatre (TV Series) · as Cast

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