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Susan Cabot

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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 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.

BiographyEdit

1927–1946: Early lifeEdit

Cabot was born Harriet Pearl Shapiro on July 9, 1927, to a Jewish family in Boston, Massachusetts.Template:Sfn She led an early life filled with turmoil; after her father abandoned their family, Cabot's mother Elizabeth was institutionalized, leaving Cabot orphaned.Template:Sfn She was subsequently raised in eight different foster homes,Template:Sfn spending the majority of her early life in the New York City borough of the Bronx.Template:Sfn It was posthumously revealed that, while in foster care, Cabot suffered emotional and sexual abuse, which triggered intense post-traumatic stress disorder.Template:Sfn

Cabot attended high school in Manhattan,Template:Sfn and found employment as an illustrator of children's books.Template:Sfn She supplemented her income by working as a singer, performing at the Village Barn club in Manhattan.Template:Sfn She married her first husband, the artist Martin Sacker, on July 30, 1944, in Washington, DC, while still a minor.Template:Sfn Sacker was a childhood friend, and the marriage presented Cabot with an opportunity to leave foster care.Template:Sfn

1947–1959: Acting careerEdit

Cabot made her film debut in Twentieth Century Fox's film noir Kiss of Death (1947), which was filmed in New York, playing a bit part as a restaurant patron.Template:Sfn She was subsequently spotted performing at the Village Barn by a talent scout for Columbia Pictures, who cast her in On the Isle of Samoa (1950).Template:Sfn This role led to further Hollywood roles, with Cabot signing a contract with Universal Pictures.Template:Sfn Her first film with the studio was the 1951 Western Tomahawk.Template:Sfn The same year, Cabot divorced her husband, Sacker, and was subsequently romantically linked with King Hussein of Jordan for several years.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Based on her performances in the On the Isle of Samoa and Tomahawk, Cabot appeared as a lead in a series of roles in similar Western and Arabian-themed films, such as The Battle at Apache Pass and The Duel at Silver Creek, and Son of Ali Baba (all 1952).Template:Sfn In 1953, she starred in a further two Westerns: Gunsmoke and Ride Clear of Diablo.Template:Sfn

Dissatisfied with her film offers, Cabot asked to be released from her contract in 1954.Template:Sfn She returned to New York, and resumed her stage career with a role in a Leonard Kantor–directed, Washington DC–based production of Harold Robbins' A Stone for Danny Fisher.Template:Sfn Cabot studied acting with Sanford Meisner in New York,Template:Sfn and continued to pursue a stage career, appearing in a short-lived run of the musical Shangri-La in Boston in 1959.Template:Sfn

File:Susan Cabot in The Wasp Woman (1959).jpg
Cabot in her final film role, The Wasp Woman (1959)

Cabot returned to Los Angeles and resumed a film career in the latter part of the 1950s, appearing in a series of films for Roger Corman: Carnival Rock, Sorority Girl, The Viking Women and the Sea Serpent (all 1957), War of the Satellites, and Machine-Gun Kelly (both 1958).Template:Sfn The same year, she had a lead role in the Western Fort Massacre, opposite Joel McCrea.Template:Sfn Cabot's final film role was in Corman's horror film The Wasp Woman (1959).Template:Sfn Speaking on her work with Corman, Cabot recalled it as "Totally mad. It was like a European movie," though she stated that Corman was "some kind of maverick... he's very bright and fast-thinking."Template:Sfn

1960–1986: Seclusion and later lifeEdit

A declassified government memo in 2018 revealed that Cabot was invited by the CIA to a party with King Hussein of Jordan, who was in Los Angeles on a trip and desired female company. While she did not necessarily wish to accomplish the CIA goal of "go to bed with him", she went to the party and evidently found him charming. Cabot soon had a seven-year affair with King Hussein of Jordan (which the CIA was aware of) and their only child, Timothy Scott, was born out of wedlock in 1964. She received $1500 in monthly support from Hussein.<ref name="Doherty">Template:Cite news</ref> In 1968, she married her second husband Michael Roman with whom she raised Timothy, before again divorcing in 1983.<ref name=cut>Template:Cite book</ref>

In the last years of her life, Cabot suffered from depression and suicidal thoughts, and was prey to a wide range of irrational, powerful fears. She was under a licensed psychologist's care, but the psychologist found her so troubled and ill that the sessions became "emotionally draining."<ref name=lerner/> Cabot became increasingly unable to care for herself; the interior of her home was littered with spoiled food and old newspapers.<ref name=lerner>Template:Cite news</ref> In late 1986, Cabot's mental health deteriorated significantly.<ref name=lerner/> Despite the squalor of the home's interior, Cabot still maintained an "adequate" income despite having retired from acting, largely due to real estate investments and her fascination with vintage cars, which she regularly acquired, restored, and resold.<ref name=bizarre>Template:Cite news</ref>

DeathEdit

On December 10, 1986, Cabot's 22-year-old son, Timothy Scott Roman, bludgeoned her to death in her home in the Encino neighborhood of Los Angeles, with a weightlifting bar.<ref name=cut /> He was charged with second-degree murder.<ref name=harris>Template:Cite news</ref>

At trial, Roman testified that his mother had awakened him while screaming, not recognizing him, and calling for her mother, Elizabeth. When he attempted to call emergency services, she attacked him with a barbell bar and a scalpel. Roman seized the bar from her and beat her repeatedly on the head.<ref name=lerner/>

He then hid the bar and scalpel, and told police that a man in a ninja mask had killed his mother (believing no one would believe his story about her mental illness). Roman's defense attorneys claimed their client's aggressive reaction to his mother's attack was due to the drugs he took to counteract his dwarfism and pituitary gland problems<ref name=lerner/> because the drugs were linked to Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease (CJD) prion contamination.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

At the close of the trial, prosecutors changed the charge to involuntary manslaughter,<ref name=harris/> as no evidence had been presented at trial to support premeditation (which was required for a murder conviction). Superior Court Judge Darlene E. Schempp deliberated 10 minutes, and then convicted Roman of involuntary manslaughter. Roman, who had already spent Template:Frac years in jail,<ref name=lerner/> was sentenced to three years' probation on November 28, 1989,<ref name=harris/> and ordered to seek psychiatric counseling.<ref name="Wagner35">Template:Harvnb</ref> He was given credit for the time he had already served in jail awaiting trial.<ref name="Wagner35" />

FilmographyEdit

FilmEdit

Year Title Role Notes Template:Abbr
1947 Kiss of Death Restaurant extra Uncredited Template:Sfn
1950 On the Isle of Samoa Moana Template:Sfn
1951 Template:Sortname Nina Lombardo Uncredited
Alternative title: Murder, Inc.
1951 Tomahawk Monahseetah Alternative title: Battle of Powder River
1951 The Prince Who Was a Thief Girl Uncredited
1951 Flame of Araby Clio Alternative title: Flame of the Desert
1952 The Battle at Apache Pass Nona Template:Sfn
1952 The Duel at Silver Creek Jane "Dusty" Fargo Alternative title: Claim Jumpers Template:Sfn
1952 Son of Ali Baba Tala Template:Sfn
1953 Gunsmoke Rita Saxon Alternative titles: A Man's Country; Roughshod Template:Sfn
1954 Ride Clear of Diablo Laurie Kenyon Template:Sfn
1957 Carnival Rock Natalie Cook Template:Sfn
1957 Sorority Girl Sabra Tanner Alternate titles: The Bad One; Sorority House Template:Sfn
1957 The Viking Women and the Sea Serpent Enger Alternative titles: Undersea Monster; Viking Women Template:Sfn
1958 War of the Satellites Sybil Carrington Template:Sfn
1958 Machine Gun Kelly Florence "Flo" Becker Template:Sfn
1958 Fort Massacre Piute Girl
1959 Surrender - Hell! Delia Guerrero Alternative titles: Blackburn's Guerrillas; Blackburn's Headhunters
1959 The Wasp Woman Janice Starlin Alternative titles: The Bee Girl; Insect Woman Template:Sfn

TelevisionEdit

Year Title Role Notes
1958 Have Gun - Will Travel Angela Episode "The High Graders"
1959 Have Gun - Will Travel Becky Carver Episode "Comanche"
1970 Bracken's World Henrietta Episode: "One, Two, Three... Cry"

Stage creditsEdit

Year Title Role Notes Template:Abbr
1954 A Stone for Danny Fisher National Theatre, Washington, D.C. Template:Sfn
1955 Much Ado About Nothing Brattle Theatre Template:Sfn
1955 The Two Gentlemen of Verona Neighborhood Playhouse Template:Sfn
1956 Shangri-La Lo-Tsen Shubert Theatre, Boston <ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
1956 The Champagne Complex Myrtle Beach Playhouse, Myrtle Beach, South Carolina <ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
1956 Knickerbocker Holiday Long Beach Playhouse, Long Island; Triple Cities Theatre, Binghamton <ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
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1962 Intimate Relations Madeleine Mermaid Theatre <ref name=obdb>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation CitationClass=web

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