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Susan Cabot

Susan Cabot

Actor·1927–1986·Boston, Massachusetts, USA

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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 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.

The Wasp Woman

The Wasp Woman

Actor (Janice Starlin)

1959
War of the Satellites

War of the Satellites

Actor (Sybil Carrington)

1958
The Saga of the Viking Women and Their Voyage to the Waters of the Great Sea Serpent

The Saga of the Viking Women and Their Voyage to the Waters of the Great Sea Serpent

Actor (Enger)

1957