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Susan Cabot: Death
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On December 10, 1986, Susan Cabot, 59, was bashed to death with a weight-lifting bar by her own son Timothy in the bedroom of her Encino home. In typical modern-courtroom style, the victim became the accused: The defense said that Tim was an emotional wreck because Cabot was an overprotective, disturbed mother, and because their home was filled with such "massive filth and decay" that the conditions constituted child abuse. ("Child" Timothy was 22 when he caved in his mom's head.) None of the above was even faintly evident to this frequent visitor to the Cabot home, but there was ... some legalese double-talk about steroids and an experimental hormone the kid was taking (he was born dwarfed), defense arguments that conjured up images of Cabot as Sunset Blvd.'s Norma Desmond, and even published accounts which made Tim the love child of Cabot and either actor Christopher Jones or Jordan's King Hussein. By the time all the hot air cleared from the courtroom, Timothy Scott Roman received a three-year suspended sentence and was placed on probation.
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Rose McGowan will star as Susan Cabot. She was born in Boston and raised in a series of eight foster homes. She attended high school in Manhattan, where she took an interest in dramatics and joined the school dramatic club. Later, while trying to decide between a career in music or art, Susan illustrated children's books during the day and sang at Manhattan's Village Barn at night. It was at this same time that she made her film debut as an extra in Fox's Kiss of Death (1947) and worked in New York-based television. Cabot soon found herself signed to an exclusive contract with Universal, but later asked to be released from the pact when the sameness of her roles in various westerns and Arabian Nights films became more than she could bear.
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Toen de film Kiss of Death (1947) werd opgenomen in New York, kreeg Cabot een figurantenrol in de film. Nadat ze werd opgemerkt, kreeg de actrice een contract bij Columbia Pictures. Haar korte periode bij de studio verliep niet succesvol en ze kreeg al snel een exclusief contract bij Universal Studios. Na een aantal rollen in B western films, raakte de actrice geïrriteerd door de reden dat er geen vooruitgang was in haar carrière. Ze vroeg of haar contract verbroken mocht worden en verhuisde terug naar New York.
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Cabot's son, Timothy Scott Roman, who suffered from dwarfism and psychological problems, bludgeoned her to death in her home in Encino, California. He was subsequently charged with involuntary manslaughter and received a three-year suspended sentence.
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