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Susan Cabot: Wasp Woman
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After Susan Cabot's final star turn in The Wasp Woman, she left the screen to concentrate on singing and stage acting. In 1964, she gave birth to her son, Timothy, who suffered from dwarfism. In 1968, she her married second husband, actor Michael Roman, but the marriage broke up in the early 1980s, in part due to Cabot's increasing mental fragility and paranoia. (Cabot had been taking a growth hormone prescribed for her son, possibly a factor in heightening her mental illness.) In late 1986, her son, citing years of abuse, beat her to death with a weight bar; Cabot was 59 years old.
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Priscilla, Queen of the Desert writer/director Stephan Elliot examines the curious life and gruesome death of B-movie icon Susan Cabot, a favorite of producer Roger Corman and the star of such features as Machine Gun Kelly and The Wasp Woman. Inspired by writer John H. Richardson's article in Premiere Magazine, Black Oasis stars Rose McGowan as the ill-fated actress and 300's Rodrigo Santoro as her husband. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide
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Cabot seemed to gain prominence in the early '50s appearing in many westerns, including GUNSMOKE. She became a Roger Corman favorite and appeared in such films as THE SAGA OF THE VIKING WOMEN AND THEIR VOYAGE TO THE WATERS OF THE GREAT SEA SERPENT (helluva title, isn't it?), THE WASP WOMAN, WAR OF THE SATELLITES and MACHINE GUN KELLY.
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