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Wasp Woman: Murder of a B-movie Queen
WASP WOMAN is an explosive, true-crime investigation into the stranger-than-fiction killing of a cult movie queen and the dwarf son accused of murdering her.
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Acting
Born
1927-07-09 · 59 yrs
Died
1986-12-10
From
Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Known for
Acting
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.…