Susan Cabot 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, she 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 New York-made _Kiss of Death , Cabot divided her time between TV work and roles in stage plays and musicals.
In 1957 Susan returned to films after signing an exclusive contract with producer Roger Corman. The two briefly dated as well.
In 1968, she married her second husband, actor Michael Roman , but the marriage broke up in the early 1980s, in part due to Cabots increasing mental fragility and paranoia. Cabot had reportedly been taking a growth hormone prescribed for her son, possibly a factor in heightening her mental illness.
Married at the age of 17 in order to escape her sad and transient childhood, which included eight different foster homes.
Burial: Hillside Memorial Park, Culver City (Los Angeles), California.
In 1964 she gave birth to her son, Timothy, who suffered from dwarfism. He bludgeoned her to death with a weightlifting bar while she slept in the bedroom of her Encino home. He was charged with involuntary manslaughter but cited years of mental and physical abuse by her as his defense. He received a three-year suspended sentence and was placed on probation for the crime.
Attended high school in Manhattan, where she took an interest in dramatics and joined the school dramatic club.
Her personal life included a well publicized relationship with King Hussein of Jordan in 1959, which ended when he found out that she was Jewish.
Author Tom Weaver writes about his acquaintance with Susan Cabot and her son in the book "Lost Souls of Horror and the Gothic" (Jefferson NC: McFarland & Co., 2016).
A biopic on her life titled "Black Oasis" was announced in 2007, with Stephan Elliott directing and Rose McGowan starring as Cabot. The project never materialized.
The paternity of Cabots son Timothy is still unknown for certain. Born in January 27th, 1964, Cabot herself said to friends he was the son of an English diplomat to whom she had been married for a short time, but this appears to be a fabrication to hide the fact that he was born out of wedlock. Actor Christopher Jones is also regarded as a possible father, and King Hussein of Jordan was also discussed as a candidate, a fact Timothys lawyers used during his incarceration, to ask for a removal of Tim from the regular jail population due to his status as the Kings son, Michael Roman adopted Timothy after he married Susan Cabot in 1968.
