Susan Cabot (July 9, 1927 – December 10, 1986) was an American actress.
Born Harriet Shapiro to a Jewish family in Boston, Massachusetts, Cabot's early life was one of turmoil, and she was raised in eight different foster homes. She completed her education in New York, New York, and found employment as an illustrator. She supplemented her income by working as a nightclub singer and worked in theater. Some nights she sang drugstore commercials on ...
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Susan Cabot (July 9, 1927 – December 10, 1986) was an American actress.
Born Harriet Shapiro to a Jewish family in Boston, Massachusetts, Cabot's early life was one of turmoil, and she was raised in eight different foster homes. She completed her education in New York, New York, and found employment as an illustrator. She supplemented her income by working as a nightclub singer and worked in theater. Some nights she sang drugstore commercials on the "Calvacade of Bands" radio show starring Jack Carter, while during the day she was designing jewelry for Gimbels Department store.
She made her film debut in 1947, by chance when Kiss of Death was filmed in New York, and she played a bit part. She expanded her acting work into television and was seen by Max Arnow, a casting director for Columbia Pictures, who spotted Cabot at the Village Barn, and a co-starring role in that studio's B-grade South Seas drama On the Isle of Samoa (1950) resulted. It was at this time she changed her name to...
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