Susan Cabot

He was subsequently charged with involuntary manslaughter. Dolores Costello is the grandmother of actress Drew Barrymore. Cabot's son, who suffered from psychological problems, bludgeoned her to death in her home in Encino, California. Dolores Costello has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for her contributions to Motion Pictures, at 1645 Vine Street. Her personal life included a well publicised relationship with King Hussein of Jordan in 1959, and two marriages which both ended in divorce. Her interview scenes were broadcast posthumously in 1980. She was invited to return to Hollywood and appeared in a few more films including The Wasp Woman in 1960, her final film role. She died from emphysema in Fallbrook, California in 1979.

She moved back to New York, where she resumed her stage career with a role in A Stone for Danny Fisher. Shortly before her death, she agreed to be interviewed for the documentary series Hollywood discussing her film career. After a series of roles which Cabot played mainly in "B" western films, she grew frustrated at her lack of career progression and asked to be released from her contract. She retired in 1943. This brief period was not successful, and she moved to Universal Studios where she was signed to an exclusive contract. Costello attempted to resume her career and achieved some successes, most notably in Little Lord Fauntleroy (1936), and The Magnificent Ambersons (1942). She expanded her acting work into television and was seen by a Hollywood talent scout who took her to Hollywood to work for Columbia Pictures. Her acting career became less of a priority for her following the birth of her children, however her marriage to Barrymore proved to be a difficult one due to his increasing alcoholism, and they were divorced in 1935.

She made her film debut in 1947, by chance when Kiss of Death was filmed in New York, and she played a bit part. Costello spoke with a lisp, and found it difficult to make the transition to talking pictures, but after two years of voice coaching she was comfortable speaking before a microphone. She suplemented her income by working as a singer, and also worked in theater. In 1926 she starred along with John Barrymore in The Sea Beast and after a two year affair, the couple married in 1928. She completed her education in New York, New York, and found employment as an illustrator. By the mid twenties, she had become a successful and highly regarded film personality in her own right, and as a young adult her career developed to the degree that in 1926 she was named a WAMPAS Baby Star, and had acquired the name "The Goddess of the Silver Screen". Born Harriet Shapiro in Boston, Massachusetts, Cabot's early life was one of turmoil, and she was raised in eight different foster homes. The two sisters appeared on Broadway together and their success resulted in contracts with Warner Brothers Studios.

Susan Cabot (July 9, 1927 – December 10, 1986) was an American actress. She made her first film appearances, along with her sister Helene, as a child in her father's films. Costello was born in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, the daughter of actors Maurice and Mae Costello. Dolores Costello (September 17, 1903 - March 1, 1979) was an American film actress who achieved her greatest success during the era of silent movies.