Catya "Cat" Sassoon was an American actress, singer and model.
22 Facts About Catya Sassoon
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Catya Sassoon was the eldest daughter of Vidal Sassoon and Beverly Adams.
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The eldest of four children, Sassoon was born at the Klingenstein Pavilion of Mount Sinai Hospital in New York City to British hairstylist Vidal Sassoon, and his wife, Canadian-born actress Beverly Adams.
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Catya Sassoon had three younger siblings: sister Eden and brothers Elan and David.
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Catya Sassoon's father was born in Shepherd's Bush and was of Greek and Jewish descent.
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Against her parents' wishes, Catya Sassoon dropped out of Beverly Hills High School at the age of 14 to pursue a modeling career.
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Catya Sassoon moved to New York City where she signed with the Prestige Agency and enrolled at Professional Children's School.
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Catya Sassoon later appeared on the covers of Seventeen, Brides and Cosmopolitan.
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Shortly before she was set to leave for a lucrative modeling assignment in Japan, Catya Sassoon met 18-year old Luca Scalisi, the son of an Italian film producer.
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Vidal Catya Sassoon consented to marriage on the condition that the two be married in a Jewish ceremony at his home.
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Shortly after the wedding, Catya Sassoon landed her first film role.
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Catya Sassoon made her film debut in the role of "Feather", a "somewhat trashy teen-ager" in the 1985 drama, Tuff Turf.
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Catya Sassoon later revealed in an interview with Joan Rivers that she had suffered a drug induced heart attack while undergoing treatment for her addiction.
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Beverly Catya Sassoon spoke about her addiction to alcohol and stated that she was three years sober.
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Later that year, Catya Sassoon began acting again and appeared in an episode of Hardball.
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Catya Sassoon appeared in Bloodfist IV: Die Trying, Secret Games and Dance with Death.
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In 1993, Sassoon landed the lead role in the Roger Corman-produced martial arts film Angelfist, directed by Cirio H Santiago.
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Catya Sassoon made her last screen appearance in the 1995 action film, Bloodfist VI: Ground Zero.
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Catya Sassoon married for the third time to screenwriter and waiter Joe Meyers.
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Elkins and the Catya Sassoon family believed Catya Sassoon, who had a history of high blood pressure, died of a heart attack.
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Catya Sassoon's family maintained that she had not consumed any drugs and was clean and sober at the time of her death.
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The Los Angeles County coroner later determined that while Catya Sassoon did suffer from cardiovascular disease and she did suffer a heart attack, the heart attack was induced by an accidental overdose of the opioid pain-killer hydromorphone.