Catya Sassoon Video | Celebrity Interview and Paparazzi

Catya "Cat" Sassoon (September 3, 1968 – January 1, 2002) was an American model and actress. The eldest of four children, Sassoon was born in New York City to British hairstylist Vidal Sassoon and his wife, actress Beverly Adams. Raised in Beverly Hills, Sassoon was a rebellious teen who pierced her nose and dyed her hair purple at the age of 13. At age 14, she dropped out of Beverly Hills High School and began modeling. At age 15, Sassoon married Luca Scalisi, son of an Italian film producer. The marriage was short-lived and the next year, Sassoon made her film debut in the 1985 movie,  MORE

Catya "Cat" Sassoon (September 3, 1968 – January 1, 2002) was an American model and actress. The eldest of four children, Sassoon was born in New York City to British hairstylist Vidal Sassoon and his wife, actress Beverly Adams. Raised in Beverly Hills, Sassoon was a rebellious teen who pierced her nose and dyed her hair purple at the age of 13. At age 14, she dropped out of Beverly Hills High School and began modeling. At age 15, Sassoon married Luca Scalisi, son of an Italian film producer. The marriage was short-lived and the next year, Sassoon made her film debut in the 1985 movie, Tuff Turf. The same year, Sassoon left for New York to embark on a modeling career. After arriving, she was signed with the Prestige Agency and became a model who appeared on the covers of Seventeen and Brides, but by age 21, she was battling an addiction to drugs and landed in rehab. In 1990, Sassoon, who was now clean and sober, traveled the country with her mother, Beverly Adams, to promote her father's book, Fantasies. Both women openly discussed how they overcame addiction problems. At that time, Beverly Sassoon said that she was three years clear of an alcohol addiction, and that Catya, then LESS