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Find the acting career he dreamed of. with the backing of her agent and bill cosby one of the country's biggest superstars she thought she had a shot. >> i'm going to prove it i have it in me. i will be the model actor. model student. they were going to open those doors for me. >> reporter: open those doors she says as long as she played by their rules. >> i found myself in new york then under complete and utter control of him and my agent. i became very isolated, i was put into an apartment, and i was supposed to just very, stay on the straight and narrow. go straight to acting classes. come ...

Thought she had a shot. >> i am going to prove it i have it in me. i am going to be the model actor model student. they were going to open those doors for me. >> reporter: open those doors she says as long as she played by their rules. >> i found myself in new york. and then under complete and utter control of him and my agent. i became very isolated. i was put into an apartment. and i was supposed to just very stay on the straight and narrow go straight to acting classes, come straight back. ♪ >> reporter: the rude awakening came here. bill cosby's manhattan brownstone. when's the last time...

It was here a now 18-year-old barbara bowman hoped she could find the acting career she dreamed of. with the backing of her agent and bill cosby, one of the country's biggest superstars, she thought she had a shot. >> i'm going to prove it that i have it in me and i'm going to be the model actor and model student and they were going to open those doors for me. >> open those doors, she says, as long as she played by their rules. >> i found myself in new york and then under complete and under control of him and my agent. i became very isolated. i was put into an apartment and i was supposed to j...

Ew. stinky, stinky pretty face. that's what i would call you. >> yeah, but all i'm hearing is pretty oh, pretty. i do think parents should be honest with their kids. maybe not just looks but talent. the number of acting classes i had to go to with kids who are not cut out for it. >> like that matthew mcconaghey guy and clive owen and jodie foster. all of those people are no where and look at you. >> just hearing pretty. >> we tell kids they can do whatever they want but don't tell them the odds. >> you tell them to follow your dreams. >> follow your dreams as long as it is plumbing. >> we lean...

I was put into an apartment and i was supposed to just stay on the straight and narrow, go straight to acting classes, come straight back. >> the rude awakening came here, bill cosby manhattan brown stone. >> when was the last time you saw this that night? >> cosby invited her over what was supposed to be tutoring. >> i had one glass of wine, went upstairs, started the acting exercise and that was it. i just remember putting the script down because i was feeling fuzzy, dizzy. it was like a lobotomy.