Dorothy Sebastian
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- April 26, 1903
- Died
- April 8, 1957 (aged 53)
- Birthplace
- Birmingham, Alabama, USA
Biography
From Wikipedia Dorothy Sebastian (April 26, 1903 – April 8, 1957) was an American film and stage actress. Sebastian was born and raised in Birmingham, Alabama. In her youth, she aspired to be a dancer and a film actress. Her family frowned on both ambitions, however, so she fled to New York at the age of 15. Upon her arrival in New York City, Sebastian's southern drawl was thick enough to "cut with a knife". She followed around theatrical agents before returning at night to a $12-a-month room, after being consistently rejected. Sebastian's first contact in Hollywood was Robert Kane, who gave her a film test at United Studios. She performed in George White's Scandals and later co-starred with Joan Crawford and Anita Page for a popular series of MGM romantic dramas including Our Dancing Daughters (1928) and Our Blushing Brides (1930). Sebastian also appeared in 1929's Spite Marriage, wherein she was cast opposite her then-lover Buster Keaton. By the mid-1930s, Sebastian was semi-retired from acting after marrying Hopalong Cassidy star William Boyd. After their 1936 divorce, she returned to acting appearing in mostly bit parts. Her last onscreen appearance was in the 1948 film The Miracle of the Bells. Sebastian married actor William Boyd in December 1930 in Las Vegas, Nevada. They began a relationship after meeting on the set of His First Command in 1929. They divorced in 1936. In 1947, Sebastian married Miami Beach businessman Harold Shapiro to whom she remained married until her death. On April 8, 1957, Sebastian died of cancer at the Motion Picture & Television Country House and Hospital in Woodland Hills, California. She is buried at Holy Cross Cemetery in Culver City, California. For her contribution to the motion picture industry, Dorothy Sebastian has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6655 Hollywood Blvd.
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Filmography
The Miracle of the Bells
Movie · as Miss Katie Orwin (uncredited)
Among the Living
Movie · as Woman in Cafe
Kansas Cyclone
Movie · as Helen King
Rough Riders' Round-up
Movie · as Rose
The Arizona Kid
Movie · as Bess Warren
The Women
Movie · as Saleswoman Pat (uncredited)
Days of Jesse James
Movie · as Zerilda James (uncredited)
The Mysterious Pilot
Movie · as Jean McNain
Allez Oop
Movie · as Paula Stevens
The Life of Vergie Winters
Movie · as Lulu
No Sleep on the Deep
Movie · as June Davis
Ship of Wanted Men
Movie · as Irene Reynolds
They Never Come Back
Movie · as Adele Landon
Contrabando
Movie
The Big Gamble
Movie · as Beverly Ames Beckwith
The Wide Open Spaces
Movie · as Rose
Ships of Hate
Movie · as Grace Walsh
The Deceiver
Movie · as Ina Fontanne
The Lightning Flyer
Movie · as Rose Rogers
Hell's Island
Movie · as Marie
Free and Easy
Movie · as Cave Scene
Screen Snapshots Series 10, No. 5
Movie · as Dorothy Sebastian
Montana Moon
Movie · as Elizabeth
Our Blushing Brides
Movie · as Francine 'Franky' Daniels
Officer O'Brien
Movie · as Ruth Dale
The Utah Kid
Movie · as Jennie Lee
The Rounder
Movie · as Ethel Dalton
Brothers
Movie · as Norma Moore
Ladies Must Play
Movie · as Norma
The Devil's Apple Tree
Movie · as Dorothy Ryan
Spite Marriage
Movie · as Trilby Drew
The Single Standard
Movie · as Mercedes
The Unholy Night
Movie · as Lady Efra
His First Command
Movie · as Judy Gaylord
Morgan's Last Raid
Movie · as Judith Rogers
The Spirit of Youth
Movie · as Betty Grant
The Rainbow
Movie · as Lola
Show People
Movie · as Self (uncredited)
Our Dancing Daughters
Movie · as Beatrice 'Bea'
A Woman of Affairs
Movie · as Constance
The Adventurer
Movie · as Dolores de Silva
Wyoming
Movie · as Samantrha Jerusha Farrell
The House of Scandal
Movie · as Ann Rourke
Their Hour
Movie · as Cora
The Arizona Wildcat
Movie · as Regina Schyler
The Demi-Bride
Movie · as Lola
The Show
Movie · as Salvation Army Worker (uncredited)
Twelve Miles Out
Movie · as Chiquita
Love
Movie · as Spectator at Race (uncredited)
California
Movie · as Carlotta del Rey
On Ze Boulevard
Movie · as Gaby de Sylva
The Haunted Ship
Movie · as Goldie Kane
Tea For Three
Movie · as Annette
The Isle of Forgotten Women
Movie · as Marua
You'd Be Surprised
Movie · as Dorothy
Bluebeard's Seven Wives
Movie · as Gilda La Bray
Beauty à la Mud
Movie
Torrent
Movie · as Woman in Audience (uncredited)
Winds of Chance
Movie · as Laura
Sackcloth and Scarlet
Movie · as Polly Freeman
Why Women Love
Movie · as Pearl