Dorothy Sebastian
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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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Films (61)
The Miracle of the Bells
1948 · Miss Katie Orwin (uncredited)
Among the Living
1941 · Woman in Cafe
Kansas Cyclone
1941 · Helen King
Days of Jesse James
1939 · Zerilda James (uncredited)
The Arizona Kid
1939 · Bess Warren
The Women
1939 · Saleswoman Pat (uncredited)
Rough Riders' Round-up
1939 · Rose
The Mysterious Pilot
1937 · Jean McNain
The Life of Vergie Winters
1934 · Lulu
Allez Oop
1934 · Paula Stevens
No Sleep on the Deep
1934 · June Davis
Ship of Wanted Men
1933 · Irene Reynolds
Contrabando
1932
They Never Come Back
1932 · Adele Landon
The Wide Open Spaces
1931 · Rose
The Deceiver
1931 · Ina Fontanne
The Big Gamble
1931 · Beverly Ames Beckwith
Ships of Hate
1931 · Grace Walsh
The Lightning Flyer
1931 · Rose Rogers
Screen Snapshots Series 10, No. 5
1930 · Dorothy Sebastian
The Utah Kid
1930 · Jennie Lee
Brothers
1930 · Norma Moore
Ladies Must Play
1930 · Norma
Our Blushing Brides
1930 · Francine 'Franky' Daniels
Hell's Island
1930 · Marie
Free and Easy
1930 · Cave Scene
Montana Moon
1930 · Elizabeth
Officer O'Brien
1930 · Ruth Dale
The Rounder
1930 · Ethel Dalton
His First Command
1929 · Judy Gaylord
The Unholy Night
1929 · Lady Efra
The Single Standard
1929 · Mercedes
Spite Marriage
1929 · Trilby Drew
The Devil's Apple Tree
1929 · Dorothy Ryan
The Spirit of Youth
1929 · Betty Grant
The Rainbow
1929 · Lola
Morgan's Last Raid
1929 · Judith Rogers
A Woman of Affairs
1928 · Constance
Show People
1928 · Self (uncredited)
Our Dancing Daughters
1928 · Beatrice 'Bea'
The Adventurer
1928 · Dolores de Silva
The House of Scandal
1928 · Ann Rourke
Wyoming
1928 · Samantrha Jerusha Farrell
Their Hour
1928 · Cora
The Haunted Ship
1927 · Goldie Kane
Love
1927 · Spectator at Race (uncredited)
The Arizona Wildcat
1927 · Regina Schyler
Tea For Three
1927 · Annette
The Isle of Forgotten Women
1927 · Marua
Twelve Miles Out
1927 · Chiquita
On Ze Boulevard
1927 · Gaby de Sylva
California
1927 · Carlotta del Rey
The Demi-Bride
1927 · Lola
The Show
1927 · Salvation Army Worker (uncredited)
You'd Be Surprised
1926 · Dorothy
Beauty à la Mud
1926
Torrent
1926 · Woman in Audience (uncredited)
Bluebeard's Seven Wives
1926 · Gilda La Bray
Why Women Love
1925 · Pearl
Winds of Chance
1925 · Laura
Sackcloth and Scarlet
1925 · Polly Freeman
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