Dorothy Sebastian
Acting
Born 1903-04-26
Died 1957-04-08
Birmingham, Alabama, USA
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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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Acting
58 credits
Show People
The Women
The Miracle of the Bells
The Rounder
California
Torrent
Free and Easy
Among the Living
Hell's Island
Our Blushing Brides
The Haunted Ship
You'd Be Surprised
The Show
Spite Marriage
A Woman of Affairs
Montana Moon
The Life of Vergie Winters
The Demi-Bride
Sackcloth and Scarlet
Twelve Miles Out
The Unholy Night
The Arizona Kid
Days of Jesse James
Winds of Chance
The Single Standard
Love
Kansas Cyclone
The House of Scandal
His First Command
Ladies Must Play
Their Hour
Officer O'Brien
The Big Gamble
The Rainbow
Brothers
The Isle of Forgotten Women
Our Dancing Daughters
The Lightning Flyer
Ship of Wanted Men
The Deceiver
Why Women Love
Bluebeard's Seven Wives
No Sleep on the Deep
The Utah Kid
The Wide Open Spaces
The Arizona Wildcat
Rough Riders' Round-up
Screen Snapshots Series 10, No. 5
Ships of Hate
The Mysterious Pilot
They Never Come Back
Allez Oop
On Ze Boulevard
The Adventurer
Morgan's Last Raid
Wyoming
The Devil's Apple Tree
The Spirit of Youth
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