Known For
Acting
Born
Apr 26, 1903
Died
Apr 08, 1957
Place of Birth
Birmingham, Alabama, USA
Credits
61 titles
Dorothy Sebastian
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.
Known For
Filmography
The Miracle of the Bells
Miss Katie Orwin (uncredited)
Among the Living
Woman in Cafe
Kansas Cyclone
Helen King
Days of Jesse James
Zerilda James (uncredited)
The Arizona Kid
Bess Warren
The Women
Saleswoman Pat (uncredited)
Rough Riders' Round-up
Rose
The Mysterious Pilot
Jean McNain
The Life of Vergie Winters
Lulu
Allez Oop
Paula Stevens
No Sleep on the Deep
June Davis
Ship of Wanted Men
Irene Reynolds
Contrabando
They Never Come Back
Adele Landon
The Wide Open Spaces
Rose
The Deceiver
Ina Fontanne
The Big Gamble
Beverly Ames Beckwith
Ships of Hate
Grace Walsh
The Lightning Flyer
Rose Rogers
Screen Snapshots Series 10, No. 5
Dorothy Sebastian
The Utah Kid
Jennie Lee
Brothers
Norma Moore
Ladies Must Play
Norma
Our Blushing Brides
Francine 'Franky' Daniels
Hell's Island
Marie
Free and Easy
Cave Scene
Montana Moon
Elizabeth
Officer O'Brien
Ruth Dale
The Rounder
Ethel Dalton
His First Command
Judy Gaylord
The Unholy Night
Lady Efra
The Single Standard
Mercedes
Spite Marriage
Trilby Drew
The Devil's Apple Tree
Dorothy Ryan
The Spirit of Youth
Betty Grant
The Rainbow
Lola
Morgan's Last Raid
Judith Rogers
A Woman of Affairs
Constance
Show People
Self (uncredited)
Our Dancing Daughters
Beatrice 'Bea'
The Adventurer
Dolores de Silva
The House of Scandal
Ann Rourke
Wyoming
Samantrha Jerusha Farrell
Their Hour
Cora
The Haunted Ship
Goldie Kane
Love
Spectator at Race (uncredited)
The Arizona Wildcat
Regina Schyler
Tea For Three
Annette
The Isle of Forgotten Women
Marua
Twelve Miles Out
Chiquita