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