Dorothy Sebastian
Acting • Born 1903-04-26 – Died 1957-04-08
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.
Filmography
58 credits
Show People
Movie • 1928
Self (uncredited)
Rough Riders' Round-up
Movie • 1939
Rose
The Devil's Apple Tree
Movie • 1929
Dorothy Ryan
Hell's Island
Movie • 1930
Marie
The Arizona Wildcat
Movie • 1927
Regina Schyler
Our Dancing Daughters
Movie • 1928
Beatrice 'Bea'
Free and Easy
Movie • 1930
Cave Scene
The Big Gamble
Movie • 1931
Beverly Ames Beckwith
The Demi-Bride
Movie • 1927
Lola
Screen Snapshots Series 10, No. 5
Movie • 1930
Dorothy Sebastian
Spite Marriage
Movie • 1929
Trilby Drew
Allez Oop
Movie • 1934
Paula Stevens
The Single Standard
Movie • 1929
Mercedes
Montana Moon
Movie • 1930
Elizabeth
The Arizona Kid
Movie • 1939
Bess Warren
Our Blushing Brides
Movie • 1930
Francine 'Franky' Daniels
The Unholy Night
Movie • 1929
Lady Efra
They Never Come Back
Movie • 1932
Adele Landon
Winds of Chance
Movie • 1925
Laura
The Mysterious Pilot
Movie • 1937
Jean McNain
The Women
Movie • 1939
Saleswoman Pat (uncredited)
Among the Living
Movie • 1941
Woman in Cafe
Officer O'Brien
Movie • 1930
Ruth Dale
The Wide Open Spaces
Movie • 1931
Rose
The Show
Movie • 1927
Salvation Army Worker (uncredited)
A Woman of Affairs
Movie • 1928
Constance
The Utah Kid
Movie • 1930
Jennie Lee
Days of Jesse James
Movie • 1939
Zerilda James (uncredited)
Ship of Wanted Men
Movie • 1933
Irene Reynolds
Twelve Miles Out
Movie • 1927
Chiquita
You'd Be Surprised
Movie • 1926
Dorothy
The Rounder
Movie • 1930
Ethel Dalton
The Adventurer
Movie • 1928
Dolores de Silva
His First Command
Movie • 1929
Judy Gaylord
Sackcloth and Scarlet
Movie • 1925
Polly Freeman
Ships of Hate
Movie • 1931
Grace Walsh
Love
Movie • 1927
Spectator at Race (uncredited)
Kansas Cyclone
Movie • 1941
Helen King
The Miracle of the Bells
Movie • 1948
Miss Katie Orwin (uncredited)
The Life of Vergie Winters
Movie • 1934
Lulu
Why Women Love
Movie • 1925
Pearl
Morgan's Last Raid
Movie • 1929
Judith Rogers
Bluebeard's Seven Wives
Movie • 1926
Gilda La Bray
The Spirit of Youth
Movie • 1929
Betty Grant
California
Movie • 1927
Carlotta del Rey
Contrabando
Movie • 1932
On Ze Boulevard
Movie • 1927
Gaby de Sylva
Brothers
Movie • 1930
Norma Moore
The Deceiver
Movie • 1931
Ina Fontanne
The Haunted Ship
Movie • 1927
Goldie Kane
Beauty à la Mud
Movie • 1926
Torrent
Movie • 1926
Woman in Audience (uncredited)
Tea For Three
Movie • 1927
Annette
Wyoming
Movie • 1928
Samantrha Jerusha Farrell
No Sleep on the Deep
Movie • 1934
June Davis
The Isle of Forgotten Women
Movie • 1927
Marua
Ladies Must Play
Movie • 1930
Norma
The Lightning Flyer
Movie • 1931
Rose Rogers