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

The Women

Show People

Spite Marriage

Among the Living

The Show

Torrent

The Life of Vergie Winters

The Miracle of the Bells

All Movies (61)

• The Miracle of the Bells1948 · as Miss Katie Orwin (uncredited)
• Among the Living1941 · as Woman in Cafe
• Kansas Cyclone1941 · as Helen King
• Days of Jesse James1939 · as Zerilda James (uncredited)
• The Arizona Kid1939 · as Bess Warren
• The Women1939 · as Saleswoman Pat (uncredited)
• Rough Riders' Round-up1939 · as Rose
• The Mysterious Pilot1937 · as Jean McNain
• The Life of Vergie Winters1934 · as Lulu
• Allez Oop1934 · as Paula Stevens
• No Sleep on the Deep1934 · as June Davis
• Ship of Wanted Men1933 · as Irene Reynolds
• Contrabando1932
• They Never Come Back1932 · as Adele Landon
• The Wide Open Spaces1931 · as Rose
• The Deceiver1931 · as Ina Fontanne
• The Big Gamble1931 · as Beverly Ames Beckwith
• Ships of Hate1931 · as Grace Walsh
• The Lightning Flyer1931 · as Rose Rogers
• Screen Snapshots Series 10, No. 51930 · as Dorothy Sebastian
• The Utah Kid1930 · as Jennie Lee
• Brothers1930 · as Norma Moore
• Ladies Must Play1930 · as Norma
• Our Blushing Brides1930 · as Francine 'Franky' Daniels
• Hell's Island1930 · as Marie
• Free and Easy1930 · as Cave Scene
• Montana Moon1930 · as Elizabeth
• Officer O'Brien1930 · as Ruth Dale
• The Rounder1930 · as Ethel Dalton
• His First Command1929 · as Judy Gaylord
• The Unholy Night1929 · as Lady Efra
• The Single Standard1929 · as Mercedes
• Spite Marriage1929 · as Trilby Drew
• The Devil's Apple Tree1929 · as Dorothy Ryan
• The Spirit of Youth1929 · as Betty Grant
• The Rainbow1929 · as Lola
• Morgan's Last Raid1929 · as Judith Rogers
• A Woman of Affairs1928 · as Constance
• Show People1928 · as Self (uncredited)
• Our Dancing Daughters1928 · as Beatrice 'Bea'
• The Adventurer1928 · as Dolores de Silva
• The House of Scandal1928 · as Ann Rourke
• Wyoming1928 · as Samantrha Jerusha Farrell
• Their Hour1928 · as Cora
• The Haunted Ship1927 · as Goldie Kane
• Love1927 · as Spectator at Race (uncredited)
• The Arizona Wildcat1927 · as Regina Schyler
• Tea For Three1927 · as Annette
• The Isle of Forgotten Women1927 · as Marua
• Twelve Miles Out1927 · as Chiquita
• On Ze Boulevard1927 · as Gaby de Sylva
• California1927 · as Carlotta del Rey
• The Demi-Bride1927 · as Lola
• The Show1927 · as Salvation Army Worker (uncredited)
• You'd Be Surprised1926 · as Dorothy
• Beauty à la Mud1926
• Torrent1926 · as Woman in Audience (uncredited)
• Bluebeard's Seven Wives1926 · as Gilda La Bray
• Why Women Love1925 · as Pearl
• Winds of Chance1925 · as Laura
• Sackcloth and Scarlet1925 · as Polly Freeman