
Dorothy Sebastian
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
1903-04-26
Day of Death
1957-04-08 (53 years old)
Place of Birth
Birmingham, Alabama, USA
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.
Acting
(1948)
The Miracle of the Bells
as Miss Katie Orwin (uncredited)
(1941)
Among the Living
as Woman in Cafe
(1941)
Kansas Cyclone
as Helen King
(1939)
The Women
as Saleswoman Pat (uncredited)
(1939)
The Arizona Kid
as Bess Warren
(1939)
Days of Jesse James
as Zerilda James (uncredited)
(1939)
Rough Riders' Round-up
as Rose
(1937)
The Mysterious Pilot
as Jean McNain
(1934)
The Life of Vergie Winters
as Lulu
(1934)
Allez Oop
as Paula Stevens
(1933)
Ship of Wanted Men
as Irene Reynolds
(1932)
They Never Come Back
as Adele Landon
(1932)
(1931)
The Deceiver
as Ina Fontanne
(1931)
Ships of Hate
as Grace Walsh
(1931)
The Big Gamble
as Beverly Ames Beckwith
(1931)
The Wide Open Spaces
as Rose
(1930)
Brothers
as Norma Moore
(1930)
Montana Moon
as Elizabeth
(1930)
Free and Easy
as Cave Scene
(1930)
Our Blushing Brides
as Francine (Franky) Daniels
(1930)
The Utah Kid
as Jennie Lee
(1930)
Hell's Island
as Marie
(1930)
Officer O'Brien
as Ruth Dale
(1930)
Screen Snapshots Series 10, No. 5
as Dorothy Sebastian
(1930)
The Rounder
as Ethel Dalton
(1929)
The Single Standard
as Mercedes
(1929)
The Unholy Night
as Lady Efra
(1929)
Spite Marriage
as Trilby Drew
(1929)
Morgan's Last Raid
as Judith Rogers
(1929)
The Spirit of Youth
as Betty Grant
(1929)
His First Command
as Judy Gaylord
(1929)
The Devil's Apple Tree
as Dorothy Ryan
(1928)
Show People
as Self (uncredited)
(1928)
A Woman of Affairs
as Constance
(1928)
Our Dancing Daughters
as Beatrice 'Bea'
(1928)
The Adventurer
as Dolores de Silva
(1927)
The Show
as Salvation Army Worker (uncredited)
(1927)
Love
as Spectator at Race (uncredited)
(1927)
The Demi-Bride
as Lola
(1927)
California
as Carlotta del Rey
(1927)
On Ze Boulevard
as Gaby de Sylva
(1927)
Twelve Miles Out
as Chiquita
(1927)
The Haunted Ship
as Goldie Kane
(1927)
The Arizona Wildcat
as Regina Schyler
(1926)
Torrent
as Woman in Audience (uncredited)
(1926)
You'd Be Surprised
as Dorothy
(1926)
Bluebeard's Seven Wives
as Gilda La Bray
(1926)
(1925)
Sackcloth and Scarlet
as Polly Freeman
(1925)
Why Women Love
as Pearl
(1925)
Winds of Chance
as Laura