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Dorothy Sebastian
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Dorothy Sebastian
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1903-04-26,Birmingham, Alabama, USA
Gender
Female
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

7.164

Show People
1928-11-20

Rough Riders' Round-up

5.25

Rough Riders' Round-up
1939-03-13

The Devil's Apple Tree

7

The Devil's Apple Tree
1929-02-20

8

Hell's Island
1930-07-16

The Arizona Wildcat

9

The Arizona Wildcat
1927-11-20

Our Dancing Daughters

6.258

Our Dancing Daughters
1928-09-01

6.154

Free and Easy
1930-03-22

6.125

The Big Gamble
1931-09-04

8

The Demi-Bride
1927-02-19

Screen Snapshots Series 10, No. 5

0

Screen Snapshots Series 10, No. 5
1930-12-01

6.609

Spite Marriage
1929-03-24

6.417

Allez Oop
1934-05-25

The Single Standard

5.857

The Single Standard
1929-07-27

4.688

Montana Moon
1930-03-20

The Arizona Kid

6.143

The Arizona Kid
1939-09-28

Our Blushing Brides

5.619

Our Blushing Brides
1930-07-19

The Unholy Night

5.6

The Unholy Night
1929-09-13

They Never Come Back

6.333

They Never Come Back
1932-05-10

Winds of Chance

6.5

Winds of Chance
1925-08-15

The Mysterious Pilot

10

The Mysterious Pilot
1937-12-09

7.2

The Women
1939-09-01

Among the Living

6.133

Among the Living
1941-12-12

Officer O'Brien

5.25

Officer O'Brien
1930-02-15

The Wide Open Spaces

7

The Wide Open Spaces
1931-12-28

6.115

The Show
1927-01-22

A Woman of Affairs

6.5

A Woman of Affairs
1928-12-15

4.667

The Utah Kid
1930-10-27

Days of Jesse James

5.136

Days of Jesse James
1939-12-20

Ship of Wanted Men

3.75

Ship of Wanted Men
1933-09-08

Twelve Miles Out

6.5

Twelve Miles Out
1927-07-08

You'd Be Surprised

7

You'd Be Surprised
1926-09-24

5.8

The Rounder
1930-01-18

7

The Adventurer
1928-07-14

His First Command

8.5

His First Command
1929-12-28

Sackcloth and Scarlet

7

Sackcloth and Scarlet
1925-03-22

7.5

Ships of Hate
1931-06-15

5.7

Love
1927-11-29

10

Kansas Cyclone
1941-06-24

The Miracle of the Bells

6.125

The Miracle of the Bells
1948-03-27

The Life of Vergie Winters

5.667

The Life of Vergie Winters
1934-06-14

9

Why Women Love
1925-10-18

Morgan's Last Raid

8

Morgan's Last Raid
1929-01-05

Bluebeard's Seven Wives

10

Bluebeard's Seven Wives
1926-01-13

The Spirit of Youth

8

The Spirit of Youth
1929-02-15

7.5

California
1927-05-07

6

Contrabando
1932-09-14

On Ze Boulevard

10

On Ze Boulevard
1927-06-25

9

Brothers
1930-10-19

8

The Deceiver
1931-11-21

The Haunted Ship

8

The Haunted Ship
1927-12-01

Beauty à la Mud

7

Beauty à la Mud
1926-08-28

6.7

Torrent
1926-02-21

9

Tea For Three
1927-10-29

8

Wyoming
1928-03-24

No Sleep on the Deep

10

No Sleep on the Deep
1934-04-06

The Isle of Forgotten Women

9

The Isle of Forgotten Women
1927-09-27

Ladies Must Play

8

Ladies Must Play
1930-08-01

The Lightning Flyer

8

The Lightning Flyer
1931-03-20

The House of Scandal

7

The House of Scandal
1928-04-01

7

Their Hour
1928-03-01

9

The Rainbow
1929-02-01