Acting · Birmingham, Alabama, USA · Born April 26, 1903
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.
MovieThe Miracle of the Bells
1948
as Miss Katie Orwin (uncredited)
MovieAmong the Living
1941
as Woman in Cafe
MovieKansas Cyclone
1941
as Helen King
MovieDays of Jesse James
1939
as Zerilda James (uncredited)
MovieThe Arizona Kid
1939
as Bess Warren
MovieThe Women
1939
as Saleswoman Pat (uncredited)
MovieRough Riders' Round-up
1939
as Rose
MovieThe Mysterious Pilot
1937
as Jean McNain
MovieThe Life of Vergie Winters
1934
as Lulu
MovieAllez Oop
1934
as Paula Stevens
MovieNo Sleep on the Deep
1934
as June Davis
MovieShip of Wanted Men
1933
as Irene Reynolds
MovieContrabando
1932
MovieThey Never Come Back
1932
as Adele Landon
MovieThe Wide Open Spaces
1931
as Rose
The Deceiver
1931
as Ina Fontanne
MovieThe Big Gamble
1931
as Beverly Ames Beckwith
MovieShips of Hate
1931
as Grace Walsh
MovieThe Lightning Flyer
1931
as Rose Rogers
MovieScreen Snapshots Series 10, No. 5
1930
as Dorothy Sebastian
MovieThe Utah Kid
1930
as Jennie Lee
MovieBrothers
1930
as Norma Moore
MovieLadies Must Play
1930
as Norma
MovieOur Blushing Brides
1930
as Francine 'Franky' Daniels
MovieHell's Island
1930
as Marie
MovieFree and Easy
1930
as Cave Scene
MovieMontana Moon
1930
as Elizabeth
MovieOfficer O'Brien
1930
as Ruth Dale
MovieThe Rounder
1930
as Ethel Dalton
MovieHis First Command
1929
as Judy Gaylord
MovieThe Unholy Night
1929
as Lady Efra
MovieThe Single Standard
1929
as Mercedes
MovieSpite Marriage
1929
as Trilby Drew
The Devil's Apple Tree
1929
as Dorothy Ryan
MovieThe Spirit of Youth
1929
as Betty Grant
MovieThe Rainbow
1929
as Lola
MovieMorgan's Last Raid
1929
as Judith Rogers
MovieA Woman of Affairs
1928
as Constance
MovieShow People
1928
as Self (uncredited)
MovieOur Dancing Daughters
1928
as Beatrice 'Bea'
MovieThe Adventurer
1928
as Dolores de Silva
The House of Scandal
1928
as Ann Rourke
Wyoming
1928
as Samantrha Jerusha Farrell
Their Hour
1928
as Cora
MovieThe Haunted Ship
1927
as Goldie Kane
MovieLove
1927
as Spectator at Race (uncredited)
MovieThe Arizona Wildcat
1927
as Regina Schyler
MovieTea For Three
1927
as Annette
MovieThe Isle of Forgotten Women
1927
as Marua
MovieTwelve Miles Out
1927
as Chiquita
On Ze Boulevard
1927
as Gaby de Sylva
MovieCalifornia
1927
as Carlotta del Rey
MovieThe Demi-Bride
1927
as Lola
MovieThe Show
1927
as Salvation Army Worker (uncredited)
MovieYou'd Be Surprised
1926
as Dorothy
MovieBeauty à la Mud
1926
MovieTorrent
1926
as Woman in Audience (uncredited)
MovieBluebeard's Seven Wives
1926
as Gilda La Bray
MovieWhy Women Love
1925
as Pearl
MovieWinds of Chance
1925
as Laura
MovieSackcloth and Scarlet
1925
as Polly Freeman
