1903-04-26 ( 121 years old ) in Birmingham, Alabama, USA
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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.
Movies
The Miracle of the Bells
1948-03-27
Among the Living
1941-12-12
Kansas Cyclone
1941-06-24
Days of Jesse James
1939-12-20
The Arizona Kid
1939-09-28
The Women
1939-09-01
Rough Riders' Round-up
1939-03-13
The Mysterious Pilot
1937-12-09
The Life of Vergie Winters
1934-06-14
Allez Oop
1934-05-25
Ship of Wanted Men
1933-09-08
Contrabando
1932-09-14
They Never Come Back
1932-05-10
The Wide Open Spaces
1931-12-28
The Deceiver
1931-11-21
The Big Gamble
1931-09-04
Ships of Hate
1931-06-15
Screen Snapshots Series 10, No. 5
1930-12-01
The Utah Kid
1930-10-27
Brothers
1930-10-19
Our Blushing Brides
1930-07-19
Hell's Island
1930-07-16
Free and Easy
1930-03-22
Montana Moon
1930-03-20
Officer O'Brien
1930-02-15
The Rounder
1930-01-18
His First Command
1929-12-28
The Unholy Night
1929-09-13
The Single Standard
1929-07-27
Spite Marriage
1929-03-24
The Devil's Apple Tree
1929-02-20
The Spirit of Youth
1929-02-15
Morgan's Last Raid
1929-01-05
A Woman of Affairs
1928-12-15
Show People
1928-11-20
Our Dancing Daughters
1928-09-01
The Adventurer
1928-07-14
The Haunted Ship
1927-12-01
Love
1927-11-29
The Arizona Wildcat
1927-11-20
Twelve Miles Out
1927-07-08
On Ze Boulevard
1927-06-25
California
1927-05-07
The Demi-Bride
1927-02-19
The Show
1927-01-22
You'd Be Surprised
1926-09-24
Beauty à la Mud
1926-08-28
Bluebeard's Seven Wives
1926-01-13
Why Women Love
1925-10-18
Winds of Chance
1925-08-15
Sackcloth and Scarlet
1925-03-22
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