Dorothy Sebastian
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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.
As Actor/Actress
The Women
Saleswoman Pat (uncredited)
Spite Marriage
Trilby Drew
Show People
Self (uncredited)
The Rounder
Ethel Dalton
Torrent
Woman in Audience (uncredited)
Our Blushing Brides
Francine 'Franky' Daniels
California
Carlotta del Rey
Love
Spectator at Race (uncredited)
Bluebeard's Seven Wives
Gilda La Bray
They Never Come Back
Adele Landon
The Show
Salvation Army Worker (uncredited)
The Miracle of the Bells
Miss Katie Orwin (uncredited)
Montana Moon
Elizabeth
Rough Riders' Round-up
Rose
Among the Living
Woman in Cafe
The Utah Kid
Jennie Lee
Free and Easy
Cave Scene
You'd Be Surprised
Dorothy
The Life of Vergie Winters
Lulu
A Woman of Affairs
Constance
The Rainbow
Lola
The Big Gamble
Beverly Ames Beckwith
The Lightning Flyer
Rose Rogers
The Single Standard
Mercedes
Twelve Miles Out
Chiquita
Brothers
Norma Moore
Our Dancing Daughters
Beatrice 'Bea'
Ladies Must Play
Norma
No Sleep on the Deep
June Davis
Hell's Island
Marie