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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
April 26, 1903
Died
April 8, 1957
Place of Birth
Birmingham, Alabama, USA
Also Known As
- Dorothy Sabiston
- Little Alabam
- Stella Dorothy Sabiston
Dorothy Sebastian
0.8 Popularity
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.
Known For
5.9
Miss Katie Orwin (uncredited)
The Miracle of the Bells
1948
6.0
Woman in Cafe
Among the Living
1941
0.0
Helen King
Kansas Cyclone
1941
4.7
Zerilda James (uncredited)
Days of Jesse James
1939
5.8
Bess Warren
The Arizona Kid
1939
7.1
Saleswoman Pat (uncredited)
The Women
1939
4.0
Rose
Rough Riders' Round-up
1939
0.0
Jean McNain
The Mysterious Pilot
1937
5.2
Lulu
The Life of Vergie Winters
1934
6.3
Paula Stevens
Allez Oop
1934
Credits
The Miracle of the Bells
as Miss Katie Orwin (uncredited)
1948
5.9
Among the Living
as Woman in Cafe
1941
6.0
Kansas Cyclone
as Helen King
1941
0.0
Days of Jesse James
as Zerilda James (uncredited)
1939
4.7
The Arizona Kid
as Bess Warren
1939
5.8
The Women
as Saleswoman Pat (uncredited)
1939
7.1
Rough Riders' Round-up
as Rose
1939
4.0
The Mysterious Pilot
as Jean McNain
1937
0.0
The Life of Vergie Winters
as Lulu
1934
5.2
Allez Oop
as Paula Stevens
1934
6.3
No Sleep on the Deep
as June Davis
1934
0.0
Ship of Wanted Men
as Irene Reynolds
1933
1.7
Contrabando
1932
5.0
They Never Come Back
as Adele Landon
1932
5.5
The Wide Open Spaces
as Rose
1931
0.0
🎬
The Deceiver
as Ina Fontanne
1931
0.0
The Big Gamble
as Beverly Ames Beckwith
1931
6.0
Ships of Hate
as Grace Walsh
1931
0.0
Screen Snapshots Series 10, No. 5
as Dorothy Sebastian
1930
0.0
The Utah Kid
as Jennie Lee
1930
3.0
Brothers
as Norma Moore
1930
0.0
Ladies Must Play
as Norma
1930
0.0
Our Blushing Brides
as Francine (Franky) Daniels
1930
5.4
Hell's Island
as Marie
1930
0.0
Free and Easy
as Cave Scene
1930
6.0
Montana Moon
as Elizabeth
1930
4.2
Officer O'Brien
as Ruth Dale
1930
3.7
The Rounder
as Ethel Dalton
1930
5.5
His First Command
as Judy Gaylord
1929
7.0
The Unholy Night
as Lady Efra
1929
5.3
The Single Standard
as Mercedes
1929
5.5
Spite Marriage
as Trilby Drew
1929
6.7
🎬
The Devil's Apple Tree
as Dorothy Ryan
1929
0.0
The Spirit of Youth
as Betty Grant
1929
0.0
Morgan's Last Raid
as Judith Rogers
1929
0.0
A Woman of Affairs
as Constance
1928
6.4
Show People
as Self (uncredited)
1928
7.1
Our Dancing Daughters
as Beatrice 'Bea'
1928
6.2
The Adventurer
as Dolores de Silva
1928
0.0
🎬
Wyoming
as Samantrha Jerusha Farrell
1928
0.0
The Haunted Ship
as Goldie Kane
1927
0.0
Love
as Spectator at Race (uncredited)
1927
5.6
The Arizona Wildcat
as Regina Schyler
1927
0.0
Tea For Three
as Annette
1927
0.0
The Isle of Forgotten Women
as Marua
1927
0.0
Twelve Miles Out
as Chiquita
1927
6.0
🎬
On Ze Boulevard
as Gaby de Sylva
1927
0.0
California
as Carlotta del Rey
1927
5.0
The Demi-Bride
as Lola
1927
0.0
The Show
as Salvation Army Worker (uncredited)
1927
6.0
You'd Be Surprised
as Dorothy
1926
6.5
Beauty à la Mud
1926
0.0
Torrent
as Woman in Audience (uncredited)
1926
6.9
Bluebeard's Seven Wives
as Gilda La Bray
1926
0.0
Why Women Love
as Pearl
1925
0.0
Winds of Chance
as Laura
1925
4.8
Sackcloth and Scarlet
as Polly Freeman
1925
0.0