Cast
Dorothy Sebastian
Acting
Cast
Dorothy Sebastian
Known for
Acting
Born
1903-04-26
From
Birmingham, Alabama, USA
Died
1957-04-08
Also known as Dorothy Sabiston, Little Alabam, Stella Dorothy Sabiston
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.
★7.2
MOVIE1939
The Women
as Saleswoman Pat (uncredited)
★7.2
MOVIE1928
Show People
as Self (uncredited)
★9.0
MOVIE1930
Brothers
as Norma Moore
★6.1
MOVIE1948
The Miracle of the Bells
as Miss Katie Orwin (uncredited)
★5.7
MOVIE1927
Love
as Spectator at Race (uncredited)
★6.1
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Among the Living
as Woman in Cafe
★5.6
MOVIE1930
Our Blushing Brides
as Francine 'Franky' Daniels
★8.0
MOVIE1927
The Demi-Bride
as Lola
★5.8
MOVIE1930
The Rounder
as Ethel Dalton
★6.6
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Spite Marriage
as Trilby Drew
★7.5
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California
as Carlotta del Rey
★5.6
MOVIE1929
The Unholy Night
as Lady Efra
★5.1
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Days of Jesse James
as Zerilda James (uncredited)
★5.9
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The Single Standard
as Mercedes
★6.4
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Allez Oop
as Paula Stevens
★7.0
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The Adventurer
as Dolores de Silva
★6.5
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Twelve Miles Out
as Chiquita
★8.0
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The Deceiver
as Ina Fontanne
★7.0
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Sackcloth and Scarlet
as Polly Freeman
★6.1
MOVIE1927
The Show
as Salvation Army Worker (uncredited)
★7.0
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as Dorothy
★6.2
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Free and Easy
as Cave Scene
★6.7
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Torrent
as Woman in Audience (uncredited)
★10.0
MOVIE1927
On Ze Boulevard
as Gaby de Sylva
★6.3
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Our Dancing Daughters
as Beatrice 'Bea'
★6.1
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The Arizona Kid
as Bess Warren
★5.7
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The Life of Vergie Winters
as Lulu
★5.3
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Rough Riders' Round-up
as Rose
★4.7
MOVIE1930
Montana Moon
as Elizabeth
★6.5
MOVIE1928
A Woman of Affairs
as Constance
★10.0
MOVIE1926
Bluebeard's Seven Wives
as Gilda La Bray
★7.0
MOVIE1931
The Wide Open Spaces
as Rose
★6.3
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They Never Come Back
as Adele Landon
★6.1
MOVIE1931
The Big Gamble
as Beverly Ames Beckwith
★3.8
MOVIE1933
Ship of Wanted Men
as Irene Reynolds
★5.3
MOVIE1930
Officer O'Brien
as Ruth Dale
★10.0
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The Mysterious Pilot
as Jean McNain
★8.5
MOVIE1929
His First Command
as Judy Gaylord
★10.0
MOVIE1941
Kansas Cyclone
as Helen King
★7.0
MOVIE1928
Their Hour
as Cora
★5.5
MOVIE1930
The Utah Kid
as Jennie Lee
★7.0
MOVIE1928
The House of Scandal
as Ann Rourke
★8.0
MOVIE1929
The Spirit of Youth
as Betty Grant
★8.0
MOVIE1930
Hell's Island
as Marie
★10.0
MOVIE1934
No Sleep on the Deep
as June Davis
★7.0
MOVIE1929
The Devil's Apple Tree
as Dorothy Ryan
★8.0
MOVIE1927
The Haunted Ship
as Goldie Kane
★9.0
MOVIE1929
The Rainbow
as Lola
★7.0
MOVIE1926
Beauty à la Mud
★6.0
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Contrabando
★6.5
MOVIE1925
Winds of Chance
as Laura
★9.0
MOVIE1927
The Arizona Wildcat
as Regina Schyler
★8.0
MOVIE1931
The Lightning Flyer
as Rose Rogers
★8.0
MOVIE1928
Wyoming
as Samantrha Jerusha Farrell
★9.0
MOVIE1925
Why Women Love
as Pearl
★9.0
MOVIE1927
The Isle of Forgotten Women
as Marua
★8.0
MOVIE1930
Ladies Must Play
as Norma
★7.5
MOVIE1931
Ships of Hate
as Grace Walsh
MOVIE1930
Screen Snapshots Series 10, No. 5
as Dorothy Sebastian
★8.0
MOVIE1929
Morgan's Last Raid
as Judith Rogers
★9.0
MOVIE1927
Tea For Three
as Annette