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The Arizona Kid

as Bess Warren

1939
The Mysterious Pilot

as Jean McNain

1937
Ship of Wanted Men

as Irene Reynolds

1933
They Never Come Back

as Adele Landon

1932
The Big Gamble

as Beverly Ames Beckwith

1931
Ships of Hate

as Grace Walsh

1931
The Utah Kid

as Jennie Lee

1930
The Single Standard

as Mercedes

1929
The Unholy Night

as Lady Efra

1929
His First Command

as Judy Gaylord

1929
Our Dancing Daughters

as Beatrice 'Bea'

1928
A Woman of Affairs

as Constance

1928
The Adventurer

as Dolores de Silva

1928
Dorothy Sebastian Dorothy Sebastian

Birthday

1903-04-26

Place of Birth

Birmingham, Alabama, USA

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.
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