Dorothy Sebastian

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 Sebastians southern drawl was thick enough to cut with a knife She followed around theatrical agents before returning at night to a 12amonth room after being consistently rejected Sebastians first contact in Hollywood was Robert Kane who gave her a film test at United Studios She performed in George Whites Scandals and later costarred 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 1929s Spite Marriage wherein she was cast opposite her thenlover Buster Keaton By the mid1930s Sebastian was semiretired 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