Dorothy Sebastian

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Dorothy Sebastian (born April 26, 1903 in Birmingham , Alabama , † April 8, 1957 in Woodland Hills , Los Angeles , California ) was an American actress who came to fame in the last days of silent films .

Life

After a few appearances as a dancer and choir girl in the revue George White's Scandals , Dorothy Sebastian went to Hollywood in 1925 with a seven-year contract with MGM . After a few smaller roles, she became a popular supporting actress in the transition phase from silent film to sound film . She became friends with Greta Garbo in 1928 while filming A Shameless Woman . In the same year she starred in Our Dancing Daughters with Joan Crawford . In the following years, a small series of films developed, which presented Joan Crawford, Dorothy Sebastian and Anita Page in the lead roles. Sebastian played one of her last roles in the Mexican film Contrabando . After 1931, her increasingly uncontrolled alcoholism ended her career, and Dorothy Sebastian only starred in a series of B-films in which she often did not get more than extras.

Dorothy Sebastian is still known today for her affair with Buster Keaton , during which both became notorious for their excessive drinking. At this time, she also got her nickname Slam-Bang-Bastian or Slam , as she used to become uncontrolled and abusive when drunk. From 1930 until the divorce in 1936, she was married to actor William Boyd . In 1947 Sebastian married the businessman Harold Shapiro, with whom she remained married ten years later until she died from cancer.

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Commons : Dorothy Sebastian  - Collection of Images
personal data
SURNAME Sebastian, Dorothy
BRIEF DESCRIPTION US-american actress
DATE OF BIRTH April 26, 1903
PLACE OF BIRTH Birmingham , Alabama , United States
DATE OF DEATH April 8, 1957
Place of death Los Angeles , California , United States