Dorothy Sebastian Biography

Fast Facts

• Married her first husband William Boyd in Las Vegas after meeting him on the set of "His First Command," but they divorced and years later she married a Miami Beach businessman
• Cancer claimed her life in 1957, and she was buried at Holy Cross Cemetery in Culver City, Calif
• Before she got her first break as an actress, she lived in a $12-a-month room in New York City
• A performance in the stage production "Scandals" paved the way for her to go to Hollywood
• Though her parents disapproved, she dreamed of being a dancer and a film actress as a child and at 15 moved to New York City to pursue her ambitions
• Played a siren in silent and talking pictures for 15 years
• Known for such silent films as "Sackcloth and Scarlet," "Winds of Chance," "The Show," "The Demi-Bride," "Love," "The Gallant Gringo" and "Our Dancing Daughters․"
• Co-wrote the blues ballad "The Leaves Mustn't Fall," which became a bluegrass standard