Dorothy Sebastian (born Stella Dorothy Sabiston; April , [note ] â€"
April , ) was an American film and stage actress.Sebastian was born
and raised in Birmingham, Alabama, the daughter of Lycurgus (Lawrence)
Robert and Stella Armstrong Sabiston. An article on the website of the
National Alumni Association of The University of Alabama noted, "Most
accounts indicate that she was born Stella Dorothy Sabiston (she
changed the spelling of her last name after leaving home) ..."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 . 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 $-a-month room, after being
consistently rejected.
April , ) was an American film and stage actress.Sebastian was born
and raised in Birmingham, Alabama, the daughter of Lycurgus (Lawrence)
Robert and Stella Armstrong Sabiston. An article on the website of the
National Alumni Association of The University of Alabama noted, "Most
accounts indicate that she was born Stella Dorothy Sabiston (she
changed the spelling of her last name after leaving home) ..."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 . 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 $-a-month room, after being
consistently rejected.
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