Dorothy Seastrom

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Dorothy Seastrom
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Seastrom in 1925
Born
Dorothy Susan Seastrunk Corby

(1903-03-17)March 17, 1903
DiedJanuary 31, 1930(1930-01-31) (aged 26)
Dallas, Texas, U.S.
Resting placeGrove Hill Memorial Park, Dallas, Texas
OccupationActress
Years active1923–1926
SpouseFrancis Corby

Dorothy Seastrom (born Dorothy Susan Seastrunk Corby; March 17, 1903 – January 31, 1930)[ citation needed ] was an American silent film actress.

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Early life and career

Born in Texas, Seastrom got into acting after winning a beauty competition. Her family later relocated to Chicago. Her film career began in 1923 with the role of Eleanor Harmon in The Call of the Canyon , directed by Victor Fleming. Later she acted under the direction of Cecil B. Demille. She signed a five-year contract with First National Pictures in September 1925. Seastrom was called the "Candy Kid" at First National due to her taffy colored hair. [ clarification needed ]

She appeared in The Perfect Flapper with Colleen Moore and Classified with Corinne Griffith.[ citation needed ] Seastrom barely avoided a potentially disfiguring accident during the filming of We Moderns (1925). A shower of sparks from a short-circuited light fell upon her hair and shoulders at the United Studios. Seastrom escaped injury when assistant director James Dunne grabbed a tablecloth from a prop table and covered the actress's head. Electricians shut off the power to a light which hung from the fly system above the scene. [1] Seastrom made a full recovery from the burns she sustained. She returned to complete the film. [ citation needed ]

In 1926, Seastrom missed six months from acting while she had to rest in a sanitarium and "build up a physique weakened by work and worry". [2]

Death

After being in a sanatorium, in 1926, Seastrom returned and appeared in her final film It Must Be Love. (The widower Corby wed a young script girl turned actress named Ellen Hansen in 1934; they divorced in 1944.) Seastrom died of tuberculosis in Dallas on January 31, 1930, aged 26. She was buried in Grove Hill Memorial Park in Dallas, Texas.[ citation needed ]

Filmography

YearFilmRoleNotes
1923 The Call of the Canyon Eleanor Harmon
1924Jonah JonesMargaret Morgan
CrushedMiss Brown
1926HookedDorothyLost film
Fifth Avenue ModelsMannequinLost film
King CottonLost film
Pretty Ladies Diamond Tights
We Moderns Dolly WimpleLost film
1926 It Must Be Love MinLost film

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References

  1. "Director's aide saves film girl". The Los Angeles Times. August 18, 1925. p. 17. Retrieved September 26, 2020 via Newspapers.com.
  2. "Actress Recovers, Gets New Contract". The Minneapolis Star. August 21, 1926. p. 23. Retrieved September 26, 2020 via Newspapers.com.