| From a February 1957 Louella Parsons newspaper column: |
| The 1950's |
| An editorial Dorothy wrote to the LA Times in 1954 |
| Dorothy in an undated photo with husband Herman Shapiro. |
| I received a wonderful email from a gentleman named Raul Garcia and in his email he told me a story about how while reading his grandmother's handwritten memoirs, he learned she had been friends with Dorothy Sebastian. In the 1950's, his grandmother and members of her family would travel from Cuba during the summer and spend time at the Henrosa Hotel in Miami Beach, Florida. It was here that his grandmother, her name was Cristina Garcia, met and became friends with Dorothy. Good enough friends that Dorothy went to visit Cristina in Cuba on two separate occasions. She would stay at Cristina's 850 acre farm called "Caraballo". Raul was even kind enough to share two photos from August of 1955 showing members of his family posing with Dorothy. |
| Built in 1935, currently the Hotel Henrosa is vacant and under renovation. |
Dorothy is sitting on the floor
| The 1950's brought a brand new career for Dorothy, she and her husband Herman ran the Henrosa Hotel in Miami Beach Florida. In the beginning she feared she might be bored but soon she reveled in the busy atmosphere and the opportunity to mix with the public again as a hostess (she was recognizable to many as a former actress). Dorothy was really taken with many of the Cuban visitors that stayed at the hotel and she worked hard to quickly learn Spanish so she could better converse with them. In December of 1955 she went to Cuba to visit with her new friends. Currently the 40 room Henrosa is vacant and up for sale. |
| Hotel Henrosa ca 1952 |
| According to the Lexicon Cornu-Britannicum, Henrosa means 'to dream' in ancient Celtic. |
