Dorothy Christy

Dorothy Christy

1906-05-26 – 1977-05-21 (age 70) Reading, Pennsylvania, USA
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Biography

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Dorothy Christy (born Dorothea J. Seltzer, May 26, 1906 – died May 21, 1977) was an American actress.

Christy acted with Will Rogers, Buster Keaton and the Marx Brothers, and with Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy in the film Sons of the Desert (1933), in the role of Mrs. Laurel. She was Queen Tika of Murania in The Phantom Empire, Gene Autry’s 1935 cliffhanger serial. She concluded her cinema career in 1953.

Dorothy Christy died of natural causes five days shy of her seventy-first birthday.

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Known For

Miracle on 34th Street
Miracle on 34th Street

1947

as Secretary (uncredited)

Topper
Laura
Laura

1944

as Woman (uncredited)

Marie Antoinette
Marie Antoinette

1938

as Lady in Waiting to Madame Du Barry (uncredited)

Sons of the Desert
Sons of the Desert

1933

as Mrs. Betty Laurel

Undercurrent
Undercurrent

1946

as Gossip in Hotel Lobby (uncredited)

Devil and the Deep
Devil and the Deep

1932

as Mrs. Crimp

The Fountainhead
The Fountainhead

1949

as Society Woman (uncredited)

Caught
Caught

1949

as Wealthy Shopper (uncredited)

Flame of Barbary Coast
Flame of Barbary Coast

1945

as Mother Bronson

The Daring Young Man
The Daring Young Man

1935

as Helen Kay

Little Giant
Little Giant

1946

as Jim's wife (uncredited)

Love Is News
Love Is News

1937

as Boardinghouse Beauty (uncredited)

So Big
So Big

1953

as Widow Paarlenberg

Cowboy and the Senorita
Cowboy and the Senorita

1944

as Lulubelle

The Magnificent Rogue
Parlor, Bedroom and Bath
Parlor, Bedroom and Bath

1931

as Angelica Embrey

Silver River
Silver River

1948

as Woman (uncredited)

Sierra Sue
Sierra Sue

1941

as Verebel Featherstone

Bright Eyes
Bright Eyes

1934

as Anita Smythe