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)

Radio Ranch
Radio Ranch

1940

as Queen Tika

Laura
Laura

1944

as Woman (uncredited)

Love Birds
Love Birds

1934

as Kitten

Big Money
Big Money

1930

as Leila

Fighting Back
Fighting Back

1948

as Martha Higby

Parlor, Bedroom and Bath
Parlor, Bedroom and Bath

1931

as Angelica Embrey

Silver River
Silver River

1948

as Woman (uncredited)

The Fountainhead
The Fountainhead

1949

as Society Woman (uncredited)

Flame of Barbary Coast
Flame of Barbary Coast

1945

as Mother Bronson

Marie Antoinette
Marie Antoinette

1938

as Lady in Waiting to Madame Du Barry (uncredited)

Radio Runaround
Radio Runaround

1943

as Mrs. Arlene Errol

Caught
Caught

1949

as Wealthy Shopper (uncredited)

Undercurrent
Undercurrent

1946

as Gossip in Hotel Lobby (uncredited)

The Phantom Empire
The Phantom Empire

1935

as Queen Tika

Little Giant
Little Giant

1946

as Jim's wife (uncredited)

6 Day Bike Rider
6 Day Bike Rider

1934

as Mrs. Mabel St. Clair

Sons of the Desert
Sons of the Desert

1933

as Mrs. Betty Laurel

So This Is London
So This Is London

1930

as Lady Amy Ducksworth

Second Hand Wife
Second Hand Wife

1933

as Rose Bray (Uncredited)