Personal Info
Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
May 26, 1906
Place of Birth:
Reading, Pennsylvania, USA
Social Media
Dorothy Christy
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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.
Known For
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | Laurel and Hardy: A Tribute to the Boys | (archive footage) |
| 1953 | So Big | Widow Paarlenberg |
| 1949 | Caught | Wealthy Shopper (uncredited) |
| 1949 | The Fountainhead | Society Woman (uncredited) |
| 1948 | Fighting Back | Martha Higby |
| 1947 | Scared to Death | Mrs. Williams (uncredited) |
| 1947 | The Pilgrim Lady | Nell Brown |
| 1947 | Miracle on 34th Street | Secretary (uncredited) |
| 1947 | The Unfaithful | Mrs. Freedley |
| 1947 | The Fabulous Joe | Grace |
| 1946 | The Magnificent Rogue | Clerk |
| 1946 | Undercurrent | Gossip in Hotel Lobby (uncredited) |
| 1946 | Little Giant | Jim's wife (uncredited) |
| 1945 | Fashion Model | Mme. Celeste |
| 1945 | Flame of Barbary Coast | Mother Bronson |
| 1945 | Junior Miss | Mrs. Cummings |
| 1945 | Black Market Babies | Mrs. Becker (uncredited) |
| 1944 | Cowboy and the Senorita | Lulubelle |
| 1944 | Laura | Woman (uncredited) |
| 1943 | Cutie on Duty | Mrs Errol |
| 1943 | Double Up | Leon's Wife |
| 1943 | Gem-Jams | Mrs. Arlene Errol |
| 1943 | Radio Runaround | Mrs. Arlene Errol |
| 1942 | The Affairs of Jimmy Valentine | Mrs. Updyke |
| 1942 | Sunset on the Desert | Committee Woman |
| 1942 | Get Hep to Love | 3rd Woman |
| 1942 | Dear! Deer! | Mrs. Taylor |
| 1941 | Sailors on Leave | Blonde Woman (uncredited) |
| 1941 | Sierra Sue | Verebel Featherstone |
| 1940 | Men with Steel Faces | Queen Tika |
| 1940 | City of Chance | Woman on Phone |
| 1939 | Rough Riders' Round-up | Rusty's Dancing Partner |
| 1939 | East Side of Heaven | Mrs. Henry Smith (uncredited) |
| 1939 | They Shall Have Music | Woman Angry at Husband Being Late (uncredited) |
| 1938 | Woman Against Woman | Mrs. Morton |
| 1938 | Submarine Patrol | McPeek's Girl |
| 1938 | Marie Antoinette | Lady in Waiting to Madame Du Barry (uncredited) |
| 1937 | Topper | |
| 1937 | You Can't Have Everything | Blonde |
| 1937 | Love Is News | Boardinghouse Beauty (uncredited) |
| 1937 | Slave Ship | Blonde |
| 1936 | Early to Bed | Nurse |
| 1935 | I've Been Around | Girl |
| 1935 | The Phantom Empire | Queen Tika |
| 1935 | The Daring Young Man | Helen Kay |
| 1934 | 6 Day Bike Rider | Mrs. Mabel St. Clair |
| 1934 | Million Dollar Ransom | Gwen (Uncredited) |
| 1934 | One Exciting Adventure | Woman with Earrings |
| 1934 | Love Birds | Kitten |
| 1934 | Bright Eyes | Anita Smythe |
| 1934 | Servants' Entrance | Mrs. Knut Johnson |
| 1933 | Sons of the Desert | Mrs. Betty Laurel |
| 1933 | The Big Squeal | Natalie |
| 1933 | Only Yesterday | Rena (Uncredited) |
| 1932 | The Arm of the Law | Mrs. Myrtle Welling |
| 1932 | Slightly Married | Marjorie Reynolds |
| 1932 | The Unexpected Father | Evelyn Smythe |
| 1932 | Devil and the Deep | Mrs. Crimp |
| 1932 | Union Depot | Society Woman Saying Goodbye to Jean (uncredited) |
| 1932 | The Cohens and Kellys in Hollywood | Mrs. Chauncey Chadwick |
| 1932 | The Hollywood Handicap | |
| 1931 | King of the Wild | Mrs. LaSalle |
| 1931 | Convicted | Constance Forbes |
| 1931 | Parlor, Bedroom and Bath | Angelica Embrey |
| 1931 | Big Business Girl | Mrs. Emery |
| 1931 | Gold Dust Gertie | Mabel Guthrie |
| 1931 | Grief Street | Ethel Wynn Merle |
| 1931 | Caught Cheating | Tessie |
| 1931 | No, No, Lady | Adelle Martin |
| 1931 | Night Life in Reno | Gwen Maynard |
| 1931 | The Devil Plays | Dolores Quincy |
| 1930 | She Got What She Wanted | |
| 1930 | Extravagance | Esther Hamilton |
| 1930 | Playboy of Paris | Mlle. Berengere |
| 1930 | She Who Gets Slapped | Wife |
| 1930 | So This Is London | Lady Amy Ducksworth |
| 1930 | Big Money | Leila |
| 1929 | That's My Wife | Undetermined Role (uncredited) |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
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