Dorothy Christy

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Female

Birthday

1906-05-26 (71 years old)

Deathday

1977-05-21

Place of Birth

Reading, Pennsylvania, USA

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.

Acting

1935

1931

King of the Wild

as Mrs. LaSalle

1933

Sons of the Desert

as Mrs. Betty Laurel

1931

Convicted

as Constance Forbes

1931

Parlor, Bedroom and Bath

as Angelica Embrey

1944

1945

Fashion Model

as Mme. Celeste

1947

Scared to Death

as Mrs. Williams (uncredited)

1931

Big Business Girl

as Mrs. Emery

1940

1934

6 Day Bike Rider

as Mrs. Mabel St. Clair

1943

Cutie on Duty

as Mrs Errol

1930

Extravagance

as Esther Hamilton

1935

The Phantom Empire

as Queen Tika

1931

Gold Dust Gertie

as Mabel Guthrie

1932

The Arm of the Law

as Mrs. Myrtle Welling

1931

Grief Street

as Ethel Wynn Merle

1930

Playboy of Paris

as Mlle. Berengere

1932

Slightly Married

as Marjorie Reynolds

1931

1947

The Pilgrim Lady

as Nell Brown

1937

1932

The Unexpected Father

as Evelyn Smythe

1938

Woman Against Woman

as Mrs. Morton

1948

Fighting Back

as Martha Higby

1953

So Big

as Widow Paarlenberg

1931

No, No, Lady

as Adelle Martin

1934

Million Dollar Ransom

as Gwen (Uncredited)

1939

Rough Riders' Round-up

as Rusty's Dancing Partner

1934

One Exciting Adventure

as Woman with Earrings

1939

East Side of Heaven

as Mrs. Henry Smith (uncredited)

1939

They Shall Have Music

as Woman Angry at Husband Being Late (uncredited)

1933

The Big Squeal

as Natalie

1949

Caught

as Wealthy Shopper (uncredited)

1941

Sailors on Leave

as Blonde Woman (uncredited)

1938

Submarine Patrol

as McPeek's Girl

1929

That's My Wife

as Undetermined Role (uncredited)

1941

Sierra Sue

as Verebel Featherstone

1947

Miracle on 34th Street

as Secretary (uncredited)

1935

1931

Night Life in Reno

as Gwen Maynard

1944

Laura

as Woman (uncredited)

1932

Devil and the Deep

as Mrs. Crimp

1937

Love Is News

as Boardinghouse Beauty (uncredited)

1940

City of Chance

as Woman on Phone

1945

Flame of Barbary Coast

as Mother Bronson

1942

Sunset on the Desert

as Committee Woman

1936

Early to Bed

as Nurse

1931

The Devil Plays

as Dolores Quincy

1937

Slave Ship

as Blonde

1942

Get Hep to Love

as 3rd Woman

1945

Junior Miss

as Mrs. Cummings

1934

Love Birds

as Kitten

1934

Bright Eyes

as Anita Smythe

1942

Dear! Deer!

as Mrs. Taylor

1930

So This Is London

as Lady Amy Ducksworth

1943

Double Up

as Leon's Wife

1943

Gem-Jams

as Mrs. Arlene Errol

1943

Radio Runaround

as Mrs. Arlene Errol

1946

Undercurrent

as Gossip in Hotel Lobby (uncredited)

1947

The Unfaithful

as Mrs. Freedley

1933

Only Yesterday

as Rena (Uncredited)

1949

The Fountainhead

as Society Woman (uncredited)

1946

Little Giant

as Jim's wife (uncredited)

1945

Black Market Babies

as Mrs. Becker (uncredited)

1938

Marie Antoinette

as Lady in Waiting to Madame Du Barry (uncredited)

1930

Big Money

as Leila

1932

Union Depot

as Society Woman Saying Goodbye to Jean (uncredited)

1947

1934

Servants' Entrance

as Mrs. Knut Johnson

1932

The Cohens and Kellys in Hollywood

as Mrs. Chauncey Chadwick

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