Dorothy Christy
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
Acting History
1992
Laurel and Hardy: A Tribute to the Boys as (archive footage)
1953So Big as Widow Paarlenberg
1949The Fountainhead as Society Woman (uncredited)
1949Caught as Wealthy Shopper (uncredited)
1948Fighting Back as Martha Higby
1948Silver River as Woman (uncredited)
1947The Fabulous Joe as Grace
1947The Unfaithful as Mrs. Freedley
1947Miracle on 34th Street as Secretary (uncredited)
1947Scared to Death as Mrs. Williams (uncredited)
1947The Pilgrim Lady as Nell Brown
1946Undercurrent as Gossip in Hotel Lobby (uncredited)
1946The Magnificent Rogue as Clerk
1946Little Giant as Jim's wife (uncredited)
1945Black Market Babies as Mrs. Becker (uncredited)
1945Junior Miss as Mrs. Cummings
1945Flame of Barbary Coast as Mother Bronson
1945Fashion Model as Mme. Celeste
1944Laura as Woman (uncredited)
1944Cowboy and the Senorita as Lulubelle
1943Double Up as Leon's Wife
1943Cutie on Duty as Mrs Errol
1943Radio Runaround as Mrs. Arlene Errol
1943Gem-Jams as Mrs. Arlene Errol
1942Dear! Deer! as Mrs. Taylor
1942Get Hep to Love as 3rd Woman
1942Sunset on the Desert as Committee Woman
1942The Affairs of Jimmy Valentine as Mrs. Updyke
1941Sierra Sue as Verebel Featherstone
1941Sailors on Leave as Blonde Woman (uncredited)
1940Men with Steel Faces as Queen Tika
1940City of Chance as Woman on Phone
1939They Shall Have Music as Woman Angry at Husband Being Late (uncredited)
1939East Side of Heaven as Mrs. Henry Smith (uncredited)
1939Rough Riders' Round-up as Rusty's Dancing Partner
1938Submarine Patrol as McPeek's Girl
1938Marie Antoinette as Lady in Waiting to Madame Du Barry (uncredited)
1938Woman Against Woman as Mrs. Morton
1937You Can't Have Everything as Blonde
1937Topper
1937Slave Ship as Blonde
1937Love Is News as Boardinghouse Beauty (uncredited)
1936Early to Bed as Nurse
1935The Daring Young Man as Helen Kay
1935I've Been Around as Girl
1935The Phantom Empire as Queen Tika
1934Bright Eyes as Anita Smythe
19346 Day Bike Rider as Mrs. Mabel St. Clair
1934Servants' Entrance as Mrs. Knut Johnson
1934Million Dollar Ransom as Gwen (Uncredited)
1934One Exciting Adventure as Woman with Earrings
1934Love Birds as Kitten
1933Sons of the Desert as Mrs. Betty Laurel
1933Only Yesterday as Rena (Uncredited)
1933The Big Squeal as Natalie
1932Lawyer Man as Chorus Girl (uncredited)
1932Slightly Married as Marjorie Reynolds
1932Devil and the Deep as Mrs. Crimp
1932The Hollywood Handicap
1932The Arm of the Law as Mrs. Myrtle Welling
1932The Cohens and Kellys in Hollywood as Mrs. Chauncey Chadwick
1932Union Depot as Society Woman Saying Goodbye to Jean (uncredited)
1932The Unexpected Father as Evelyn Smythe
1931The Devil Plays as Dolores Quincy
1931Night Life in Reno as Gwen Maynard
1931Convicted as Constance Forbes
1931Grief Street as Ethel Wynn Merle
1931Gold Dust Gertie as Mabel Guthrie
1931Big Business Girl as Mrs. Emery
1931King of the Wild as Mrs. LaSalle
1931Parlor, Bedroom and Bath as Angelica Embrey
1931Caught Cheating as Tessie
1931No, No, Lady as Adelle Martin
1930She Got What She Wanted
1930Big Money as Leila
1930Playboy of Paris as Mlle. Berengere
1930Extravagance as Esther Hamilton
1930So This Is London as Lady Amy Ducksworth
1930She Who Gets Slapped as Wife
1929That's My Wife as Undetermined Role (uncredited)