Dorothy Christy
Actor
- Born
- May 26, 1906 · Reading, Pennsylvania, USA
- Died
- May 21, 1977 (age 70)
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Dorothy Christy (born Dorothea J. Seltzer, May 26, 1906 – died May 21, 1977) was an American actress.
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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
Laura
October 11, 1944
Miracle on 34th Street
June 4, 1947
Sons of the Desert
December 29, 1933
The Fountainhead
June 25, 1949
Topper
July 16, 1937
Caught
February 17, 1949
Undercurrent
November 11, 1946
Marie Antoinette
August 26, 1938
Scared to Death
February 1, 1947
Parlor, Bedroom and Bath
February 28, 1931
Silver River
May 20, 1948
Bright Eyes
December 28, 1934
Acting81
- 1992Laurel 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