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Dorothy Christy

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Dorothy Christy

Known For

Acting

Gender

Female

Birthday

May 26, 1906 (120 years old)

Place of Birth

Reading, Pennsylvania, USA

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

Acting
1992Laurel and Hardy: A Tribute to the Boys(archive footage)
1953So BigWidow Paarlenberg
1949CaughtWealthy Shopper (uncredited)
1949The FountainheadSociety Woman (uncredited)
1948Fighting BackMartha Higby
1948Silver RiverWoman (uncredited)
1947Scared to DeathMrs. Williams (uncredited)
1947The Pilgrim LadyNell Brown
1947Miracle on 34th StreetSecretary (uncredited)
1947The UnfaithfulMrs. Freedley
1947The Fabulous JoeGrace
1946The Magnificent RogueClerk
1946UndercurrentGossip in Hotel Lobby (uncredited)
1946Little GiantJim's wife (uncredited)
1945Fashion ModelMme. Celeste
1945Flame of Barbary CoastMother Bronson
1945Junior MissMrs. Cummings
1945Black Market BabiesMrs. Becker (uncredited)
1944Cowboy and the SenoritaLulubelle
1944LauraWoman (uncredited)
1943Cutie on DutyMrs Errol
1943Double UpLeon's Wife
1943Gem-JamsMrs. Arlene Errol
1943Radio RunaroundMrs. Arlene Errol
1942The Affairs of Jimmy ValentineMrs. Updyke
1942Sunset on the DesertCommittee Woman
1942Get Hep to Love3rd Woman
1942Dear! Deer!Mrs. Taylor
1941Sailors on LeaveBlonde Woman (uncredited)
1941Sierra SueVerebel Featherstone
1940Radio RanchQueen Tika
1940City of ChanceWoman on Phone
1939Rough Riders' Round-upRusty's Dancing Partner
1939East Side of HeavenMrs. Henry Smith (uncredited)
1939They Shall Have MusicWoman Angry at Husband Being Late (uncredited)
1938Woman Against WomanMrs. Morton
1938Submarine PatrolMcPeek's Girl
1938Marie AntoinetteLady in Waiting to Madame Du Barry (uncredited)
1937Topper
1937You Can't Have EverythingBlonde
1937Love Is NewsBoardinghouse Beauty (uncredited)
1937Slave ShipBlonde
1936Early to BedNurse
1935I've Been AroundGirl
1935The Phantom EmpireQueen Tika
1935The Daring Young ManHelen Kay
19346 Day Bike RiderMrs. Mabel St. Clair
1934Million Dollar RansomGwen (Uncredited)
1934One Exciting AdventureWoman with Earrings
1934Love BirdsKitten
1934Bright EyesAnita Smythe
1934Servants' EntranceMrs. Knut Johnson
1933Sons of the DesertMrs. Betty Laurel
1933The Big SquealNatalie
1933Only YesterdayRena (Uncredited)
1933Second Hand WifeRose Bray (Uncredited)
1932The Arm of the LawMrs. Myrtle Welling
1932Slightly MarriedMarjorie Reynolds
1932The Unexpected FatherEvelyn Smythe
1932Devil and the DeepMrs. Crimp
1932Union DepotSociety Woman Saying Goodbye to Jean (uncredited)
1932The Cohens and Kellys in HollywoodMrs. Chauncey Chadwick
1932The Hollywood Handicap
1932Lawyer ManChorus Girl (uncredited)
1931King of the WildMrs. LaSalle
1931ConvictedConstance Forbes
1931Parlor, Bedroom and BathAngelica Embrey
1931Big Business GirlMrs. Emery
1931Gold Dust GertieMabel Guthrie
1931Grief StreetEthel Wynn Merle
1931Caught CheatingTessie
1931No, No, LadyAdelle Martin
1931Night Life in RenoGwen Maynard
1931The Devil PlaysDolores Quincy
1930She Got What She Wanted
1930ExtravaganceEsther Hamilton
1930Playboy of ParisMlle. Berengere
1930She Who Gets SlappedWife
1930So This Is LondonLady Amy Ducksworth
1930Big MoneyLeila
1929That's My WifeUndetermined Role (uncredited)