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Dorothy Christy

Acting

Born May 26, 1906 · Reading, Pennsylvania, USA

Died May 21, 1977

Also known as Dorothea J. Seltzer · Dorothy Christie

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.

Filmography28 titles

Laura

1944as Woman (uncredited)

Miracle on 34th Street

1947as Secretary (uncredited)

Sons of the Desert

1933as Mrs. Betty Laurel

Laurel and Hardy: A Tribute to the Boys

1992as (archive footage)

Sierra Sue

1941as Verebel Featherstone

Playboy of Paris

1930as Mlle. Berengere

The Fountainhead

1949as Society Woman (uncredited)

Big Business Girl

1931as Mrs. Emery

Topper

1937

Bright Eyes

1934as Anita Smythe

Caught

1949as Wealthy Shopper (uncredited)

Marie Antoinette

1938as Lady in Waiting to Madame Du Barry (uncredited)

The Magnificent Rogue

1946as Clerk

The Affairs of Jimmy Valentine

1942as Mrs. Updyke

They Shall Have Music

1939as Woman Angry at Husband Being Late (uncredited)

Silver River

1948as Woman (uncredited)

Lawyer Man

1932as Chorus Girl (uncredited)

Sunset on the Desert

1942as Committee Woman

The Unfaithful

1947as Mrs. Freedley

Undercurrent

1946as Gossip in Hotel Lobby (uncredited)

Cowboy and the Senorita

1944as Lulubelle

The Phantom Empire

1935as Queen Tika

The Fabulous Joe

1947as Grace

Flame of Barbary Coast

1945as Mother Bronson

Rough Riders' Round-up

1939as Rusty's Dancing Partner

Parlor, Bedroom and Bath

1931as Angelica Embrey

Fashion Model

1945as Mme. Celeste

Scared to Death

1947as Mrs. Williams (uncredited)