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Dorothy Christy

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Birthdate

1906-05-26

Day of Death

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.

Filmography (81)

⭐ 7.0 Role: (archive footage)

Laurel and Hardy: A Tribute to the Boys

1992
⭐ 5.5 Role: Widow Paarlenberg

So Big

1953
⭐ 6.9 Role: Society Woman (uncredited)

The Fountainhead

1949
⭐ 6.6 Role: Wealthy Shopper (uncredited)

Caught

1949
⭐ 6.7 Role: Martha Higby

Fighting Back

1948
⭐ 6.1 Role: Woman (uncredited)

Silver River

1948
⭐ 5.5 Role: Grace

The Fabulous Joe

1947
⭐ 5.9 Role: Mrs. Freedley

The Unfaithful

1947
⭐ 7.4 Role: Secretary (uncredited)

Miracle on 34th Street

1947
⭐ 4.3 Role: Mrs. Williams (uncredited)

Scared to Death

1947
⭐ 6.0 Role: Nell Brown

The Pilgrim Lady

1947
⭐ 5.9 Role: Gossip in Hotel Lobby (uncredited)

Undercurrent

1946
⭐ 6.5 Role: Clerk

The Magnificent Rogue

1946
⭐ 5.2 Role: Jim's wife (uncredited)

Little Giant

1946
⭐ 5.8 Role: Mrs. Becker (uncredited)

Black Market Babies

1945