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)