About

Known credits:
77
Birthday:
1906-05-26
Place of birth:
Reading, Pennsylvania, USA
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Dorothy Christy

Overview

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
1992 Laurel and Hardy: A Tribute to the Boys Actor (archive footage) 58
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1953 So Big Actor Widow Paarlenberg 59
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1949 The Fountainhead Actor Society Woman (uncredited) 61
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1949 Caught Actor Wealthy Shopper (uncredited) 59
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1948 Fighting Back Actor Martha Higby 59
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1947 The Fabulous Joe Actor Grace 58
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1947 The Unfaithful Actor Mrs. Freedley 59
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1947 Miracle on 34th Street Actor Secretary (uncredited) 67
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1947 Scared to Death Actor Mrs. Williams (uncredited) 57
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1947 The Pilgrim Lady Actor Nell Brown 58
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1946 Undercurrent Actor Gossip in Hotel Lobby (uncredited) 58
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1946 The Magnificent Rogue Actor Clerk 59
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1946 Little Giant Actor Jim's wife (uncredited) 58
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1945 Black Market Babies Actor Mrs. Becker (uncredited) 58
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1945 Junior Miss Actor Mrs. Cummings 59
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1945 Flame of Barbary Coast Actor Mother Bronson 58
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1945 Fashion Model Actor Mme. Celeste 59
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1944 Laura Actor Woman (uncredited) 69
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1944 Cowboy and the Senorita Actor Lulubelle 58
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1943 Double Up Actor Leon's Wife N/A
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1943 Cutie on Duty Actor Mrs Errol N/A
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1943 Radio Runaround Actor Mrs. Arlene Errol N/A
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1943 Gem-Jams Actor Mrs. Arlene Errol N/A
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1942 Dear! Deer! Actor Mrs. Taylor N/A
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1942 Get Hep to Love Actor 3rd Woman 59
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1942 Sunset on the Desert Actor Committee Woman 58
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1942 The Affairs of Jimmy Valentine Actor Mrs. Updyke 58
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1941 Sierra Sue Actor Verebel Featherstone N/A
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1941 Sailors on Leave Actor Blonde Woman (uncredited) N/A
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1940 Men with Steel Faces Actor Queen Tika 59
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1940 City of Chance Actor Woman on Phone 58
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1939 They Shall Have Music Actor Woman Angry at Husband Being Late (uncredited) 59
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1939 East Side of Heaven Actor Mrs. Henry Smith (uncredited) 59
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1939 Rough Riders' Round-up Actor Rusty's Dancing Partner 58
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1938 Submarine Patrol Actor McPeek's Girl 58
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1938 Marie Antoinette Actor Lady in Waiting to Madame Du Barry (uncredited) 59
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1938 Woman Against Woman Actor Mrs. Morton 58
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1937 You Can't Have Everything Actor Blonde 59
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1937 Topper Actor 60
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1937 Slave Ship Actor Blonde 58
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1937 Love Is News Actor Boardinghouse Beauty (uncredited) 59
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1936 Early to Bed Actor Nurse 59
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1935 The Daring Young Man Actor Helen Kay N/A
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1935 I've Been Around Actor Girl 58
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1935 The Phantom Empire Actor Queen Tika 58
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1934 Bright Eyes Actor Anita Smythe 59
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1934 6 Day Bike Rider Actor Mrs. Mabel St. Clair 58
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1934 Servants' Entrance Actor Mrs. Knut Johnson N/A
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1934 Million Dollar Ransom Actor Gwen (Uncredited) N/A
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1934 One Exciting Adventure Actor Woman with Earrings N/A
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1934 Love Birds Actor Kitten 59
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1933 Sons of the Desert Actor Mrs. Betty Laurel 62
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1933 Only Yesterday Actor Rena (Uncredited) 58
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1933 The Big Squeal Actor Natalie N/A
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1932 Slightly Married Actor Marjorie Reynolds 59
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1932 Devil and the Deep Actor Mrs. Crimp 58
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1932 The Arm of the Law Actor Mrs. Myrtle Welling 58
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1932 The Cohens and Kellys in Hollywood Actor Mrs. Chauncey Chadwick N/A
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1932 Union Depot Actor Society Woman Saying Goodbye to Jean (uncredited) 59
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1932 The Unexpected Father Actor Evelyn Smythe N/A
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1931 The Devil Plays Actor Dolores Quincy 58
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1931 Convicted Actor Constance Forbes 58
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1931 Night Life in Reno Actor Gwen Maynard 58
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1931 Grief Street Actor Ethel Wynn Merle 58
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1931 Gold Dust Gertie Actor Mabel Guthrie 58
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1931 Big Business Girl Actor Mrs. Emery 59
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1931 King of the Wild Actor Mrs. LaSalle 58
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1931 Parlor, Bedroom and Bath Actor Angelica Embrey 58
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1931 Caught Cheating Actor Tessie N/A
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1931 No, No, Lady Actor Adelle Martin N/A
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1930 She Got What She Wanted Actor N/A
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1930 Big Money Actor Leila N/A
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1930 Playboy of Paris Actor Mlle. Berengere 58
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1930 Extravagance Actor Esther Hamilton 58
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1930 So This Is London Actor Lady Amy Ducksworth N/A
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1930 She Who Gets Slapped Actor Wife 59
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1929 That's My Wife Actor Undetermined Role (uncredited) 59
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