
Dorothy Christy
Known for Acting · 81 credits
- Born
- 1906-05-26
- Died
- 1977-05-21
- Place of birth
- Reading, Pennsylvania, USA
- 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.
Known For
Movies (81)

Laura
1944
as Woman (uncredited)

Topper
1937

Bright Eyes
1934
as Anita Smythe

Miracle on 34th Street
1947
as Secretary (uncredited)

Lawyer Man
1932
as Chorus Girl (uncredited)

Union Depot
1932
as Society Woman Saying Goodbye to Jean (uncredited)

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

Undercurrent
1946
as Gossip in Hotel Lobby (uncredited)

Double Up
1943
as Leon's Wife

Caught
1949
as Wealthy Shopper (uncredited)

The Fountainhead
1949
as Society Woman (uncredited)

Convicted
1931
as Constance Forbes

Love Birds
1934
as Kitten

You Can't Have Everything
1937
as Blonde

Sons of the Desert
1933
as Mrs. Betty Laurel

Grief Street
1931
as Ethel Wynn Merle

Slave Ship
1937
as Blonde

Silver River
1948
as Woman (uncredited)

Big Money
1930
as Leila

Only Yesterday
1933
as Rena (Uncredited)

Woman Against Woman
1938
as Mrs. Morton

Submarine Patrol
1938
as McPeek's Girl

The Unfaithful
1947
as Mrs. Freedley

Flame of Barbary Coast
1945
as Mother Bronson

The Pilgrim Lady
1947
as Nell Brown

The Phantom Empire
1935
as Queen Tika

Little Giant
1946
as Jim's wife (uncredited)

City of Chance
1940
as Woman on Phone

Sunset on the Desert
1942
as Committee Woman

6 Day Bike Rider
1934
as Mrs. Mabel St. Clair

So Big
1953
as Widow Paarlenberg

Love Is News
1937
as Boardinghouse Beauty (uncredited)

Early to Bed
1936
as Nurse (uncredited)

Fashion Model
1945
as Mme. Celeste

They Shall Have Music
1939
as Woman Angry at Husband Being Late (uncredited)

Parlor, Bedroom and Bath
1931
as Angelica Embrey

Junior Miss
1945
as Mrs. Cummings

Slightly Married
1932
as Marjorie Reynolds

Laurel and Hardy: A Tribute to the Boys
1992
as (archive footage)

Cowboy and the Senorita
1944
as Lulubelle

Devil and the Deep
1932
as Mrs. Crimp

East Side of Heaven
1939
as Mrs. Henry Smith (uncredited)

The Affairs of Jimmy Valentine
1942
as Mrs. Updyke

Servants' Entrance
1934
as Mrs. Knut Johnson

Big Business Girl
1931
as Mrs. Emery

The Unexpected Father
1932
as Evelyn Smythe

So This Is London
1930
as Lady Amy Ducksworth

One Exciting Adventure
1934
as Woman with Earrings

Scared to Death
1947
as Mrs. Williams (uncredited)

Million Dollar Ransom
1934
as Gwen (Uncredited)

Radio Ranch
1940
as Queen Tika

Playboy of Paris
1930
as Mlle. Berengere

Gold Dust Gertie
1931
as Mabel Guthrie

Caught Cheating
1931
as Tessie

Sailors on Leave
1941
as Blonde Woman (uncredited)

Radio Runaround
1943
as Mrs. Arlene Errol

Sierra Sue
1941
as Verebel Featherstone

The Devil Plays
1931
as Dolores Quincy

The Magnificent Rogue
1946
as Clerk

King of the Wild
1931
as Mrs. LaSalle

The Daring Young Man
1935
as Helen Kay

That's My Wife
1929
as Undetermined Role (uncredited)

Dear! Deer!
1942
as Mrs. Taylor

Fighting Back
1948
as Martha Higby

Black Market Babies
1945
as Mrs. Becker (uncredited)

Rough Riders' Round-up
1939
as Rusty's Dancing Partner

Extravagance
1930
as Esther Hamilton

The Cohens and Kellys in Hollywood
1932
as Mrs. Chauncey Chadwick
She Got What She Wanted
1930

The Fabulous Joe
1947
as Grace
The Big Squeal
1933
as Natalie
The Hollywood Handicap
1932

Gem-Jams
1943
as Mrs. Arlene Errol

She Who Gets Slapped
1930
as Wife

Night Life in Reno
1931
as Gwen Maynard

The Arm of the Law
1932
as Mrs. Myrtle Welling

I've Been Around
1935
as Girl

Get Hep to Love
1942
as 3rd Woman

Second Hand Wife
1933
as Rose Bray (Uncredited)
No, No, Lady
1931
as Adelle Martin

Cutie on Duty
1943
as Mrs Errol
About Dorothy Christy
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. With 81 credits spanning from 1929 to 1992, Dorothy Christy has appeared in 81 films and 0 TV shows.
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Most Popular Dorothy Christy Movies
- Laura (1944) — as Woman (uncredited)
- Topper (1937)
- Bright Eyes (1934) — as Anita Smythe
- Miracle on 34th Street (1947) — as Secretary (uncredited)
- Lawyer Man (1932) — as Chorus Girl (uncredited)
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