Portrait of Dorothy Christy

Dorothy Christy

Acting

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.

Born: May 26, 1906

Place of Birth: Reading, Pennsylvania, USA

Filmography

1953
So Big

as Widow Paarlenberg

1949
The Fountainhead

as Society Woman (uncredited)

1949
Caught

as Wealthy Shopper (uncredited)

1948
Fighting Back

as Martha Higby

1948
Silver River

as Woman (uncredited)

1947
1947
The Unfaithful

as Mrs. Freedley

1947
Miracle on 34th Street

as Secretary (uncredited)

1947
Scared to Death

as Mrs. Williams (uncredited)

1947
The Pilgrim Lady

as Nell Brown

1946
Undercurrent

as Gossip in Hotel Lobby (uncredited)

1946
Little Giant

as Jim's wife (uncredited)

1945
Black Market Babies

as Mrs. Becker (uncredited)

1945
Junior Miss

as Mrs. Cummings

1945
Flame of Barbary Coast

as Mother Bronson

1945
Fashion Model

as Mme. Celeste

1944
Laura

as Woman (uncredited)

1944
1943
Double Up

as Leon's Wife

1943
Cutie on Duty

as Mrs Errol

1943
Radio Runaround

as Mrs. Arlene Errol

1943
Gem-Jams

as Mrs. Arlene Errol

1942
Get Hep to Love

as 3rd Woman

1942
Sunset on the Desert

as Committee Woman

1941
Sierra Sue

as Verebel Featherstone

1941
Sailors on Leave

as Blonde Woman (uncredited)

1940
1940
City of Chance

as Woman on Phone

1939
They Shall Have Music

as Woman Angry at Husband Being Late (uncredited)

1939
East Side of Heaven

as Mrs. Henry Smith (uncredited)

1939
Rough Riders' Round-up

as Rusty's Dancing Partner

1938
Submarine Patrol

as McPeek's Girl

1938
Marie Antoinette

as Lady in Waiting to Madame Du Barry (uncredited)

1938
Woman Against Woman

as Mrs. Morton

1937
1937
Slave Ship

as Blonde

1937
Love Is News

as Boardinghouse Beauty (uncredited)

1936
Early to Bed

as Nurse

1935
1935
1935
The Phantom Empire

as Queen Tika

1934
Bright Eyes

as Anita Smythe

1934
6 Day Bike Rider

as Mrs. Mabel St. Clair

1934
Servants' Entrance

as Mrs. Knut Johnson

1934
Million Dollar Ransom

as Gwen (Uncredited)

1934
One Exciting Adventure

as Woman with Earrings

1934
Love Birds

as Kitten

1933
Sons of the Desert

as Mrs. Betty Laurel

1933
Only Yesterday

as Rena (Uncredited)

1932
Lawyer Man

as Chorus Girl (uncredited)

1932
Slightly Married

as Marjorie Reynolds

1932
Devil and the Deep

as Mrs. Crimp

1932
The Arm of the Law

as Mrs. Myrtle Welling

1932
The Cohens and Kellys in Hollywood

as Mrs. Chauncey Chadwick

1932
Union Depot

as Society Woman Saying Goodbye to Jean (uncredited)

1932
The Unexpected Father

as Evelyn Smythe

1931
The Devil Plays

as Dolores Quincy

1931
Convicted

as Constance Forbes

1931
Night Life in Reno

as Gwen Maynard

1931
Grief Street

as Ethel Wynn Merle

1931
Gold Dust Gertie

as Mabel Guthrie

1931
Big Business Girl

as Mrs. Emery

1931
King of the Wild

as Mrs. LaSalle

1931
Parlor, Bedroom and Bath

as Angelica Embrey

1931
1930
Big Money

as Leila

1930
Playboy of Paris

as Mlle. Berengere

1930
Extravagance

as Esther Hamilton

1930
So This Is London

as Lady Amy Ducksworth

1929
That's My Wife

as Undetermined Role (uncredited)