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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
all 79
Movies 79
(archive footage)
Laurel and Hardy: A Tribute to the Boys (1992)
Movie
Widow Paarlenberg
So Big (1953)
Movie
Society Woman (uncredited)
The Fountainhead (1949)
Movie
Wealthy Shopper (uncredited)
Caught (1949)
Movie
Martha Higby
Fighting Back (1948)
Movie
Grace
The Fabulous Joe (1947)
Movie
Mrs. Freedley
The Unfaithful (1947)
Movie
2
Secretary (uncredited)
Miracle on 34th Street (1947)
Movie
5.92
Mrs. Williams (uncredited)
Scared to Death (1947)
Movie
Nell Brown
The Pilgrim Lady (1947)
Movie
Gossip in Hotel Lobby (uncredited)
Undercurrent (1946)
Movie
Clerk
The Magnificent Rogue (1946)
Movie
Jim's wife (uncredited)
Little Giant (1946)
Movie
Mrs. Becker (uncredited)
Black Market Babies (1945)
Movie
Mrs. Cummings
Junior Miss (1945)
Movie
Mother Bronson
Flame of Barbary Coast (1945)
Movie
Mme. Celeste
Fashion Model (1945)
Movie
Woman (uncredited)
Laura (1944)
Movie
5.17
Lulubelle
Cowboy and the Senorita (1944)
Movie
Leon's Wife
Double Up (1943)
Movie
Mrs. Errol
Cutie on Duty (1943)
Movie
Mrs. Arlene Errol
Radio Runaround (1943)
Movie
Mrs. Arlene Errol
Gem-Jams (1943)
Movie
Mrs. Taylor
Dear! Deer! (1942)
Movie
3rd Woman
Get Hep to Love (1942)
Movie
Committee Woman
Sunset on the Desert (1942)
Movie
Mrs. Updyke
The Affairs of Jimmy Valentine (1942)
Movie
Verebel Featherstone
Sierra Sue (1941)
Movie
Blonde Woman (uncredited)
Sailors on Leave (1941)
Movie
Queen Tika
Men with Steel Faces (1940)
Movie
Woman on Phone
City of Chance (1940)
Movie
Woman Angry at Husband Being Late (uncredited)
They Shall Have Music (1939)
Movie
Mrs. Henry Smith (uncredited)
East Side of Heaven (1939)
Movie
Rusty's Dancing Partner
Rough Riders' Round-up (1939)
Movie
McPeek's Girl
Submarine Patrol (1938)
Movie
Lady in Waiting to Madame Du Barry (uncredited)
Marie Antoinette (1938)
Movie
Mrs. Morton
Woman Against Woman (1938)
Movie
Blonde
You Can't Have Everything (1937)
Movie
Topper (1937)
Movie
4.25
Blonde
Slave Ship (1937)
Movie
Boardinghouse Beauty (uncredited)
Love Is News (1937)
Movie
Nurse
Early to Bed (1936)
Movie
Helen Kay
The Daring Young Man (1935)
Movie
Girl
I've Been Around (1935)
Movie
Queen Tika
The Phantom Empire (1935)
Movie
Anita Smythe
Bright Eyes (1934)
Movie
Mrs. Mabel St. Clair
6 Day Bike Rider (1934)
Movie
Mrs. Knut Johnson
Servants' Entrance (1934)
Movie
Gwen (Uncredited)
Million Dollar Ransom (1934)
Movie
Woman with Earrings
One Exciting Adventure (1934)
Movie
Kitten
Love Birds (1934)
Movie
Mrs. Betty Laurel
Sons of the Desert (1933)
Movie
10
Rena (Uncredited)
Only Yesterday (1933)
Movie
Natalie
The Big Squeal (1933)
Movie
Actress
Mister Mugg (1933)
Movie
Marjorie Reynolds
Slightly Married (1932)
Movie
Mrs. Crimp
The Devil and the Deep (1932)
Movie
Louelle Fenwick
Forbidden Company (1932)
Movie
Mrs. Myrtle Welling
The Arm of the Law (1932)
Movie
Mrs. Chauncey Chadwick
The Cohens and Kellys in Hollywood (1932)
Movie
Society Woman Saying Goodbye to Jean (uncredited)
Union Depot (1932)
Movie
Evelyn Smythe
The Unexpected Father (1932)
Movie
Dolores Quincy
The Devil Plays (1931)
Movie
Gwen Maynard
Night Life in Reno (1931)
Movie
Constance Forbes
Convicted (1931)
Movie
Mrs. Alvin Merle aka Ethel Wynn
Grief Street (1931)
Movie
Mabel Guthrie
Gold Dust Gertie (1931)
Movie
Mrs. Emery
Big Business Girl (1931)
Movie
Mrs. LaSalle
King of the Wild (1931)
Movie
Angelica Embrey
Parlor, Bedroom and Bath (1931)
Movie
Tessie
Caught Cheating (1931)
Movie
Adelle Martin
No, No, Lady (1931)
Movie
She Got What She Wanted (1930)
Movie
Leila
Big Money (1930)
Movie
Mlle. Berengere
Playboy of Paris (1930)
Movie
Esther Hamilton
Extravagance (1930)
Movie
Lady Amy Ducksworth
So This Is London (1930)
Movie
Wife
She Who Gets Slapped (1930)
Movie
Undetermined Role (uncredited)
That's My Wife (1929)
Movie
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1929
1932
1937
1933
1992
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Known ForActing
GenderFemale
Birthday1900-05-26
Deathday1977-05-21 (76 years old)
Birth NameDorothea J. Seltzer
Birth PlaceReading, United States of America
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
Also Known AsDorothea J. Seltzer, Dorothy Christie
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