Dorothy Christy
Acting
Born May 26, 1906, Reading, Pennsylvania, USA
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
- 1992Laurel and Hardy: A Tribute to the Boys — (archive footage)
- 1953So Big — Widow Paarlenberg
- 1949Caught — Wealthy Shopper (uncredited)
- 1949The Fountainhead — Society Woman (uncredited)
- 1948Fighting Back — Martha Higby
- 1948Silver River — Woman (uncredited)
- 1947Miracle on 34th Street — Secretary (uncredited)
- 1947Scared to Death — Mrs. Williams (uncredited)
- 1947The Fabulous Joe — Grace
- 1947The Pilgrim Lady — Nell Brown
- 1947The Unfaithful — Mrs. Freedley
- 1946Little Giant — Jim's wife (uncredited)
- 1946The Magnificent Rogue — Clerk
- 1946Undercurrent — Gossip in Hotel Lobby (uncredited)
- 1945Black Market Babies — Mrs. Becker (uncredited)
- 1945Fashion Model — Mme. Celeste
- 1945Flame of Barbary Coast — Mother Bronson
- 1945Junior Miss — Mrs. Cummings
- 1944Cowboy and the Senorita — Lulubelle
- 1944Laura — Woman (uncredited)
- 1943Cutie on Duty — Mrs Errol
- 1943Double Up — Leon's Wife
- 1943Gem-Jams — Mrs. Arlene Errol
- 1943Radio Runaround — Mrs. Arlene Errol
- 1942Dear! Deer! — Mrs. Taylor
- 1942Get Hep to Love — 3rd Woman
- 1942Sunset on the Desert — Committee Woman
- 1942The Affairs of Jimmy Valentine — Mrs. Updyke
- 1941Sailors on Leave — Blonde Woman (uncredited)
- 1941Sierra Sue — Verebel Featherstone
- 1940City of Chance — Woman on Phone
- 1940Radio Ranch — Queen Tika
- 1939East Side of Heaven — Mrs. Henry Smith (uncredited)
- 1939Rough Riders' Round-up — Rusty's Dancing Partner
- 1939They Shall Have Music — Woman Angry at Husband Being Late (uncredited)
- 1938Marie Antoinette — Lady in Waiting to Madame Du Barry (uncredited)
- 1938Submarine Patrol — McPeek's Girl
- 1938Woman Against Woman — Mrs. Morton
- 1937Love Is News — Boardinghouse Beauty (uncredited)
- 1937Slave Ship — Blonde
- 1937Topper
- 1937You Can't Have Everything — Blonde
- 1936Early to Bed — Nurse (uncredited)
- 1935I've Been Around — Girl
- 1935The Daring Young Man — Helen Kay
- 1935The Phantom Empire — Queen Tika
- 19346 Day Bike Rider — Mrs. Mabel St. Clair
- 1934Bright Eyes — Anita Smythe
- 1934Love Birds — Kitten
- 1934Million Dollar Ransom — Gwen (Uncredited)
- 1934One Exciting Adventure — Woman with Earrings
- 1934Servants' Entrance — Mrs. Knut Johnson
- 1933Only Yesterday — Rena (Uncredited)
- 1933Second Hand Wife — Rose Bray (Uncredited)
- 1933Sons of the Desert — Mrs. Betty Laurel
- 1933The Big Squeal — Natalie
- 1932Devil and the Deep — Mrs. Crimp
- 1932Lawyer Man — Chorus Girl (uncredited)
- 1932Slightly Married — Marjorie Reynolds
- 1932The Arm of the Law — Mrs. Myrtle Welling
- 1932The Cohens and Kellys in Hollywood — Mrs. Chauncey Chadwick
- 1932The Hollywood Handicap
- 1932The Unexpected Father — Evelyn Smythe
- 1932Union Depot — Society Woman Saying Goodbye to Jean (uncredited)
- 1931Big Business Girl — Mrs. Emery
- 1931Caught Cheating — Tessie
- 1931Convicted — Constance Forbes
- 1931Gold Dust Gertie — Mabel Guthrie
- 1931Grief Street — Ethel Wynn Merle
- 1931King of the Wild — Mrs. LaSalle
- 1931Night Life in Reno — Gwen Maynard
- 1931No, No, Lady — Adelle Martin
- 1931Parlor, Bedroom and Bath — Angelica Embrey
- 1931The Devil Plays — Dolores Quincy
- 1930Big Money — Leila
- 1930Extravagance — Esther Hamilton
- 1930Playboy of Paris — Mlle. Berengere
- 1930She Got What She Wanted
- 1930She Who Gets Slapped — Wife
- 1930So This Is London — Lady Amy Ducksworth
- 1929That's My Wife — Undetermined Role (uncredited)