Dorothy Christy

May 26, 1906 - May 21, 1977 (70 years old) in Reading, Pennsylvania, USA

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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.

Known For

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Laura

Woman (uncredited)

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Miracle on 34th Street

Secretary (uncredited)

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Cowboy and the Senorita

Lulubelle

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Scared to Death

Mrs. Williams (uncredited)

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The Fountainhead

Society Woman (uncredited)

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Sons of the Desert

Mrs. Betty Laurel

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Topper

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Parlor, Bedroom and Bath

Angelica Embrey

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The Unexpected Father

Evelyn Smythe

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Marie Antoinette

Lady in Waiting to Madame Du Barry (uncredited)

Credits

Laurel and Hardy: A Tribute to the Boys 1992

(archive footage)

★ 6.5
So Big 1953

Widow Paarlenberg

★ 5.6
The Fountainhead 1949

Society Woman (uncredited)

★ 6.9
Caught 1949

Wealthy Shopper (uncredited)

★ 6.6
Fighting Back 1948

Martha Higby

★ 6
The Fabulous Joe 1947

Grace

★ 5.8
The Unfaithful 1947

Mrs. Freedley

★ 6
Miracle on 34th Street 1947

Secretary (uncredited)

★ 7.4
Scared to Death 1947

Mrs. Williams (uncredited)

★ 4.2
The Pilgrim Lady 1947

Nell Brown

★ 5
Undercurrent 1946

Gossip in Hotel Lobby (uncredited)

★ 5.8
The Magnificent Rogue 1946

Clerk

★ 5
Little Giant 1946

Jim's wife (uncredited)

★ 5.3
Black Market Babies 1945

Mrs. Becker (uncredited)

★ 5
Junior Miss 1945

Mrs. Cummings

★ 7.5
Flame of Barbary Coast 1945

Mother Bronson

★ 5.6
Fashion Model 1945

Mme. Celeste

★ 3
Laura 1944

Woman (uncredited)

★ 7.6
Cowboy and the Senorita 1944

Lulubelle

★ 5
Double Up 1943

Leon's Wife

★ NR
Cutie on Duty 1943

Mrs Errol

★ NR
Radio Runaround 1943

Mrs. Arlene Errol

★ NR
Gem-Jams 1943

Mrs. Arlene Errol

★ NR
Dear! Deer! 1942

Mrs. Taylor

★ NR
Get Hep to Love 1942

3rd Woman

★ 4
Sunset on the Desert 1942

Committee Woman

★ 5.8
The Affairs of Jimmy Valentine 1942

Mrs. Updyke

★ 6
Sierra Sue 1941

Verebel Featherstone

★ NR
Sailors on Leave 1941

Blonde Woman (uncredited)

★ NR
Men with Steel Faces 1940

Queen Tika

★ 5
City of Chance 1940

Woman on Phone

★ 5.2
They Shall Have Music 1939

Woman Angry at Husband Being Late (uncredited)

★ 6.1
East Side of Heaven 1939

Mrs. Henry Smith (uncredited)

★ 7.1
Rough Riders' Round-up 1939

Rusty's Dancing Partner

★ 5.5
Submarine Patrol 1938

McPeek's Girl

★ 6.6
Marie Antoinette 1938

Lady in Waiting to Madame Du Barry (uncredited)

★ 6.6
Woman Against Woman 1938

Mrs. Morton

★ 6.5
You Can't Have Everything 1937

Blonde

★ 5.7
Topper 1937

★ 6.7
Slave Ship 1937

Blonde

★ 4.8
Love Is News 1937

Boardinghouse Beauty (uncredited)

★ 6
Early to Bed 1936

Nurse

★ 7
The Daring Young Man 1935

Helen Kay

★ NR
I've Been Around 1935

Girl

★ 2.5
The Phantom Empire 1935

Queen Tika

★ 5.5
Bright Eyes 1934

Anita Smythe

★ 6.7
6 Day Bike Rider 1934

Mrs. Mabel St. Clair

★ 5.5
Servants' Entrance 1934

Mrs. Knut Johnson

★ NR
Million Dollar Ransom 1934

Gwen (Uncredited)

★ NR
One Exciting Adventure 1934

Woman with Earrings

★ NR
Love Birds 1934

Kitten

★ 6
Sons of the Desert 1933

Mrs. Betty Laurel

★ 7
Only Yesterday 1933

Rena (Uncredited)

★ 6.8
The Big Squeal 1933

Natalie

★ NR
Slightly Married 1932

Marjorie Reynolds

★ 5.5
Devil and the Deep 1932

Mrs. Crimp

★ 5
The Arm of the Law 1932

Mrs. Myrtle Welling

★ 4.5
The Cohens and Kellys in Hollywood 1932

Mrs. Chauncey Chadwick

★ NR
Union Depot 1932

Society Woman Saying Goodbye to Jean (uncredited)

★ 6.1
The Unexpected Father 1932

Evelyn Smythe

★ NR
The Devil Plays 1931

Dolores Quincy

★ 4.5
Convicted 1931

Constance Forbes

★ 4.5
Night Life in Reno 1931

Gwen Maynard

★ 4.1
Grief Street 1931

Ethel Wynn Merle

★ 4.1
Gold Dust Gertie 1931

Mabel Guthrie

★ 3
Big Business Girl 1931

Mrs. Emery

★ 5.5
King of the Wild 1931

Mrs. LaSalle

★ 3.2
Parlor, Bedroom and Bath 1931

Angelica Embrey

★ 5.4
Caught Cheating 1931

Tessie

★ NR
No, No, Lady 1931

Adelle Martin

★ NR
She Got What She Wanted 1930

★ NR
Big Money 1930

Leila

★ NR
Playboy of Paris 1930

Mlle. Berengere

★ 7
Extravagance 1930

Esther Hamilton

★ 4
So This Is London 1930

Lady Amy Ducksworth

★ 7
She Who Gets Slapped 1930

Wife

★ 8
That's My Wife 1929

Undetermined Role (uncredited)

★ 6.7

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