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.
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- 1906-05-26 · Reading, Pennsylvania, USA
- Died
- 1977-05-21
Known for
- Laura (1944) — Woman (uncredited)
- Miracle on 34th Street (1947) — Secretary (uncredited)
- Sons of the Desert (1933) — Mrs. Betty Laurel
- The Fountainhead (1949) — Society Woman (uncredited)
- Topper (1937)
- Caught (1949) — Wealthy Shopper (uncredited)
- Undercurrent (1946) — Gossip in Hotel Lobby (uncredited)
- Marie Antoinette (1938) — Lady in Waiting to Madame Du Barry (uncredited)
- Scared to Death (1947) — Mrs. Williams (uncredited)
- Parlor, Bedroom and Bath (1931) — Angelica Embrey
- Silver River (1948) — Woman (uncredited)
- Bright Eyes (1934) — Anita Smythe
- That's My Wife (1929) — Undetermined Role (uncredited)
- Flame of Barbary Coast (1945) — Mother Bronson
- Little Giant (1946) — Jim's wife (uncredited)
- The Unfaithful (1947) — Mrs. Freedley