Dorothy Christy

Personal Info

Birthday

May 26, 1906

Day of Death

1977-05-21

(70 years old)

Place of Birth

Reading, Pennsylvania, USA

Also Known As

Dorothea J. Seltzer

Dorothy Christie

Dorothy Christy

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.

Known For

Laura

Miracle on 34th Street

Parlor, Bedroom and Bath

Sons of the Desert

The Fountainhead

Black Market Babies

They Shall Have Music

Caught

Filmography

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