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Aliases: Dorothea J. Seltzer , Dorothy Christie

Gender: Female

Place of birth: Reading, Pennsylvania, USA

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Movie Involvements: 34

TV Involvements: 0


Most Famous Work

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.

Most Famous Work

Laura
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8

Laura

(1944) Woman (uncredited)
The Fountainhead
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7

The Fountainhead

(1949) Society Woman (uncredited)
Marie Antoinette
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6

Marie Antoinette

(1938) Lady in Waiting to Madame Du Barry (uncredited)
Caught
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7

Caught

(1949) Wealthy Shopper (uncredited)
Bright Eyes
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7

Bright Eyes

(1934) Anita Smythe
Laurel and Hardy: A Tribute to the Boys
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7

Laurel and Hardy: A Tribute to the Boys

(1992) (archive footage)
Undercurrent
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6

Undercurrent

(1946) Gossip in Hotel Lobby (uncredited)
They Shall Have Music
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6

They Shall Have Music

(1939) Woman Angry at Husband Being Late (uncredited)

Acting

Year Character Movie/Tv
1992 (archive footage)
1953 Widow Paarlenberg
1949 Society Woman (uncredited)
Wealthy Shopper (uncredited)
1948 Martha Higby
1947 Grace
Mrs. Freedley
Secretary (uncredited)
Mrs. Williams (uncredited)
Nell Brown
1946 Gossip in Hotel Lobby (uncredited)
Clerk
Jim's wife (uncredited)
1945 Mrs. Becker (uncredited)
Mrs. Cummings
Mother Bronson
Mme. Celeste
1944 Woman (uncredited)
Lulubelle
1943 Leon's Wife
Mrs Errol
Mrs. Arlene Errol
Mrs. Arlene Errol
1942 Mrs. Taylor
3rd Woman
Committee Woman
Mrs. Updyke
1941 Verebel Featherstone
Blonde Woman (uncredited)
1940 Queen Tika
Woman on Phone
1939 Woman Angry at Husband Being Late (uncredited)
Mrs. Henry Smith (uncredited)
Rusty's Dancing Partner
1938 McPeek's Girl
Lady in Waiting to Madame Du Barry (uncredited)
Mrs. Morton
1937 Blonde
N/A
Blonde
Boardinghouse Beauty (uncredited)
1936 Nurse
1935 Helen Kay
Girl
Queen Tika
1934 Anita Smythe
Mrs. Mabel St. Clair
Mrs. Knut Johnson
Woman with Earrings
Gwen (Uncredited)
Kitten
1933 Mrs. Betty Laurel
Rena (Uncredited)
1932 Marjorie Reynolds
Mrs. Crimp
Mrs. Myrtle Welling
Mrs. Chauncey Chadwick
Society Woman Saying Goodbye to Jean (uncredited)
Evelyn Smythe
1931 Dolores Quincy
Constance Forbes
Gwen Maynard
Ethel Wynn Merle
Mabel Guthrie
Mrs. Emery
Mrs. LaSalle
Angelica Embrey
Tessie
1930 N/A
Leila
Mlle. Berengere
Esther Hamilton
Lady Amy Ducksworth
Wife
1929 Undetermined Role (uncredited)
Year Character Movie/Tv

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