Dorothy Christy
Age: N/A | From: Reading, Pennsylvania, USA
Person Details
Birthday:
Aliases: Dorothea J. Seltzer , Dorothy Christie
Gender: Female
Place of birth: Reading, Pennsylvania, USA
Homepage:
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
(1944) Woman (uncredited)
The Fountainhead
(1949) Society Woman (uncredited)
Marie Antoinette
(1938) Lady in Waiting to Madame Du Barry (uncredited)
Caught
(1949) Wealthy Shopper (uncredited)
Bright Eyes
(1934) Anita Smythe
Laurel and Hardy: A Tribute to the Boys
(1992) (archive footage)
Undercurrent
(1946) Gossip in Hotel Lobby (uncredited)
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 |
