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Home/People/Dorothy Christy
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Born
May 26, 1906Died: May 21, 1977
Lived 70 years
Place of Birth
Reading, Pennsylvania, USA
Known For
Acting
Gender
Female

Career Highlights

80
Movies
0
TV Shows
Also Known As
Dorothea J. Seltzer
Dorothy Christie
IMDb Profile

Dorothy Christy

Acting

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.
Laurel and Hardy: A Tribute to the Boys poster

Laurel and Hardy: A Tribute to the Boys

as (archive footage)
1992
So Big poster

So Big

as Widow Paarlenberg
1953
The Fountainhead poster

The Fountainhead

as Society Woman (uncredited)
1949
Caught poster

Caught

as Wealthy Shopper (uncredited)
1949
Fighting Back poster

Fighting Back

as Martha Higby
1948
Silver River poster

Silver River

as Woman (uncredited)
1948
The Fabulous Joe poster

The Fabulous Joe

as Grace
1947
The Unfaithful poster

The Unfaithful

as Mrs. Freedley
1947
Miracle on 34th Street poster

Miracle on 34th Street

as Secretary (uncredited)
1947
Scared to Death poster

Scared to Death

as Mrs. Williams (uncredited)
1947
The Pilgrim Lady poster

The Pilgrim Lady

as Nell Brown
1947
Undercurrent poster

Undercurrent

as Gossip in Hotel Lobby (uncredited)
1946
The Magnificent Rogue poster

The Magnificent Rogue

as Clerk
1946
Little Giant poster

Little Giant

as Jim's wife (uncredited)
1946
Black Market Babies poster

Black Market Babies

as Mrs. Becker (uncredited)
1945
Junior Miss poster

Junior Miss

as Mrs. Cummings
1945
Flame of Barbary Coast poster

Flame of Barbary Coast

as Mother Bronson
1945
Fashion Model poster

Fashion Model

as Mme. Celeste
1945
Laura poster

Laura

as Woman (uncredited)
1944
Cowboy and the Senorita poster

Cowboy and the Senorita

as Lulubelle
1944