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Known For
Acting
Birthday
May 26, 1906
Died
May 21, 1977
Place of Birth
Reading, Pennsylvania, USA
Also Known As
- Dorothea J. Seltzer
- Dorothy Christie
Dorothy Christy
0.2 Popularity
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
6.7
(archive footage)
Laurel and Hardy: A Tribute to the Boys
1992
5.3
Widow Paarlenberg
So Big
1953
6.8
Society Woman (uncredited)
The Fountainhead
1949
6.5
Wealthy Shopper (uncredited)
Caught
1949
6.0
Martha Higby
Fighting Back
1948
5.9
Woman (uncredited)
Silver River
1948
5.2
Grace
The Fabulous Joe
1947
5.8
Mrs. Freedley
The Unfaithful
1947
7.4
Secretary (uncredited)
Miracle on 34th Street
1947
4.1
Mrs. Williams (uncredited)
Scared to Death
1947
Credits
Laurel and Hardy: A Tribute to the Boys
as (archive footage)
1992
6.7
So Big
as Widow Paarlenberg
1953
5.3
The Fountainhead
as Society Woman (uncredited)
1949
6.8
Caught
as Wealthy Shopper (uncredited)
1949
6.5
Fighting Back
as Martha Higby
1948
6.0
Silver River
as Woman (uncredited)
1948
5.9
The Fabulous Joe
as Grace
1947
5.2
The Unfaithful
as Mrs. Freedley
1947
5.8
Miracle on 34th Street
as Secretary (uncredited)
1947
7.4
Scared to Death
as Mrs. Williams (uncredited)
1947
4.1
The Pilgrim Lady
as Nell Brown
1947
5.0
Undercurrent
as Gossip in Hotel Lobby (uncredited)
1946
5.9
The Magnificent Rogue
as Clerk
1946
5.0
Little Giant
as Jim's wife (uncredited)
1946
5.1
Black Market Babies
as Mrs. Becker (uncredited)
1945
5.0
Junior Miss
as Mrs. Cummings
1945
7.0
Flame of Barbary Coast
as Mother Bronson
1945
5.3
Fashion Model
as Mme. Celeste
1945
3.0
Laura
as Woman (uncredited)
1944
7.6
Cowboy and the Senorita
as Lulubelle
1944
3.7
Double Up
as Leon's Wife
1943
0.0
Cutie on Duty
as Mrs Errol
1943
0.0
Radio Runaround
as Mrs. Arlene Errol
1943
0.0
Gem-Jams
as Mrs. Arlene Errol
1943
0.0
🎬
Dear! Deer!
as Mrs. Taylor
1942
0.0
Get Hep to Love
as 3rd Woman
1942
4.0
Sunset on the Desert
as Committee Woman
1942
5.8
The Affairs of Jimmy Valentine
as Mrs. Updyke
1942
6.0
Sierra Sue
as Verebel Featherstone
1941
0.0
Sailors on Leave
as Blonde Woman (uncredited)
1941
0.0
Men with Steel Faces
as Queen Tika
1940
5.0
City of Chance
as Woman on Phone
1940
5.2
They Shall Have Music
as Woman Angry at Husband Being Late (uncredited)
1939
6.2
East Side of Heaven
as Mrs. Henry Smith (uncredited)
1939
7.1
Rough Riders' Round-up
as Rusty's Dancing Partner
1939
4.0
Submarine Patrol
as McPeek's Girl
1938
6.6
Marie Antoinette
as Lady in Waiting to Madame Du Barry (uncredited)
1938
6.5
Woman Against Woman
as Mrs. Morton
1938
6.5
You Can't Have Everything
as Blonde
1937
5.7
Topper
1937
6.7
Slave Ship
as Blonde
1937
4.5
Love Is News
as Boardinghouse Beauty (uncredited)
1937
6.0
Early to Bed
as Nurse
1936
7.0
The Daring Young Man
as Helen Kay
1935
0.0
I've Been Around
as Girl
1935
2.7
The Phantom Empire
as Queen Tika
1935
5.5
Bright Eyes
as Anita Smythe
1934
6.7
6 Day Bike Rider
as Mrs. Mabel St. Clair
1934
5.5
Servants' Entrance
as Mrs. Knut Johnson
1934
0.0
Million Dollar Ransom
as Gwen (Uncredited)
1934
5.0
One Exciting Adventure
as Woman with Earrings
1934
0.0
Love Birds
as Kitten
1934
6.0
Sons of the Desert
as Mrs. Betty Laurel
1933
7.0
Only Yesterday
as Rena (Uncredited)
1933
6.8
🎬
The Big Squeal
as Natalie
1933
0.0
Lawyer Man
as Chorus Girl (uncredited)
1932
5.8
Slightly Married
as Marjorie Reynolds
1932
5.5
Devil and the Deep
as Mrs. Crimp
1932
4.8
🎬
The Hollywood Handicap
1932
0.0
The Arm of the Law
as Mrs. Myrtle Welling
1932
4.0
The Cohens and Kellys in Hollywood
as Mrs. Chauncey Chadwick
1932
0.0
Union Depot
as Society Woman Saying Goodbye to Jean (uncredited)
1932
5.8
The Unexpected Father
as Evelyn Smythe
1932
0.0
The Devil Plays
as Dolores Quincy
1931
4.2
Night Life in Reno
as Gwen Maynard
1931
3.9
Convicted
as Constance Forbes
1931
4.2
Grief Street
as Ethel Wynn Merle
1931
3.9
Gold Dust Gertie
as Mabel Guthrie
1931
3.0
Big Business Girl
as Mrs. Emery
1931
6.0
King of the Wild
as Mrs. LaSalle
1931
3.2
Parlor, Bedroom and Bath
as Angelica Embrey
1931
5.2
Caught Cheating
as Tessie
1931
0.0
🎬
No, No, Lady
as Adelle Martin
1931
0.0
🎬
She Got What She Wanted
1930
0.0
Big Money
as Leila
1930
0.0
Playboy of Paris
as Mlle. Berengere
1930
7.0
Extravagance
as Esther Hamilton
1930
3.9
So This Is London
as Lady Amy Ducksworth
1930
7.0
She Who Gets Slapped
as Wife
1930
8.0
That's My Wife
as Undetermined Role (uncredited)
1929
6.6