Dorothy Christy

    Known For

    Acting

    Birthday

    May 26, 1906

    Day of Death

    May 21, 1977 (70 years old)

    Place of Birth

    Reading, Pennsylvania, USA

    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

      Laura

      1944

    • Miracle on 34th Street

      Miracle on 34th Street

      1947

    • Sons of the Desert

      Sons of the Desert

      1933

    • The Fountainhead

      The Fountainhead

      1949

    • Topper

      Topper

      1937

    • Caught

      Caught

      1949

    • Undercurrent

      Undercurrent

      1946

    • Marie Antoinette

      Marie Antoinette

      1938

    • Scared to Death

      Scared to Death

      1947

    • Parlor, Bedroom and Bath

      Parlor, Bedroom and Bath

      1931

    • Bright Eyes

      Bright Eyes

      1934

    • That's My Wife

      That's My Wife

      1929

    • The Unfaithful

      The Unfaithful

      1947

    • Little Giant

      Little Giant

      1946

    • Flame of Barbary Coast

      Flame of Barbary Coast

      1945