Dorothy Christy

Dorothy Christy

Actor

Reading, Pennsylvania, USA
May 26, 1906

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.

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Representative Works

Undercurrent
Undercurrent
5.9
/ English
Radio Ranch
Radio Ranch
5.6
/ English
Laura
Laura
7.6
/ English
Caught
Caught
6.6
/ English
Love Birds
Love Birds
6.5
/ English
Sons of the Desert
Sons of the Desert
7.1
/ English
Topper
Topper
6.7
/ English
The Fountainhead
The Fountainhead
6.8
/ English
Marie Antoinette
Marie Antoinette
6.6
/ English
Submarine Patrol
Submarine Patrol
6.7
/ English
Silver River
Silver River
6.2
/ English

Awards and Honors

Critical Favorites

Miracle on 34th Street
1947Nominee

Best Performance

Miracle on 34th Street

Undercurrent
1946Nominee

Best Performance

Undercurrent

Radio Ranch
1940Nominee

Best Performance

Radio Ranch

Career Highlights

Laura
1944Highlight

Best Performance

Laura

Caught
1949Highlight

Best Performance

Caught

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