Dorothy Christy
Birthday: 1906-05-26
Place of Birth: Reading, Pennsylvania, USA
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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She Got What She Wanted
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The Affairs of Jimmy Valentine
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King of the Wild
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Sons of the Desert
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Convicted
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Parlor, Bedroom and Bath
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Cowboy and the Senorita
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Laurel and Hardy: A Tribute to the Boys
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Fashion Model
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Scared to Death
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Big Business Girl
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Men with Steel Faces
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6 Day Bike Rider
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Extravagance
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The Phantom Empire
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Gold Dust Gertie
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The Arm of the Law
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Grief Street
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Playboy of Paris
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Slightly Married
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Caught Cheating
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The Pilgrim Lady
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Topper
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The Unexpected Father
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Woman Against Woman
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Fighting Back
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So Big
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You Can't Have Everything
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No, No, Lady
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Million Dollar Ransom
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Rough Riders' Round-up
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One Exciting Adventure
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East Side of Heaven
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They Shall Have Music
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The Big Squeal
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Caught
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Sailors on Leave
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Submarine Patrol
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That's My Wife
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Sierra Sue
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Miracle on 34th Street
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The Daring Young Man
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Night Life in Reno
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Laura
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Devil and the Deep
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Love Is News
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City of Chance
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The Magnificent Rogue
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Flame of Barbary Coast
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She Who Gets Slapped
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Sunset on the Desert
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Early to Bed
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The Devil Plays
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Slave Ship
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Get Hep to Love
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Junior Miss
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Love Birds
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Bright Eyes
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Dear! Deer!
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Double Up
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Gem-Jams
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Radio Runaround
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Undercurrent
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The Unfaithful
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Only Yesterday
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The Fountainhead
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Little Giant
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Black Market Babies
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Marie Antoinette
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Union Depot
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The Fabulous Joe
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Servants' Entrance
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The Cohens and Kellys in Hollywood
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Silver River
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Lawyer Man
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