Dorothy Christy(1906-1977)
- Actress
- Soundtrack
Born as Dorothea Seltzer in Reading, Pennsylvania, Dorothy Christy was an American actress who worked with film greats
such as Will Rogers, Buster Keaton, the Marx brothers, Laurel and Hardy, and many others. She even worked with the singing cowboy
himself, Gene Autry. She died in Santa Monica, California, aged 70.
Actress
Soundtrack
- Alternative names
- Dorothy Christie
- Height
- 5′ 6½″ (1.69 m)
- Born
- Died
- May 21, 1977
- Santa Monica, California, USA(natural causes)
- SpousesHarold Christie? - January 1936 (divorced)
- Other worksStage Play: Follow Thru. Musical comedy. Book by Laurence Schwab and Buddy G. DeSylva. Music by Ray Henderson. Lyrics by Lew Brown and Buddy G. DeSylva. Scenic Design by Donald Oenslager; Costume Design by Kiviette. Musical Numbers Staged by Bobby Connolly. Book Directed by Edgar J. MacGregor. Chanin's 46th Street Theatre: 9 Jan 1929- 21 Dec 1929 (401 performances). Cast: Arthur Aylesworth (as "Mac" Moore, a golf professional"), Margaret Banks (as "Lady"), John Barker (as "Jerry Downs, a young golf champion"), Jane Brown (as "Lady"), Arthur Bryan (as "Country Club Boy"), Hilda Burkhart (as "Lady"), Madeline Cameron (as "Ruth Van Horn, an amateur golf champion"), Edith Campbell (as "Mrs. Bascomb, the president's wife"), Dorothy Christy [credited as Dorothy Christie] (as "Olive") [final Broadway role], Katherine Cornell [Not the actress of the 1930s and 1940s] (as "Lady"), Arthur Craig Gentleman"), W.E. Critzer (as "Country Club Boy"), Dorothy Day (as "Lady"), Zilpha De Witt (as "Lady"), Irene Delroy (as "Lora Moore, Mac's daughter"), Dody Donnelly (as "Lady"), Carrick Douglas (as "Country Club Boy"), Al Downing (as "Mr. Manning"), Dorothea Dunn (as "Lady"), Christine Ecklund (as "Lady"), Oscar Ellinger (as "Country Club Boy"), Joseph Evans (as "Gentleman"), Phil Farley (as "Gentleman"), Yvonne Grey (as "Glenna"), Jack Haley (as "Jack Martin"), Irene Hamlin (as "Lady"), John Hammond (as "Country Club Boy"), Paul Howard (as "Steve"), Claire Joyce (as "Lady"), Marguerite Kennedy (as "Lady"), Ruth Kent (as "Lady"), Philip King (as "Gentleman"), Frank Kingdon (as "Martin Bascomb, President of the Bound Brook Country Club"), Fred Kuhnly (as "Country Club Boy"), Constance Lane (as "Virginia"), Elaine Lank (as "Lady"), Ethel Lawrence (as "Lady"), Jack Lawrence (as "Country Club Boy"), Margaret Lee (as "Babs Bascomb, Martin's fifteen-year-old daughter"), Ann Lomax (as "Lady"), Bodil Lund (as "Lady"), Jocelyn Lyle (as "Lady"), Ned Lynn (as "Gentleman"), Paul Mann (as "Gentleman"), John McCahill (as "Gentleman"), Gordon Merrick (as "Gentleman"), Harry Moore (as "Gentleman"), Fred Murray (as "Gentleman"), Richard Neely (as "Gentleman"), Mortimer O'Brien (as "Gentleman"), Zelma O'Neal (as "Angie Howard, Lora's girl-friend"), Anita Pam (as "Lady"), Sherry Pelham (as "Cynthia/Lady"), Eleanor Powell (as "Molly"), Samuel Quinn (as "Gentleman"), Richard Renaud (as "Gentleman"), Herbert Rothwell (as Gentleman"), William Sahner (as "Gentleman"), John Sheehan (as "J.C. Effingham, a new member"), Maurice Siegel (as "Country Club Boy"), Mildred Stevens (as "Lady"), Drucilla Strain (as "Lady"), Don Tomkins (as Thomas Darcy "Dinty" Moore, Mac's sixteen-year-old son"), Renee Vilon (as "Lady"), Irene Warner (as "Lady"), Mildred Webb (as "Lady") [Broadway debut], Arlyne White (as "Lady"), Jerry White (as "Gentleman"), Minerva Wilson (as "Lady"). Produced by Laurence Schwab and Frank Mandel.
- TriviaIn the Laurel and Hardy film Sons of the Desert Patsy Kelly was originally cast as Stan's wife but had been loaned to MGM for the Bing Crosby film 'Going Hollywood' but that ran over schedule so she was replaced by Dorothy .
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