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Dorothy Christy & Jameson Thomas in Extravagance, 1930
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Born |
Dorothea J. Seltzer May 26, 1906 Reading, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
Died | May 21, 1977 Santa Monica, California, U.S. |
(aged 70)
Resting place | Chapel Of The Pines Crematory |
Occupation | actress |
Years active | 1929-1953 |
Spouse(s) | Harold Christy Rolin Rucker; 1 son Creed (b. 1940) |
Children | Creed Rucker (b. 1940) |
Dorothy Christy (May 26, 1906 – May 21, 1977) was an American actress.
Christy was born on May 26, 1906 in Reading, Pennsylvania. She 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.