Dorothy Christy

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Dorothy Christy
Dorothy Christy in Scared to Death
Born	Dorothea J. Seltzer (1906-05-26)May 26, 1906 Reading, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Died	May 21, 1977(1977-05-21) (aged 70) Santa Monica, California, U.S.
Resting place	Chapel Of The Pines Crematory
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1929-1953
Spouse(s)	Harold Christy Rollin Rucker; 1 son ^[1]
Children	Creed Rucker (b. 1940)

Dorothy Christy (born Dorothea J. Seltzer, later Dorothy Rucker, May 26, 1906^[2] – May 21, 1977) was an American actress.

Biography[edit]

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.^[3] 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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