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.
In 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 .