Ann Christy
(1905)
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Tiny, blue-eyed Ann Christy started in films with a bit part in
Long Pants (1927) with
Harry Langdon. She was then signed
by one of the three major producers of silent comedy,
Al Christie, to appear in a series of short
comedies filmed at Paramount. It was there that she was spotted by
Harold Lloyd, who saw in her the
perfect down-to-earth New York girl he needed as co-star for his next
film, Speedy (1928). This gag-laden comedy
was filmed on location in New York and was popular with the public and
critics alike. That same year she was selected as a WAMPAS baby
star, but the promise of stardom was never fulfilled. Upon her return
from New York, only minor roles in minor films came her way. She
appeared in The Water Hole (1928),
a Zane Grey western, and then ended up in a film for
Chesterfield Pictures--a "Poverty Row" outfit--and Mack Sennett
short comedies. Her career over before it had really begun, Ann Christy retired
from film acting in 1932.
