Born Gladys Cronin in
Logansport, Indiana, Christy left Indiana and relocated to
California where she attended Polytechnic High School in
Los Angeles. She intended to pursue a career in business, but was persuaded by friends to try acting. She made her film debut in a bit part in the 1927 film
Long Pants, starring
Harry Langdon. That same year, she was awarded an
Al Christie comedy leading lady film contract in May 1927. She appeared in film comedies with
Bobby Vernon and Neal Burns. In 1928, Christy was selected by
Harold Lloyd from more than fifty applicants to play his leading lady in the comedy
Speedy (1928). That same year, she was selected one of thirteen
WAMPAS Baby Stars. Following her success in
Speedy, Christy vacationed in New York. When she returned to
Hollywood, she discovered that she had been forgotten. She returned to acting with parts in collegian film serials with
Universal Pictures. She made her last onscreen appearance in the 1932 film
Behind Stone Walls, starring
Edward J. Nugent. ==Personal life and death==