Margaret Dumont
Acting
Born 1882-10-19
Died 1965-03-06
Brooklyn, New York, USA
61 credits
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Margaret Dumont would probably consider it a tragedy that she is best-known for her performances as the ultimate straight woman in seven of the Marx Brothers' films (including most of their best). By all accounts she never understood their jokes (offscreen and on), which is of course a major reason why she's so funny. Apart from a small role in a 1917 Dickens adaptation, she spent her early career on the stage, ending up with the Marxes in the late 1920s in the stage versions of The Cocoanuts (1929) and Animal Crackers (1930), and was given a Paramount contract at the same time they were. She played similar roles alongside other great comedians, including W.C. Fields, Laurel & Hardy and Jack Benny and also played straight dramatic parts (her chief love), but few of them made much impact - it is as Groucho Marx's foil that she ranks among the immortals, and she died shortly after being reunited with him on "The Hollywood Palace" (1964).
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Filmography
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The Donna Reed Show
The Colgate Comedy Hour
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
Racket Squad
Bathing Beauty
Duck Soup
Auntie Mame
What a Way to Go!
A Day at the Races
A Night at the Opera
That's Entertainment, Part II
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
The Big Store
Animal Crackers
The Cocoanuts
At the Circus
Tales of Manhattan
Rendezvous
About Face
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
The Horn Blows at Midnight
Little Giant
Up in Arms
Around the World with Nellie Bly
The Dancing Masters
Wise Girl
Reckless
After Office Hours
Hidden Hollywood II: More Treasures from the 20th Century Fox Vaults
Born to Sing
Never Give a Sucker an Even Break
Zotz!
Dramatic School
The Marx Brothers in a Nutshell
Wonderland of California
Kentucky Kernels
Anything Goes
Shake, Rattle and Rock!
The Girl Habit
High Flyers
A Tale of Two Cities
The Life of the Party
Enemies of Women
Susie Steps Out
Song and Dance Man
Youth on Parole
Stop, You're Killing Me
Gridiron Flash
Sing Your Worries Away
For Beauty's Sake
Seven Days Ashore
Storm at Daybreak
Three for Bedroom C
The Hollywood Clowns
Rhythm Parade
Sunset in El Dorado
Diamond Horseshoe
Fifteen Wives
Arbor Day
Here, Prince
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