Margaret Dumont


    Starbirth:
    October 19, 1882
    Supernova:
    March 6, 1965
    Birthplace:
    Brooklyn, New York, USA
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Overview

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).


MOVIECHARACTERYEAR
The Marx Brothers in a Nutshell (archive footage) 1982
The Hollywood Clowns (archive footage) 1979
That's Entertainment, Part II (archive footage) 1976
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? Self (archive footage) 1975
Hollywood: The Dream Factory Self (archive footage) 1972
What a Way to Go! Mrs. Foster 1964
Zotz! Persephone Updike 1962
Auntie Mame Noblewoman in Play (uncredited) 1958
Shake, Rattle and Rock! Georgianna Fitzdingle 1956
Stop, You're Killing Me Mrs. Whitelaw 1952
Three for Bedroom C Mrs. Agnes Hawthorne 1952
Little Giant Mrs. Hendrickson 1946
Sunset in El Dorado Aunt Dolly / Aunt Arabella 1945
Diamond Horseshoe Mrs. Standish 1945
The Horn Blows at Midnight Mme. Traviata / Miss Rodholder 1945
Bathing Beauty Mrs. Allenwood 1944
Seven Days Ashore Mrs. Croxton-Lynch 1944
Up in Arms Mrs. Willoughby 1944
The Dancing Masters Louise Harlan 1943
Rhythm Parade Ophelia MacDougal 1942
Tales of Manhattan Mme. Langehanke (uncredited) 1942
About Face Mrs. Culpepper 1942
Sing Your Worries Away Flo Faulkner - Landlady 1942
Born to Sing Mrs. E. V. Lawson 1942
Never Give a Sucker an Even Break Mrs. Hemogloben 1941
The Big Store Martha Phelps 1941
For Beauty's Sake Mrs. Franklin Evans 1941
At the Circus Mrs. Suzanna Dukesbury 1939
Dramatic School Pantomime Teacher 1938
Wise Girl Mrs. Bell-Rivington 1937
High Flyers Martha Arlington 1937
Youth on Parole Mrs. Abernathy 1937
The Life of the Party Mrs. Penner 1937
A Day at the Races Emily Upjohn 1937
Song and Dance Man Mrs. Whitney 1936
Anything Goes Mrs. Wentworth 1936
A Night at the Opera Mrs. Claypool 1935
Rendezvous Mrs. Hendricks (uncredited) 1935
Reckless Woman in Audience Yelling 'Get Off the Stage' (uncredited) 1935
Gypsy Sweetheart Mrs. Van Updyke 1935
After Office Hours Mrs. Murchison (uncredited) 1935
Kentucky Kernels Mrs. Baxter 1934
Gridiron Flash Mrs. Fields 1934
Fifteen Wives Sybilla Crum 1934
We're Rich Again Wedding Guest (uncredited) 1934
Duck Soup Gloria Teasdale 1933
Storm at Daybreak Duchess Sophie (uncredited) 1933
Wonderland of California Self 1933
Here, Prince The Queen of Deleria (uncredited) 1932
The Girl Habit Blanche Ledyard 1931
Animal Crackers Mrs. Rittenhouse 1930
The Cocoanuts Mrs. Potter 1929
A Tale of Two Cities Aristocrat (uncredited) 1917
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