Margaret Dumont

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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 …

  • Acting
  • Born 19 October 1882
  • Died 6 March 1965 (age 82)
  • Brooklyn, New York, USA
  • 61 credits

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Most-watched Margaret Dumont films currently: Auntie Mame (1958), Duck Soup (1933), What a Way to Go! (1964), A Day at the Races (1937), A Night at the Opera (1935).

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Selected TV credits: The Donna Reed Show (1958), The Colgate Comedy Hour (1950), The Dinah Shore Chevy Show (1956), Racket Squad (1951).

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