Margaret Dumont
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 (1
Born
Oct 19, 1882
Brooklyn, New York, USA
Died
Mar 06, 1965
Known For
Acting
Movies
57 acting
0 crew
Popularity
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Known For
Auntie Mame
1958
as Noblewoman in Play (uncredited)
A Night at the Opera
1935
as Mrs. Claypool
Duck Soup
1933
as Gloria Teasdale
What a Way to Go!
1964
as Mrs. Foster
A Day at the Races
1937
as Emily Upjohn
Animal Crackers
1930
as Mrs. Rittenhouse
At the Circus
1939
as Mrs. Suzanna Dukesbury
The Cocoanuts
1929
as Mrs. Potter
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