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Margaret Dumont

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

0.6

movie

Known For

What a Way to Go!

What a Way to Go!

1964

as Mrs. Foster
Auntie Mame

Auntie Mame

1958

as Noblewoman in Play (uncredited)
A Day at the Races

A Day at the Races

1937

as Emily Upjohn
Animal Crackers

Animal Crackers

1930

as Mrs. Rittenhouse
Duck Soup

Duck Soup

1933

as Gloria Teasdale
The Cocoanuts

The Cocoanuts

1929

as Mrs. Potter
A Night at the Opera

A Night at the Opera

1935

as Mrs. Claypool
What a Way to Go!
What a Way to Go!
1964 • as Mrs. Foster
★ 7.1
The Big Store
The Big Store
1941 • as Martha Phelps
★ 6.2
Auntie Mame
Auntie Mame
1958 • as Noblewoman in Play (uncredited)
★ 7.0
A Day at the Races
A Day at the Races
1937 • as Emily Upjohn
★ 7.1
Animal Crackers
Animal Crackers
1930 • as Mrs. Rittenhouse
★ 6.9
Duck Soup
Duck Soup
1933 • as Gloria Teasdale
★ 7.3
The Cocoanuts
The Cocoanuts
1929 • as Mrs. Potter
★ 6.5
A Night at the Opera
A Night at the Opera
1935 • as Mrs. Claypool
★ 7.4
Rendezvous
Rendezvous
1935 • as Mrs. Hendricks (uncredited)
★ 4.6
Tales of Manhattan
Tales of Manhattan
1942 • as Mme. Langehanke (uncredited)
★ 6.3
Little Giant
Little Giant
1946 • as Mrs. Hendrickson
★ 5.1
Bathing Beauty
Bathing Beauty
1944 • as Mrs. Allenwood
★ 5.8
Zotz!
Zotz!
1962 • as Persephone Updike
★ 5.4
Dramatic School
Dramatic School
1938 • as Pantomime Teacher
★ 6.4
That's Entertainment, Part II
That's Entertainment, Part II
1976 • as (archive footage)
★ 6.9
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
1972 • as Self (archive footage)
★ 6.0
At the Circus
At the Circus
1939 • as Mrs. Suzanna Dukesbury
★ 6.4
Reckless
Reckless
1935 • as Woman in Audience Yelling 'Get Off the Stage' (uncredited)
★ 5.0
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
1975 • as Self (archive footage)
★ 6.1
Anything Goes
Anything Goes
1936 • as Mrs. Wentworth
★ 5.3
Youth on Parole
Youth on Parole
1937 • as Mrs. Abernathy
★ 2.8
The Marx Brothers in a Nutshell
The Marx Brothers in a Nutshell
1982 • as (archive footage)
Sunset in El Dorado
Sunset in El Dorado
1945 • as Aunt Dolly / Aunt Arabella
★ 5.1
High Flyers
High Flyers
1937 • as Martha Arlington
★ 7.0
Storm at Daybreak
Storm at Daybreak
1933 • as Duchess Sophie (uncredited)
★ 5.8
Sing Your Worries Away
Sing Your Worries Away
1942 • as Flo Faulkner - Landlady
★ 5.5
Up in Arms
Up in Arms
1944 • as Mrs. Willoughby
★ 5.6
Wise Girl
Wise Girl
1937 • as Mrs. Bell-Rivington
★ 7.0
Fifteen Wives
Fifteen Wives
1934 • as Sybilla Crum
★ 1.0
Never Give a Sucker an Even Break
Never Give a Sucker an Even Break
1941 • as Mrs. Hemogloben
★ 6.9
After Office Hours
After Office Hours
1935 • as Mrs. Murchison (uncredited)
★ 6.4
The Dancing Masters
The Dancing Masters
1943 • as Louise Harlan
★ 6.2
Enemies of Women
Enemies of Women
1923 • as French Beauty
★ 5.2
Stop, You're Killing Me
Stop, You're Killing Me
1952 • as Mrs. Whitelaw
★ 5.0
A Tale of Two Cities
A Tale of Two Cities
1917 • as Aristocrat (uncredited)
★ 4.8
For Beauty's Sake
For Beauty's Sake
1941 • as Mrs. Franklin Evans
Born to Sing
Born to Sing
1942 • as Mrs. E. V. Lawson
★ 5.0
Hidden Hollywood II: More Treasures from the 20th Century Fox Vaults
Hidden Hollywood II: More Treasures from the 20th Century Fox Vaults
1999 • as (archive footage)
Rhythm Parade
Rhythm Parade
1942 • as Ophelia MacDougal
The Horn Blows at Midnight
The Horn Blows at Midnight
1945 • as Mme. Traviata / Miss Rodholder
★ 5.7
Gridiron Flash
Gridiron Flash
1934 • as Mrs. Fields
★ 3.3
The Life of the Party
The Life of the Party
1937 • as Mrs. Penner
★ 5.2
Seven Days Ashore
Seven Days Ashore
1944 • as Mrs. Croxton-Lynch
★ 2.8
The Hollywood Clowns
The Hollywood Clowns
1979 • as (archive footage)
About Face
About Face
1942 • as Mrs. Culpepper
★ 6.0
Diamond Horseshoe
Diamond Horseshoe
1945 • as Mrs. Standish
★ 4.0
Kentucky Kernels
Kentucky Kernels
1934 • as Mrs. Baxter
★ 6.3
Shake, Rattle and Rock!
Shake, Rattle and Rock!
1956 • as Georgianna Fitzdingle
★ 4.8
Susie Steps Out
Susie Steps Out
1946 • as Mrs. Starr
Three for Bedroom C
Three for Bedroom C
1952 • as Mrs. Agnes Hawthorne
Arbor Day
Arbor Day
1936 • as Woman Outside (uncredited)
★ 6.0
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Gypsy Sweetheart
1935 • as Mrs. Van Updyke
★ 1.0
Wonderland of California
Wonderland of California
1933 • as Self
The Girl Habit
The Girl Habit
1931 • as Blanche Ledyard
Around the World with Nellie Bly
Around the World with Nellie Bly
1960 • as Dowager #1
Song and Dance Man
Song and Dance Man
1936 • as Mrs. Whitney
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Here, Prince
1932 • as The Queen of Deleria (uncredited)