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Margaret Dumont

Margaret Dumont

Acting 1882-10-19 Brooklyn, New York, USA

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…

Known For

Bathing Beauty
MOV ⭐ 5.9
Bathing Beauty 1944
Duck Soup
MOV ⭐ 7.3
Duck Soup 1933
A Night at the Opera
MOV ⭐ 7.4
A Night at the Opera 1935
The Big Store
MOV ⭐ 6.2
The Big Store 1941
About Face
MOV ⭐ 6.6
About Face 1942
A Day at the Races
MOV ⭐ 7.1
A Day at the Races 1937
At the Circus
MOV ⭐ 6.4
At the Circus 1939
Little Giant
MOV ⭐ 5.3
Little Giant 1946
The Cocoanuts
MOV ⭐ 6.5
The Cocoanuts 1929
Up in Arms
MOV ⭐ 5.7
Up in Arms 1944
Animal Crackers
MOV ⭐ 6.9
Animal Crackers 1930
Never Give a Sucker an Even Break
MOV ⭐ 7.0
Never Give a Sucker an Even Break 1941
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
MOV ⭐ 7.3
Hollywood: The Dream Factory 1972
Rendezvous
MOV ⭐ 4.9
Rendezvous 1935
The Horn Blows at Midnight
MOV ⭐ 5.9
The Horn Blows at Midnight 1945
The Dancing Masters
MOV ⭐ 6.3
The Dancing Masters 1943
The Hollywood Clowns
MOV
The Hollywood Clowns 1979
The Marx Brothers in a Nutshell
MOV ⭐ 9.0
The Marx Brothers in a Nutshell 1982
Stop, You're Killing Me
MOV ⭐ 7.7
Stop, You're Killing Me 1952
Diamond Horseshoe
MOV ⭐ 7.0
Diamond Horseshoe 1945