Margaret Dumont
Biography
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).
Acting (54 movies)
Duck Soup
1933
The Cocoanuts
1929
At the Circus
1939
A Day at the Races
1937
The Big Store
1941
The Hollywood Clowns
1979
Animal Crackers
1930
Never Give a Sucker an Even Break
1941
Little Giant
1946
Bathing Beauty
1944
A Night at the Opera
1935
The Horn Blows at Midnight
1945
The Dancing Masters
1943
Stop, You're Killing Me
1952
The Marx Brothers in a Nutshell
1982
Rendezvous
1935
Diamond Horseshoe
1945
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
1972
About Face
1942
Up in Arms
1944
Wise Girl
1937
Anything Goes
1936
Dramatic School
1938
Three for Bedroom C
1952
Youth on Parole
1937
Gridiron Flash
1934
Reckless
1935
Fifteen Wives
1934
Sing Your Worries Away
1942
High Flyers
1937
Seven Days Ashore
1944
The Life of the Party
1937
Born to Sing
1942
What a Way to Go!
1964
Storm at Daybreak
1933
Zotz!
1962
Shake, Rattle and Rock!
1956
Wonderland of California
1933
After Office Hours
1935
Song and Dance Man
1936
Kentucky Kernels
1934
Rhythm Parade
1942
Hidden Hollywood II: More Treasures from the 20th Century Fox Vaults
1999
Sunset in El Dorado
1945
Tales of Manhattan
1942
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
1975
A Tale of Two Cities
1917
That's Entertainment, Part II
1976
For Beauty's Sake
1941
Auntie Mame
1958
The Girl Habit
1931
Arbor Day
1936
Enemies of Women
1923
Around the World with Nellie Bly
1960
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