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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 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).
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- wc Gender: Female
- calendar_month Birth Date: 1882-10-19
- event Death Date 1965-03-06
- school Known for: Acting
- star Popularity: 1.4
- info Birth Place Brooklyn, New York, USA
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smart_display Movies and TV shows by Margaret Dumont
7.3
Duck Soup
1933-11-12
6.5
The Cocoanuts
1929-05-23
6.3
At the Circus
1939-10-20
7.1
A Day at the Races
1937-06-11
6.3
The Big Store
1941-06-20
0
The Hollywood Clowns
1979-03-23
6.9
Animal Crackers
1930-08-08
6.8
Never Give a Sucker an Even Break
1941-10-10
5.3
Little Giant
1946-02-22
5.8
Bathing Beauty
1944-06-27
7.5
A Night at the Opera
1935-11-15
5.8
The Horn Blows at Midnight
1945-04-28
6
The Dancing Masters
1943-11-19
5
Stop, You're Killing Me
1952-12-10
0
The Marx Brothers in a Nutshell
1982-01-02
4.8
Rendezvous
1935-10-25
4
Diamond Horseshoe
1945-05-02
6
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
1972-01-10
5
About Face
1942-04-16
5.9
Up in Arms
1944-02-17
7
Wise Girl
1937-12-31
5.4
Anything Goes
1936-01-24
6.2
Dramatic School
1938-12-09
0
Three for Bedroom C
1952-06-26
2.7
Youth on Parole
1937-10-04
3.3
Gridiron Flash
1934-10-06
5.3
Reckless
1935-04-19
1
Fifteen Wives
1934-07-15
5.5
Sing Your Worries Away
1942-03-06
7
High Flyers
1937-11-07
4.5
Seven Days Ashore
1944-04-25
5.2
The Life of the Party
1937-09-03
5
Born to Sing
1942-02-18
7
What a Way to Go!
1964-07-31
5.8
Storm at Daybreak
1933-06-14
5.6
Zotz!
1962-10-03
4.6
Shake, Rattle and Rock!
1956-11-01
0
Wonderland of California
1933-01-01
6.4
After Office Hours
1935-02-22
0
Song and Dance Man
1936-03-11
5.9
Kentucky Kernels
1934-11-02
0
Rhythm Parade
1942-12-11
0
Here, Prince
1932-10-01
0
Hidden Hollywood II: More Treasures from the 20th Century Fox Vaults
2002-03-05
4
We're Rich Again
1934-07-13
1
Gypsy Sweetheart
1935-03-30
4.2
Sunset in El Dorado
1945-09-29
6.2
Tales of Manhattan
1942-08-05
5.7
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
1975-08-06
4.8
A Tale of Two Cities
1917-03-10
6.8
That's Entertainment, Part II
1976-05-16
0
For Beauty's Sake
1941-06-06
7
Auntie Mame
1958-12-04
0
The Girl Habit
1931-06-27
6
Arbor Day
1936-05-02
7
The Colgate Comedy Hour
1950-09-10
6.1
The Donna Reed Show
1958-09-24
4
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
1956-10-05
6
Racket Squad
1951-06-07