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person_profile-Margaret Dumont

Margaret Dumont Died at age: 82

Actor | Producer

Fullname:

Margaret Dumont

Date of Birth:

Oct 19, 1882

Country of birth:

USA

Died:

Mar 06, 1965

Biography of

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 (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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Filmography of

Margaret Dumont

Found 51 Movies in total

... 2002

The Marx Brothers in a Nutshell

(archive footage) ( Actor )

... 1982

The Hollywood Clowns

(archive footage) ( Actor )

... 1979

That's Entertainment, Part II

(archive footage) ( Actor )

... 1976

Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?

Self (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 1975

Hollywood: The Dream Factory

Self (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 1972

What a Way to Go!

Mrs. Foster ( Actor )

... 1964

Zotz!

Persephone Updike ( Actor )

... 1962

Auntie Mame

Noblewoman in Play (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1958

Shake, Rattle and Rock!

Georgianna Fitzdingle ( Actor )

... 1956

Stop, You're Killing Me

Mrs. Whitelaw ( Actor )

... 1952

Three for Bedroom C

Mrs. Agnes Hawthorne ( Actor )

... 1952

Little Giant

Mrs. Hendrickson ( Actor )

... 1946

Sunset in El Dorado

Aunt Dolly / Aunt Arabella ( Actor )

... 1945

Diamond Horseshoe

Mrs. Standish ( Actor )

... 1945

The Horn Blows at Midnight

Mme. Traviata / Miss Rodholder ( Actor )

... 1945

Bathing Beauty

Mrs. Allenwood ( Actor )

... 1944

Seven Days Ashore

Mrs. Croxton-Lynch ( Actor )

... 1944

Up in Arms

Mrs. Willoughby ( Actor )

... 1944

The Dancing Masters

Louise Harlan ( Actor )

... 1943

Rhythm Parade

Ophelia MacDougal ( Actor )

... 1942

Tales of Manhattan

Mme. Langehanke (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1942

About Face

Mrs. Culpepper ( Actor )

... 1942

Born to Sing

Mrs. E. V. Lawson ( Actor )

... 1942

Never Give a Sucker an Even Break

Mrs. Hemogloben ( Actor )

... 1941

The Big Store

Martha Phelps ( Actor )

... 1941

For Beauty's Sake

Mrs. Franklin Evans ( Actor )

... 1941

At the Circus

Mrs. Suzanna Dukesbury ( Actor )

... 1939

Dramatic School

Pantomime Teacher ( Actor )

... 1938

Wise Girl

Mrs. Bell-Rivington ( Actor )

... 1937

High Flyers

Martha Arlington ( Actor )

... 1937

Youth on Parole

Mrs. Abernathy ( Actor )

... 1937

The Life of the Party

Mrs. Penner ( Actor )

... 1937

A Day at the Races

Emily Upjohn ( Actor )

... 1937

Song and Dance Man

Mrs. Whitney ( Actor )

... 1936

Anything Goes

Mrs. Wentworth ( Actor )

... 1936

A Night at the Opera

Mrs. Claypool ( Actor )

... 1935

Rendezvous

Mrs. Hendricks (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1935

Reckless

Woman in Audience Yelling 'Get Off the Stage' (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1935

After Office Hours

Mrs. Murchison (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1935

Kentucky Kernels

Mrs. Baxter ( Actor )

... 1934

Gridiron Flash

Mrs. Fields ( Actor )

... 1934

Fifteen Wives

Sybilla Crum ( Actor )

... 1934

We're Rich Again

Wedding Guest (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1934

Duck Soup

Gloria Teasdale ( Actor )

... 1933

Storm at Daybreak

Duchess Sophie (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1933

The Girl Habit

Blanche Ledyard ( Actor )

... 1931

Animal Crackers

Mrs. Rittenhouse ( Actor )

... 1930

The Cocoanuts

Mrs. Potter ( Actor )

... 1929

Enemies of Women

French Beauty ( Actor )

... 1923

A Tale of Two Cities

Aristocrat (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1917