Margaret Dumont
1882-10-19THE 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
ALSO APPEARS IN MOVIES
Duck Soup
⭐ 7.3
The Cocoanuts
⭐ 6.4
At the Circus
⭐ 6.351
A Day at the Races
⭐ 7.088
The Big Store
⭐ 6.188
The Hollywood Clowns
⭐ 0
Animal Crackers
⭐ 6.9
Never Give a Sucker an Even Break
⭐ 6.9
Little Giant
⭐ 5.3
Bathing Beauty
⭐ 5.8
A Night at the Opera
⭐ 7.4
The Horn Blows at Midnight
⭐ 5.8
The Dancing Masters
⭐ 6
Stop, You're Killing Me
⭐ 5
The Marx Brothers in a Nutshell
⭐ 0
Rendezvous
⭐ 4.8
Diamond Horseshoe
⭐ 4
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
⭐ 6
About Face
⭐ 6
Up in Arms
⭐ 6
Wise Girl
⭐ 7
Anything Goes
⭐ 5.3
Dramatic School
⭐ 6.2
Three for Bedroom C
⭐ 0
Youth on Parole
⭐ 2.8
Gridiron Flash
⭐ 3.3
Reckless
⭐ 5.3
Fifteen Wives
⭐ 1
Sing Your Worries Away
⭐ 5.5
High Flyers
⭐ 7
Seven Days Ashore
⭐ 4.5
The Life of the Party
⭐ 5.2
Born to Sing
⭐ 5
What a Way to Go!
⭐ 7.083
Storm at Daybreak
⭐ 5.8
Zotz!
⭐ 5.6
Shake, Rattle and Rock!
⭐ 4.6
Wonderland of California
⭐ 0
After Office Hours
⭐ 6.4
Song and Dance Man
⭐ 0
Kentucky Kernels
⭐ 6.333
Rhythm Parade
⭐ 0
Here, Prince
⭐ 0
Hidden Hollywood II: More Treasures from the 20th Century Fox Vaults
⭐ 0Gypsy Sweetheart
⭐ 1
Sunset in El Dorado
⭐ 4.2
Tales of Manhattan
⭐ 6.364
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
⭐ 5.7
A Tale of Two Cities
⭐ 4.8
That's Entertainment, Part II
⭐ 6.91
For Beauty's Sake
⭐ 0
Auntie Mame
⭐ 7
The Girl Habit
⭐ 0
Arbor Day
⭐ 6
Enemies of Women
⭐ 5.2
⭐ 6.8
⭐ 6.2
⭐ 6
⭐ 6