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 Crac
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Known For Acting
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Gender Female
Birthday 1882-10-19
Place of Birth Brooklyn, New York, USA
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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 . . . . Read More moss
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Hidden Hollywood II: More Treasures from the 20th Century Fox Vaults as Self (archiveFootage) 1982
The Marx Brothers in a Nutshell as (archive footage) 1979
The Hollywood Clowns as (archive footage) 1976
That's Entertainment, Part II as (archive footage) 1975
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? as Self (archive footage) 1972
Hollywood: The Dream Factory as Self (archive footage) 1964
What a Way to Go! as Mrs. Foster 1962
Zotz! as Persephone Updike 1958
Auntie Mame as Noblewoman in Play (uncredited) 1956
Shake, Rattle and Rock! as Georgianna Fitzdingle 1952
Stop, You're Killing Me as Mrs. Whitelaw 1952
Three for Bedroom C as Mrs. Agnes Hawthorne 1946
Little Giant as Mrs. Hendrickson 1945
Sunset in El Dorado as Aunt Dolly / Aunt Arabella 1945
Diamond Horseshoe as Mrs. Standish 1945
The Horn Blows at Midnight as Mme. Traviata / Miss Rodholder 1944
Bathing Beauty as Mrs. Allenwood 1944
Seven Days Ashore as Mrs. Croxton-Lynch 1944
Up in Arms as Mrs. Willoughby 1943
The Dancing Masters as Louise Harlan 1942
Rhythm Parade as Ophelia MacDougal 1942
Tales of Manhattan as Mme. Langehanke (uncredited) 1942
About Face as Mrs. Culpepper 1942
Sing Your Worries Away as Flo Faulkner - Landlady 1942
Born to Sing as Mrs. E. V. Lawson 1941
Never Give a Sucker an Even Break as Mrs. Hemogloben 1941
The Big Store as Martha Phelps 1941
For Beauty's Sake as Mrs. Franklin Evans 1939
At the Circus as Mrs. Suzanna Dukesbury 1938
Dramatic School as Pantomime Teacher 1937
Wise Girl as Mrs. Bell-Rivington 1937
High Flyers as Martha Arlington 1937
Youth on Parole as Mrs. Abernathy 1937
The Life of the Party as Mrs. Penner 1937
A Day at the Races as Emily Upjohn 1936
Arbor Day as Woman Outside (uncredited) 1936
Song and Dance Man as Mrs. Whitney 1936
Anything Goes as Mrs. Wentworth 1935
A Night at the Opera as Mrs. Claypool 1935
Rendezvous as Mrs. Hendricks (uncredited) 1935
Reckless as Woman in Audience Yelling 'Get Off the Stage' (uncredited) 1935
Gypsy Sweetheart as Mrs. Van Updyke 1935
After Office Hours as Mrs. Murchison (uncredited) 1934
Kentucky Kernels as Mrs. Baxter 1934
Gridiron Flash as Mrs. Fields 1934
Fifteen Wives as Sybilla Crum 1934
We're Rich Again as Wedding Guest (uncredited) 1933
Duck Soup as Gloria Teasdale 1933
Storm at Daybreak as Duchess Sophie (uncredited) 1933
Wonderland of California as Self 1932
Here, Prince as The Queen of Deleria (uncredited) 1931
The Girl Habit as Blanche Ledyard 1930
Animal Crackers as Mrs. Rittenhouse 1929
The Cocoanuts as Mrs. Potter 1923
Enemies of Women as French Beauty 1917
A Tale of Two Cities as Aristocrat (uncredited)
Coming Soon (1 episode) as Self
Coming Soon (1 episode) as Self 
