Margaret Dumont
Acting
- Nacimiento:
- 1882-10-19
- Fallecimiento:
- 1965-03-06
- Lugar de nacimiento:
- Brooklyn, New York, USA
Biografía
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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Filmografía
Hidden Hollywood II: More Treasures from the 20th Century Fox Vaults
The Marx Brothers in a Nutshell
The Hollywood Clowns
Hollywood, Hollywood
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
Ella y sus maridos
Zotz!
Around the World with Nellie Bly
Tía y mamá
The Donna Reed Show
Shake, Rattle and Rock!
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
Stop, You're Killing Me
Three for Bedroom C
Racket Squad
The Colgate Comedy Hour
Susie Steps Out
El pequeño fenómeno
Sunset in El Dorado
Diamond Horseshoe
Un toque de trompeta a medianoche
Escuela de Sirenas
Tres chicas para tres marinos
Rumbo a Oriente
The Dancing Masters
Rhythm Parade
Seis destinos
About Face
Sing Your Worries Away
Born to Sing
Never Give a Sucker an Even Break
Tienda de locos
For Beauty's Sake
Una tarde en el circo
Dramatic School
Wise Girl
High Flyers
Youth on Parole
The Life of the Party
Un día en las carreras
Arbor Day
Song and Dance Man
Todo vale
Una noche en la ópera
Rendezvous
La indómita
Gypsy Sweetheart
El escándalo del día
Kentucky Kernels
Gridiron Flash
Fifteen Wives
Sopa de ganso
Storm at Daybreak
Wonderland of California
Here, Prince
The Girl Habit
El conflicto de los Hermanos Marx
Los cuatro cocos
Enemies of Women
A Tale of Two Cities