Margaret Dumont
Acting
Born October 19, 1882 · Brooklyn, New York, USA
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 Crackers (1930), and was given a Paramount contract at the same time they were. She…
Known For · 40 titles
The Donna Reed Show
The Colgate Comedy Hour
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
Racket Squad
Bathing Beauty
A Day at the Races
Duck Soup
A Night at the Opera
That's Entertainment, Part II
Auntie Mame
What a Way to Go!
Animal Crackers
Wise Girl
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
Tales of Manhattan
The Cocoanuts
Song and Dance Man
The Big Store
Up in Arms
The Life of the Party
Reckless
The Horn Blows at Midnight
At the Circus
Born to Sing
About Face
The Dancing Masters
Hidden Hollywood II: More Treasures from the 20th Century Fox Vaults
Around the World with Nellie Bly
Little Giant
The Hollywood Clowns
The Girl Habit
Rendezvous
Wonderland of California
Stop, You're Killing Me
After Office Hours
Sunset in El Dorado
Anything Goes
Kentucky Kernels
Zotz!