Margaret Dumont
Geboren 19. Okt. 1882 · Brooklyn, New York, USA
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).
Bekannt für
Hidden Hollywood II: More Treasures from the 20th Century Fox Vaults
1999
The Marx Brothers in a Nutshell
1982
The Hollywood Clowns
1979
Das gibt’s nie wieder II
1976
Immer mit einem anderen
1964
Zotz!
1962
Around the World with Nellie Bly
1960
Mutter ist die allerbeste
1958
Die tolle Tante
1958
Shake, Rattle and Rock!
1956
Stop, You're Killing Me
1952
Three for Bedroom C
1952
Racket Squad
1951
Little Giant
1946
Susie Steps Out
1946
Der Engel mit der Trompete
1945
Sunset in El Dorado
1945
Diamond Horseshoe
1945
Badende Venus
1944
Up in Arms
1944
Seven Days Ashore
1944
Dick und Doof: Die Tanzmeister
1943
About Face
1942
Sechs Schicksale
1942
Born to Sing
1942
Rhythm Parade
1942
Sing Your Worries Away
1942
Die Marx Brothers im Kaufhaus
1941
Gib einem Trottel keine Chance
1941
For Beauty's Sake
1941
Die Marx Brothers im Zirkus
1939
Dramatic School
1938
Marx Brothers - Das große Rennen
1937
Wise Girl
1937
The Life of the Party
1937
Youth on Parole
1937
High Flyers
1937
Song and Dance Man
1936
Anything Goes
1936
Kleine Leute, ganz groß
1936
Die Marx Brothers in der Oper
1935
Die öffentliche Meinung
1935
Spione küßt man nicht
1935
Nach Büroschluß
1935
Kentucky Kernels
1934
Fifteen Wives
1934
Gridiron Flash
1934
Die Marx Brothers im Krieg
1933
Storm at Daybreak
1933
The Girl Habit
1931
Animal Crackers
1930
The Cocoanuts
1929
Frauenfeinde
1923
A Tale of Two Cities
1917