Margaret Dumont
Nato/a 19 ott 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).
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Hidden Hollywood II: More Treasures from the 20th Century Fox Vaults
1999
The Marx Brothers in a Nutshell
1982
The Hollywood Clowns
1979
Hollywood Hollywood
1976
La signora e i suoi mariti
1964
Zotz!
1962
Around the World with Nellie Bly
1960
The Donna Reed Show
1958
La signora mia zia
1958
Shake, Rattle and Rock!
1956
4 morti irrequieti
1952
Three for Bedroom C
1952
Racket Squad
1951
Il piccolo gigante
1946
Susie Steps Out
1946
La tromba squilla a mezzanotte
1945
Sunset in El Dorado
1945
Il cavallino d'oro
1945
Bellezze al bagno
1944
Così vinsi la guerra
1944
Seven Days Ashore
1944
Maestri di ballo
1943
About Face
1942
Destino
1942
Born to Sing
1942
Rhythm Parade
1942
Sing Your Worries Away
1942
Il Bazar delle follie
1941
Never Give a Sucker an Even Break
1941
For Beauty's Sake
1941
Tre pazzi a zonzo
1939
Dramatic School
1938
Un giorno alle corse
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
Arbor Day
1936
Una notte all'opera
1935
Tentazione bionda
1935
Rendezvous
1935
Lo scandalo del giorno
1935
Kentucky Kernels
1934
Fifteen Wives
1934
Gridiron Flash
1934
La guerra lampo dei fratelli Marx
1933
Storm at Daybreak
1933
The Girl Habit
1931
Animal Crackers
1930
Noci di cocco
1929
I nemici delle donne
1923
A Tale of Two Cities
1917