Margaret Dumont

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 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).

Tentang

Stage Name: Margaret Dumont

Peran: Acting

Reputasi: 0.1613

Jenis Kelamin: Perempuan

Tanggal Lahir: 1882-10-19

Lokasi Lahir: Brooklyn, New York, USA

Riwayat Perfilman

1982

The Marx Brothers in a Nutshell

(archive footage)

1979

The Hollywood Clowns

(archive footage)

1976

That's Entertainment, Part II

(archive footage)

1975

Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?

Self (archive footage)

1972

Hollywood: The Dream Factory

Self (archive footage)

1964

What a Way to Go!

Mrs. Foster

1962

Zotz!

Persephone Updike

1958

Auntie Mame

Noblewoman in Play (uncredited)

1956

Shake, Rattle and Rock!

Georgianna Fitzdingle

1952

Stop, You're Killing Me

Mrs. Whitelaw

1952

Three for Bedroom C

Mrs. Agnes Hawthorne

1946

Little Giant

Mrs. Hendrickson

1945

Sunset in El Dorado

Aunt Dolly / Aunt Arabella

1945

Diamond Horseshoe

Mrs. Standish

1945

The Horn Blows at Midnight

Mme. Traviata / Miss Rodholder

1944

Bathing Beauty

Mrs. Allenwood

1944

Seven Days Ashore

Mrs. Croxton-Lynch

1944

Up in Arms

Mrs. Willoughby

1943

The Dancing Masters

Louise Harlan

1942

Rhythm Parade

Ophelia MacDougal

1942

Tales of Manhattan

Mme. Langehanke (uncredited)

1942

About Face

Mrs. Culpepper

1942

Sing Your Worries Away

Flo Faulkner - Landlady

1942

Born to Sing

Mrs. E. V. Lawson

1941

The Big Store

Martha Phelps

1941

For Beauty's Sake

Mrs. Franklin Evans

1939

At the Circus

Mrs. Suzanna Dukesbury

1938

Dramatic School

Pantomime Teacher

1937

Wise Girl

Mrs. Bell-Rivington

1937

High Flyers

Martha Arlington

1937

Youth on Parole

Mrs. Abernathy

1937

The Life of the Party

Mrs. Penner

1937

A Day at the Races

Emily Upjohn

1936

Arbor Day

Woman Outside (uncredited)

1936

Song and Dance Man

Mrs. Whitney

1936

Anything Goes

Mrs. Wentworth

1935

A Night at the Opera

Mrs. Claypool

1935

Rendezvous

Mrs. Hendricks (uncredited)

1935

Reckless

Woman in Audience Yelling 'Get Off the Stage' (uncredited)

1935

Gypsy Sweetheart

Mrs. Van Updyke

1935

After Office Hours

Mrs. Murchison (uncredited)

1934

Kentucky Kernels

Mrs. Baxter

1934

Gridiron Flash

Mrs. Fields

1934

Fifteen Wives

Sybilla Crum

1934

We're Rich Again

Wedding Guest (uncredited)

1933

Duck Soup

Gloria Teasdale

1933

Storm at Daybreak

Duchess Sophie (uncredited)

1932

Here, Prince

The Queen of Deleria (uncredited)

1931

The Girl Habit

Blanche Ledyard

1930

Animal Crackers

Mrs. Rittenhouse

1929

The Cocoanuts

Mrs. Potter

1923

Enemies of Women

French Beauty

1917

A Tale of Two Cities

Aristocrat (uncredited)