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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).

Casted
  • Duck Soup

    Duck Soup

    Played Gloria Teasdale

    Average Rating
    7.3
    827 votes
    Release Date
    Nov 12, 1933
    93 years ago
  • A Night at the Opera

    A Night at the Opera

    Played Mrs. Claypool

    Average Rating
    7.4
    525 votes
    Release Date
    Nov 15, 1935
    91 years ago
  • Animal Crackers

    Animal Crackers

    Played Mrs. Rittenhouse

    Average Rating
    6.9
    251 votes
    Release Date
    Aug 08, 1930
    97 years ago
  • A Day at the Races

    A Day at the Races

    Played Emily Upjohn

    Average Rating
    7.1
    219 votes
    Release Date
    Jun 11, 1937
    90 years ago
  • Auntie Mame

    Auntie Mame

    Played Noblewoman in Play (uncredited)

    Average Rating
    7.0
    121 votes
    Release Date
    Dec 04, 1958
    68 years ago
  • The Cocoanuts

    The Cocoanuts

    Played Mrs. Potter

    Average Rating
    6.4
    120 votes
    Release Date
    May 23, 1929
    98 years ago
  • What a Way to Go!

    What a Way to Go!

    Played Mrs. Foster

    Average Rating
    7.1
    98 votes
    Release Date
    Jul 02, 1964
    62 years ago
  • At the Circus

    At the Circus

    Played Mrs. Suzanna Dukesbury

    Average Rating
    6.4
    95 votes
    Release Date
    Oct 20, 1939
    87 years ago
  • The Big Store

    The Big Store

    Played Martha Phelps

    Average Rating
    6.2
    73 votes
    Release Date
    Jun 20, 1941
    86 years ago
  • That's Entertainment, Part II

    That's Entertainment, Part II

    Played (archive footage)

    Average Rating
    6.9
    39 votes
    Release Date
    May 16, 1976
    50 years ago
  • Never Give a Sucker an Even Break

    Never Give a Sucker an Even Break

    Played Mrs. Hemogloben

    Average Rating
    6.9
    37 votes
    Release Date
    Oct 10, 1941
    85 years ago
  • Tales of Manhattan

    Tales of Manhattan

    Played Mme. Langehanke (uncredited)

    Average Rating
    6.2
    34 votes
    Release Date
    Aug 05, 1942
    84 years ago
  • Bathing Beauty

    Bathing Beauty

    Played Mrs. Allenwood

    Average Rating
    5.7
    31 votes
    Release Date
    Jun 27, 1944
    82 years ago
  • The Dancing Masters

    The Dancing Masters

    Played Louise Harlan

    Average Rating
    6.2
    30 votes
    Release Date
    Nov 19, 1943
    83 years ago
  • Little Giant

    Little Giant

    Played Mrs. Hendrickson

    Average Rating
    5.1
    20 votes
    Release Date
    Feb 22, 1946
    81 years ago
  • The Horn Blows at Midnight

    The Horn Blows at Midnight

    Played Mme. Traviata / Miss Rodholder

    Average Rating
    5.7
    20 votes
    Release Date
    Apr 28, 1945
    82 years ago
  • Zotz!

    Zotz!

    Played Persephone Updike

    Average Rating
    5.6
    16 votes
    Release Date
    Oct 03, 1962
    64 years ago
  • Reckless

    Reckless

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

    Average Rating
    5.0
    13 votes
    Release Date
    Apr 19, 1935
    92 years ago
  • After Office Hours

    After Office Hours

    Played Mrs. Murchison (uncredited)

    Average Rating
    6.4
    13 votes
    Release Date
    Feb 22, 1935
    92 years ago
  • Up in Arms

    Up in Arms

    Played Mrs. Willoughby

    Average Rating
    5.6
    9 votes
    Release Date
    Feb 17, 1944
    83 years ago
  • Anything Goes

    Anything Goes

    Played Mrs. Wentworth

    Average Rating
    5.3
    9 votes
    Release Date
    Jan 24, 1936
    91 years ago
  • Kentucky Kernels

    Kentucky Kernels

    Played Mrs. Baxter

    Average Rating
    6.3
    9 votes
    Release Date
    Nov 02, 1934
    92 years ago
  • Rendezvous

    Rendezvous

    Played Mrs. Hendricks (uncredited)

    Average Rating
    4.3
    8 votes
    Release Date
    Oct 25, 1935
    91 years ago
  • Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?

    Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?

    Played Self (archive footage)

    Average Rating
    6.1
    8 votes
    Release Date
    Aug 06, 1975
    51 years ago
  • Wise Girl

    Wise Girl

    Played Mrs. Bell-Rivington

    Average Rating
    7.0
    6 votes
    Release Date
    Dec 31, 1937
    89 years ago
  • Youth on Parole

    Youth on Parole

    Played Mrs. Abernathy

    Average Rating
    2.8
    6 votes
    Release Date
    Oct 04, 1937
    89 years ago
  • A Tale of Two Cities

    A Tale of Two Cities

    Played Aristocrat (uncredited)

    Average Rating
    4.8
    6 votes
    Release Date
    Mar 10, 1917
    110 years ago
  • Shake, Rattle and Rock!

    Shake, Rattle and Rock!

    Played Georgianna Fitzdingle

    Average Rating
    4.6
    5 votes
    Release Date
    Nov 01, 1956
    70 years ago
  • Dramatic School

    Dramatic School

    Played Pantomime Teacher

    Average Rating
    6.2
    4 votes
    Release Date
    Dec 09, 1938
    88 years ago
  • Seven Days Ashore

    Seven Days Ashore

    Played Mrs. Croxton-Lynch

    Average Rating
    2.8
    4 votes
    Release Date
    Apr 25, 1944
    83 years ago
  • The Life of the Party

    The Life of the Party

    Played Mrs. Penner

    Average Rating
    5.2
    4 votes
    Release Date
    Sep 03, 1937
    89 years ago
  • Born to Sing

    Born to Sing

    Played Mrs. E. V. Lawson

    Average Rating
    5.0
    4 votes
    Release Date
    Feb 18, 1942
    85 years ago
  • Storm at Daybreak

    Storm at Daybreak

    Played Duchess Sophie (uncredited)

    Average Rating
    5.8
    4 votes
    Release Date
    Jun 14, 1933
    94 years ago
  • About Face

    About Face

    Played Mrs. Culpepper

    Average Rating
    6.0
    3 votes
    Release Date
    Apr 16, 1942
    85 years ago
  • Gridiron Flash

    Gridiron Flash

    Played Mrs. Fields

    Average Rating
    3.3
    3 votes
    Release Date
    Oct 06, 1934
    92 years ago
  • High Flyers

    High Flyers

    Played Martha Arlington

    Average Rating
    7.0
    3 votes
    Release Date
    Nov 07, 1937
    89 years ago
  • Sunset in El Dorado

    Sunset in El Dorado

    Played Aunt Dolly / Aunt Arabella

    Average Rating
    4.2
    3 votes
    Release Date
    Sep 29, 1945
    81 years ago
  • Arbor Day

    Arbor Day

    Played Woman Outside (uncredited)

    Average Rating
    6.0
    3 votes
    Release Date
    May 02, 1936
    91 years ago
  • Hollywood: The Dream Factory

    Hollywood: The Dream Factory

    Played Self (archive footage)

    Average Rating
    6.0
    2 votes
    Release Date
    Jan 10, 1972
    55 years ago
  • Fifteen Wives

    Fifteen Wives

    Played Sybilla Crum

    Average Rating
    1.0
    2 votes
    Release Date
    Jul 15, 1934
    93 years ago
  • Sing Your Worries Away

    Sing Your Worries Away

    Played Flo Faulkner - Landlady

    Average Rating
    5.5
    2 votes
    Release Date
    Mar 06, 1942
    85 years ago
  • Enemies of Women

    Enemies of Women

    Played French Beauty

    Average Rating
    5.2
    2 votes
    Release Date
    Apr 15, 1923
    104 years ago
  • Stop, You're Killing Me

    Stop, You're Killing Me

    Played Mrs. Whitelaw

    Average Rating
    5.0
    1 votes
    Release Date
    Dec 10, 1952
    74 years ago
  • Diamond Horseshoe

    Diamond Horseshoe

    Played Mrs. Standish

    Average Rating
    4.0
    1 votes
    Release Date
    May 02, 1945
    82 years ago

  • Gypsy Sweetheart

    Played Mrs. Van Updyke

    Average Rating
    1.0
    1 votes
    Release Date
    Mar 30, 1935
    92 years ago
  • The Hollywood Clowns

    The Hollywood Clowns

    Played (archive footage)

    Average Rating
    0.0
    0 votes
    Release Date
    Mar 23, 1979
    47 years ago
  • The Marx Brothers in a Nutshell

    The Marx Brothers in a Nutshell

    Played (archive footage)

    Average Rating
    0.0
    0 votes
    Release Date
    Jan 02, 1982
    44 years ago
  • Three for Bedroom C

    Three for Bedroom C

    Played Mrs. Agnes Hawthorne

    Average Rating
    0.0
    0 votes
    Release Date
    Jun 26, 1952
    74 years ago
  • Wonderland of California

    Wonderland of California

    Played Self

    Average Rating
    0.0
    0 votes
    Release Date
    Jan 01, 1933
    94 years ago
  • Song and Dance Man

    Song and Dance Man

    Played Mrs. Whitney

    Average Rating
    0.0
    0 votes
    Release Date
    Mar 11, 1936
    91 years ago
  • Rhythm Parade

    Rhythm Parade

    Played Ophelia MacDougal

    Average Rating
    0.0
    0 votes
    Release Date
    Dec 11, 1942
    84 years ago

  • Here, Prince

    Played The Queen of Deleria (uncredited)

    Average Rating
    0.0
    0 votes
    Release Date
    Oct 01, 1932
    94 years ago
  • Hidden Hollywood II: More Treasures from the 20th Century Fox Vaults

    Hidden Hollywood II: More Treasures from the 20th Century Fox Vaults

    Played (archive footage)

    Average Rating
    0.0
    0 votes
    Release Date
    Jul 20, 1999
    27 years ago
  • For Beauty's Sake

    For Beauty's Sake

    Played Mrs. Franklin Evans

    Average Rating
    0.0
    0 votes
    Release Date
    Jun 06, 1941
    86 years ago
  • The Girl Habit

    The Girl Habit

    Played Blanche Ledyard

    Average Rating
    0.0
    0 votes
    Release Date
    Jun 27, 1931
    96 years ago
  • Around the World with Nellie Bly

    Around the World with Nellie Bly

    Played Dowager #1

    Average Rating
    0.0
    0 votes
    Release Date
    Jan 03, 1960
    67 years ago
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