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).
Known for
ActingBirthday
October 19, 1882Deathday
March 6, 1965Gender
FemaleKnown Movie Credits
53Place of birth
Brooklyn, New York, USAAlso known as
Daisy Juliette Baker, Маргарет ДюмонCast credits
Duck Soup
Gloria TeasdaleThe Cocoanuts
Mrs. PotterA Day at the Races
Emily UpjohnThe Big Store
Martha PhelpsNever Give a Sucker an Even Break
Mrs. HemoglobenAnimal Crackers
Mrs. RittenhouseLittle Giant
Mrs. HendricksonBathing Beauty
Mrs. AllenwoodA Night at the Opera
Mrs. ClaypoolThe Horn Blows at Midnight
Mme. Traviata / Miss RodholderThe Dancing Masters
Louise HarlanStop, You're Killing Me
Mrs. WhitelawThe Marx Brothers in a Nutshell
(archive footage)Diamond Horseshoe
Mrs. StandishAbout Face
Mrs. CulpepperUp in Arms
Mrs. WilloughbyWise Girl
Mrs. Bell-RivingtonAnything Goes
Mrs. WentworthDramatic School
Pantomime TeacherYouth on Parole
Mrs. AbernathyThree for Bedroom C
Mrs. Agnes Hawthorne