Margaret Dumont

Margaret Dumont

Birthday: 1882-10-19

Deathday: 1965-03-06

Place of birth: Brooklyn, New York, USA

Also known as: Daisy Juliette Baker, Маргарет Дюмон

imdb_id: nm0241669

Biography:

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).

Played in movies:

A Night at the Opera

Score: 7.4

Duck Soup

Score: 7.3

A Day at the Races

Score: 7.1

Auntie Mame

Score: 7.0

What a Way to Go!

Score: 7.0

High Flyers

Score: 7.0

Wise Girl

Score: 7.0

Never Give a Sucker an Even Break

Score: 6.9

That's Entertainment, Part II

Score: 6.9

Animal Crackers

Score: 6.9

After Office Hours

Score: 6.4

The Cocoanuts

Score: 6.4

Tales of Manhattan

Score: 6.3

At the Circus

Score: 6.3

Dramatic School

Score: 6.2

The Big Store

Score: 6.2

Kentucky Kernels

Score: 6.1

Arbor Day

Score: 6.0

About Face

Score: 6.0

Hollywood: The Dream Factory

Score: 6.0

The Dancing Masters

Score: 6.0

Up in Arms

Score: 5.9

Storm at Daybreak

Score: 5.8

The Horn Blows at Midnight

Score: 5.8

Bathing Beauty

Score: 5.8

Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?

Score: 5.7

Zotz!

Score: 5.7

Sing Your Worries Away

Score: 5.5

Reckless

Score: 5.3

Anything Goes

Score: 5.3

Little Giant

Score: 5.3

Enemies of Women

Score: 5.2

The Life of the Party

Score: 5.2

Born to Sing

Score: 5.0

Stop, You're Killing Me

Score: 5.0

A Tale of Two Cities

Score: 4.8

Rendezvous

Score: 4.8

Shake, Rattle and Rock!

Score: 4.6

Seven Days Ashore

Score: 4.5

Sunset in El Dorado

Score: 4.2

We're Rich Again

Score: 4.0

Diamond Horseshoe

Score: 4.0

Gridiron Flash

Score: 3.3

Youth on Parole

Score: 3.2

Gypsy Sweetheart

Score: 1.0

Fifteen Wives

Score: 1.0

The Girl Habit

Score: 0.0

For Beauty's Sake

Score: 0.0

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

Score: 0.0

Here, Prince

Score: 0.0

Rhythm Parade

Score: 0.0

Song and Dance Man

Score: 0.0

Wonderland of California

Score: 0.0

Three for Bedroom C

Score: 0.0

The Marx Brothers in a Nutshell

Score: 0.0

The Hollywood Clowns

Score: 0.0

Played in tv shows:

The Colgate Comedy Hour

Score: 6.8

The Donna Reed Show

Score: 6.2

Racket Squad

Score: 6.0

The Dinah Shore Chevy Show

Score: 6.0