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Margaret Dumont

Margaret Dumont

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Gender

Female

Birthday

19/10/1882

Day of Death

06/03/1965
(83) years old

Place of Birth

Brooklyn, New York, USA

Margaret Dumont

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 ... Read More

Known For

Duck Soup

The Cocoanuts

At the Circus

A Day at the Races

A Day at the Races

The Big Store

The Hollywood Clowns

The Hollywood Clowns

Animal Crackers

Animal Crackers

Never Give a Sucker an Even Break

Never Give a Sucker an Even Break

Little Giant

Bathing Beauty

Filmography

Cast

1999

Hidden Hollywood II: More Treasures from...

as (archive footage)

1982

The Marx Brothers in a Nutshell

as (archive footage)

1979

The Hollywood Clowns

as (archive footage)

1976

That's Entertainment, Part II

as (archive footage)

1975

Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?

as Self (archive footage)

1972

Hollywood: The Dream Factory

as Self (archive footage)

1964

What a Way to Go!

as Mrs. Foster

1962

Zotz!

as Persephone Updike

1960

Around the World with Nellie Bly

as Dowager #1

1958

Auntie Mame

as Noblewoman in Play (uncredited)

1956

Shake, Rattle and Rock!

as Georgianna Fitzdingle

1952

Stop, You're Killing Me

as Mrs. Whitelaw

1952

Three for Bedroom C

as Mrs. Agnes Hawthorne

1946

Little Giant

as Mrs. Hendrickson

1945

Sunset in El Dorado

as Aunt Dolly / Aunt Arabella

1945

Diamond Horseshoe

as Mrs. Standish

1945

The Horn Blows at Midnight

as Mme. Traviata / Miss Rodholder

1944

Bathing Beauty

as Mrs. Allenwood

1944

Seven Days Ashore

as Mrs. Croxton-Lynch

1944

Up in Arms

as Mrs. Willoughby

1943

The Dancing Masters

as Louise Harlan

1942

Rhythm Parade

as Ophelia MacDougal

1942

Tales of Manhattan

as Mme. Langehanke (uncredited)

1942

About Face

as Mrs. Culpepper

1942

Sing Your Worries Away

as Flo Faulkner - Landlady

1942

Born to Sing

as Mrs. E. V. Lawson

1941

Never Give a Sucker an Even Break

as Mrs. Hemogloben

1941

The Big Store

as Martha Phelps

1941

For Beauty's Sake

as Mrs. Franklin Evans

1939

At the Circus

as Mrs. Suzanna Dukesbury

1938

Dramatic School

as Pantomime Teacher

1937

Wise Girl

as Mrs. Bell-Rivington

1937

High Flyers

as Martha Arlington

1937

Youth on Parole

as Mrs. Abernathy

1937

The Life of the Party

as Mrs. Penner

1937

A Day at the Races

as Emily Upjohn

1936

Arbor Day

as Woman Outside (uncredited)

1936

Song and Dance Man

as Mrs. Whitney

1936

Anything Goes

as Mrs. Wentworth

1935

A Night at the Opera

as Mrs. Claypool

1935

Rendezvous

as Mrs. Hendricks (uncredited)

1935

Reckless

as Woman in Audience Yelling 'Get Off the S...

1935

Gypsy Sweetheart

as Mrs. Van Updyke

1935

After Office Hours

as Mrs. Murchison (uncredited)

1934

Kentucky Kernels

as Mrs. Baxter

1934

Gridiron Flash

as Mrs. Fields

1934

Fifteen Wives

as Sybilla Crum

1933

Duck Soup

as Gloria Teasdale

1933

Storm at Daybreak

as Duchess Sophie (uncredited)

1933

Wonderland of California

as Self

1932

Here, Prince

as The Queen of Deleria (uncredited)

1931

The Girl Habit

as Blanche Ledyard

1930

Animal Crackers

as Mrs. Rittenhouse

1929

The Cocoanuts

as Mrs. Potter

1923

Enemies of Women

as French Beauty

1917

A Tale of Two Cities

as Aristocrat (uncredited)