Margaret Dumont

Margaret Dumont Acting

19 Oct, 1882 in Brooklyn, New York, USA – 06 Mar, 1965 (82)

 

Margaret Dumont Acting

19 Oct, 1882 in Brooklyn, New York, USA – 06 Mar, 1965 (82)

 
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... see more
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... see more

Acting ((archive footage))

02/01/1982

Acting ((archive footage))

23/03/1979

Acting ((archive footage))

16/05/1976

Acting (Self (archive footage))

06/08/1975

Acting (Self (archive footage))

10/01/1972

Acting (Mrs. Foster)

02/07/1964

Acting (Persephone Updike)

03/10/1962

Acting (Dowager #1)

03/01/1960

Acting (Noblewoman in Play (uncredited))

04/12/1958

Acting (Georgianna Fitzdingle)

01/11/1956

Acting (Mrs. Whitelaw)

10/12/1952

Acting (Mrs. Agnes Hawthorne)

26/06/1952

Acting (Mrs. Starr)

13/12/1946

Acting (Mrs. Hendrickson)

22/02/1946

Acting (Aunt Dolly / Aunt Arabella)

29/09/1945

Acting (Mrs. Standish)

02/05/1945

Acting (Mme. Traviata / Miss Rodholder)

28/04/1945

Acting (Mrs. Allenwood)

27/06/1944

Acting (Mrs. Croxton-Lynch)

25/04/1944

Acting (Mrs. Willoughby)

17/02/1944

Acting (Louise Harlan)

19/11/1943

Acting (Ophelia MacDougal)

11/12/1942

Acting (Mme. Langehanke (uncredited))

05/08/1942

Acting (Mrs. Culpepper)

16/04/1942

Acting (Flo Faulkner - Landlady)

06/03/1942

Acting (Mrs. E. V. Lawson)

18/02/1942

Acting (Mrs. Hemogloben)

10/10/1941

Acting (Martha Phelps)

20/06/1941

Acting (Mrs. Franklin Evans)

06/06/1941

Acting (Mrs. Suzanna Dukesbury)

20/10/1939

Acting (Pantomime Teacher)

09/12/1938

Acting (Mrs. Bell-Rivington)

31/12/1937

Acting (Martha Arlington)

07/11/1937

Acting (Mrs. Abernathy)

04/10/1937

Acting (Mrs. Penner)

03/09/1937

Acting (Emily Upjohn)

11/06/1937

Acting (Woman Outside (uncredited))

02/05/1936

Acting (Mrs. Whitney)

11/03/1936

Acting (Mrs. Wentworth)

24/01/1936
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