Margaret Dumont
Known for Acting · 61 credits
- Born
- 1882-10-19
- Died
- 1965-03-06
- Place of birth
- Brooklyn, New York, USA
- Also known as
- Daisy Juliette Baker · Маргарет Дюмон
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).
Known For
TV Shows (4)
Movies (57)
Duck Soup
1933
as Gloria Teasdale
Bathing Beauty
1944
as Mrs. Allenwood
What a Way to Go!
1964
as Mrs. Foster
Auntie Mame
1958
as Noblewoman in Play (uncredited)
A Night at the Opera
1935
as Mrs. Claypool
Gridiron Flash
1934
as Mrs. Fields
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
1975
as Self (archive footage)
Anything Goes
1936
as Mrs. Wentworth
A Day at the Races
1937
as Emily Upjohn
Fifteen Wives
1934
as Sybilla Crum
That's Entertainment, Part II
1976
as (archive footage)
At the Circus
1939
as Mrs. Suzanna Dukesbury
Rendezvous
1935
as Mrs. Hendricks (uncredited)
Tales of Manhattan
1942
as Mme. Langehanke (uncredited)
Rhythm Parade
1942
as Ophelia MacDougal
The Big Store
1941
as Martha Phelps
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
1972
as Self (archive footage)
Diamond Horseshoe
1945
as Mrs. Standish
Reckless
1935
as Woman in Audience Yelling 'Get Off the Stage' (uncredited)
The Cocoanuts
1929
as Mrs. Potter
Little Giant
1946
as Mrs. Hendrickson
About Face
1942
as Mrs. Culpepper
High Flyers
1937
as Martha Arlington
The Marx Brothers in a Nutshell
1982
as (archive footage)
Animal Crackers
1930
as Mrs. Rittenhouse
Zotz!
1962
as Persephone Updike
Youth on Parole
1937
as Mrs. Abernathy
Never Give a Sucker an Even Break
1941
as Mrs. Hemogloben
The Hollywood Clowns
1979
as (archive footage)
Up in Arms
1944
as Mrs. Willoughby
Seven Days Ashore
1944
as Mrs. Croxton-Lynch
Kentucky Kernels
1934
as Mrs. Baxter
Sunset in El Dorado
1945
as Aunt Dolly / Aunt Arabella
Stop, You're Killing Me
1952
as Mrs. Whitelaw
The Horn Blows at Midnight
1945
as Mme. Traviata / Miss Rodholder
Hidden Hollywood II: More Treasures from the 20th Century Fox Vaults
1999
as (archive footage)
The Dancing Masters
1943
as Louise Harlan
The Life of the Party
1937
as Mrs. Penner
The Girl Habit
1931
as Blanche Ledyard
Dramatic School
1938
as Pantomime Teacher
Shake, Rattle and Rock!
1956
as Georgianna Fitzdingle
After Office Hours
1935
as Mrs. Murchison (uncredited)
Sing Your Worries Away
1942
as Flo Faulkner - Landlady
Born to Sing
1942
as Mrs. E. V. Lawson
For Beauty's Sake
1941
as Mrs. Franklin Evans
Storm at Daybreak
1933
as Duchess Sophie (uncredited)
A Tale of Two Cities
1917
as Aristocrat (uncredited)
Song and Dance Man
1936
as Mrs. Whitney
Arbor Day
1936
as Woman Outside (uncredited)
Enemies of Women
1923
as French Beauty
Wonderland of California
1933
as Self
Wise Girl
1937
as Mrs. Bell-Rivington
Susie Steps Out
1946
as Mrs. Starr
Three for Bedroom C
1952
as Mrs. Agnes Hawthorne
Around the World with Nellie Bly
1960
as Dowager #1
Gypsy Sweetheart
1935
as Mrs. Van Updyke
Here, Prince
1932
as The Queen of Deleria (uncredited)
About 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… With 61 credits spanning from 1917 to 1999, Margaret Dumont has appeared in 57 films and 4 TV shows.
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Most Popular Margaret Dumont Movies
- Duck Soup (1933) — as Gloria Teasdale
- Bathing Beauty (1944) — as Mrs. Allenwood
- What a Way to Go! (1964) — as Mrs. Foster
- Auntie Mame (1958) — as Noblewoman in Play (uncredited)
- A Night at the Opera (1935) — as Mrs. Claypool
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