Margaret Dumont
Birthday
1882/10/19
Day of death
1965/03/06 (82 years old)
Gender
Female
Place of Birth
Brooklyn, New York, USA
Also know 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 (1...Read more
Acting
(1933) Duck Soup
as Gloria Teasdale
(1929) The Cocoanuts
as Mrs. Potter
(1939) At the Circus
as Mrs. Suzanna Dukesbury
(1937) A Day at the Races
as Emily Upjohn
(1941) The Big Store
as Martha Phelps
(1979) The Hollywood Clowns
as (archive footage)
(1930) Animal Crackers
as Mrs. Rittenhouse
(1941) Never Give a Sucker an Even Break
as Mrs. Hemogloben
(1946) Little Giant
as Mrs. Hendrickson
(1944) Bathing Beauty
as Mrs. Allenwood
(1935) A Night at the Opera
as Mrs. Claypool
(1945) The Horn Blows at Midnight
as Mme. Traviata / Miss Rodholder
(1943) The Dancing Masters
as Louise Harlan
(1952) Stop, You're Killing Me
as Mrs. Whitelaw
(1982) The Marx Brothers in a Nutshell
as (archive footage)
(1935) Rendezvous
as Mrs. Hendricks (uncredited)
(1945) Diamond Horseshoe
as Mrs. Standish
(1972) Hollywood: The Dream Factory
as Self (archive footage)
(1942) About Face
as Mrs. Culpepper
(1944) Up in Arms
as Mrs. Willoughby
(1937) Wise Girl
as Mrs. Bell-Rivington
(1936) Anything Goes
as Mrs. Wentworth
(1938) Dramatic School
as Pantomime Teacher
(1952) Three for Bedroom C
as Mrs. Agnes Hawthorne
(1937) Youth on Parole
as Mrs. Abernathy
(1934) Gridiron Flash
as Mrs. Fields
(1935) Reckless
as Woman in Audience Yelling 'Get Off the Stage' (uncredited)
(1934) Fifteen Wives
as Sybilla Crum
(1942) Sing Your Worries Away
as Flo Faulkner - Landlady
(1937) High Flyers
as Martha Arlington
(1944) Seven Days Ashore
as Mrs. Croxton-Lynch
(1937) The Life of the Party
as Mrs. Penner
(1942) Born to Sing
as Mrs. E. V. Lawson
(1964) What a Way to Go!
as Mrs. Foster
(1933) Storm at Daybreak
as Duchess Sophie (uncredited)
(1962) Zotz!
as Persephone Updike
(1956) Shake, Rattle and Rock!
as Georgianna Fitzdingle
(1933) Wonderland of California
as Self
(1935) After Office Hours
as Mrs. Murchison (uncredited)
(1936) Song and Dance Man
as Mrs. Whitney
(1934) Kentucky Kernels
as Mrs. Baxter
(1942) Rhythm Parade
as Ophelia MacDougal
(1932) Here, Prince
as The Queen of Deleria (uncredited)
(2002) Hidden Hollywood II: More Treasures from the 20th Century Fox Vaults
as Self (archiveFootage)
(1934) We're Rich Again
as Wedding Guest (uncredited)
(1935) Gypsy Sweetheart
as Mrs. Van Updyke
(1945) Sunset in El Dorado
as Aunt Dolly / Aunt Arabella
(1942) Tales of Manhattan
as Mme. Langehanke (uncredited)
(1975) Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
as Self (archive footage)
(1917) A Tale of Two Cities
as Aristocrat (uncredited)
(1976) That's Entertainment, Part II
as (archive footage)
(1941) For Beauty's Sake
as Mrs. Franklin Evans
(1958) Auntie Mame
as Noblewoman in Play (uncredited)
(1931) The Girl Habit
as Blanche Ledyard
(1936) Arbor Day
as Woman talking to the midgets outside
(1923) Enemies of Women
as French Beauty
(1950) The Colgate Comedy Hour
as Self
(1958) The Donna Reed Show
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(1956) The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
as Self
(1951) Racket Squad
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