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Margaret Dumont

Personal Information

Known ForActing
GenderFemale
Born / DiedOct 19, 1882 (Died at 83)
Zodiac Sign♎Libra
Place of BirthBrooklyn, New York, USA
Career Span1923 – 1965
Known Credits59 Titles
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ActingPopularity Score 0.8

Margaret Dumont

Also known as:Daisy Juliette BakerМаргарет Дюмон
Total Works

59

55 movies • 4 shows

Avg Rating

6.5 / 10

across rated releases

Box Office

—

worldwide gross

Global Reach

#1

TMDB star index

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).

Signature Roles & Milestones

Duck Soup
7.3
Duck Soup
1933•movie
as Gloria Teasdale
A Night at the Opera
7.4
as Mrs. Claypool
Animal Crackers
6.9
Animal Crackers
1930•movie
as Mrs. Rittenhouse
A Day at the Races
7.1
A Day at the Races
1937•movie
as Emily Upjohn

Full Filmography & Credits

Showing 59 titles featuring Margaret Dumont

Duck Soup
7.3
Duck Soup
1933•movie

as Gloria Teasdale

A Night at the Opera
7.4

as Mrs. Claypool

Animal Crackers
6.9
Animal Crackers
1930•movie

as Mrs. Rittenhouse

A Day at the Races
7.1
A Day at the Races
1937•movie

as Emily Upjohn

The Cocoanuts
6.5
The Cocoanuts
1929•movie

as Mrs. Potter

Auntie Mame
7.0
Auntie Mame
1958•movie

as Noblewoman in Play (uncredited)

What a Way to Go!
7.1
What a Way to Go!
1964•movie

as Mrs. Foster

At the Circus
6.4
At the Circus
1939•movie

as Mrs. Suzanna Dukesbury

The Big Store
6.3
The Big Store
1941•movie

as Martha Phelps

That's Entertainment, Part II
7.0

as (archive footage)

Never Give a Sucker an Even Break
6.9

as Mrs. Hemogloben

Tales of Manhattan
6.5
Tales of Manhattan
1942•movie

as Mme. Langehanke (uncredited)

The Dancing Masters
6.3

as Louise Harlan

Bathing Beauty
5.9
Bathing Beauty
1944•movie

as Mrs. Allenwood

Little Giant
5.3
Little Giant
1946•movie

as Mrs. Hendrickson

The Horn Blows at Midnight
5.9

as Mme. Traviata / Miss Rodholder

Zotz!
5.6
Zotz!
1962•movie

as Persephone Updike

The Donna Reed Show
6.5
1 eps
The Donna Reed Show
1958•series
Reckless
5.1
Reckless
1935•movie

as Woman in Audience Yelling 'Get Off the Stage' (uncredited)

After Office Hours
6.5
After Office Hours
1935•movie

as Mrs. Murchison (uncredited)

The Colgate Comedy Hour
6.9
1 eps

as Self

Rendezvous
4.9
Rendezvous
1935•movie

as Mrs. Hendricks (uncredited)

Up in Arms
5.8
Up in Arms
1944•movie

as Mrs. Willoughby

Anything Goes
5.8
Anything Goes
1936•movie

as Mrs. Wentworth

Kentucky Kernels
6.4
Kentucky Kernels
1934•movie

as Mrs. Baxter

Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
6.3

as Self (archive footage)

Wise Girl
7.1
Wise Girl
1937•movie

as Mrs. Bell-Rivington

Dramatic School
6.5
Dramatic School
1938•movie

as Pantomime Teacher

Youth on Parole
3.9
Youth on Parole
1937•movie

as Mrs. Abernathy

A Tale of Two Cities
4.8

as Aristocrat (uncredited)

Hollywood: The Dream Factory
7.4

as Self (archive footage)

About Face
6.6
About Face
1942•movie

as Mrs. Culpepper

Seven Days Ashore
4.2
Seven Days Ashore
1944•movie

as Mrs. Croxton-Lynch

The Life of the Party
6.2

as Mrs. Penner

Born to Sing
5.4
Born to Sing
1942•movie

as Mrs. E. V. Lawson

Storm at Daybreak
6.6
Storm at Daybreak
1933•movie

as Duchess Sophie (uncredited)

Shake, Rattle and Rock!
5.6

as Georgianna Fitzdingle

Sunset in El Dorado
5.7

as Aunt Dolly / Aunt Arabella

Arbor Day
6.2
Arbor Day
1936•movie

as Woman Outside (uncredited)

The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
6.4
1 eps

as Self

Gridiron Flash
4.8
Gridiron Flash
1934•movie

as Mrs. Fields

High Flyers
7.5
High Flyers
1937•movie

as Martha Arlington

Racket Squad
6.5
1 eps
Racket Squad
1951•series
Stop, You're Killing Me
7.7

as Mrs. Whitelaw

Fifteen Wives
3.0
Fifteen Wives
1934•movie

as Sybilla Crum

Sing Your Worries Away
6.0

as Flo Faulkner - Landlady

Enemies of Women
6.5
Enemies of Women
1923•movie

as French Beauty

Diamond Horseshoe
7.0
Diamond Horseshoe
1945•movie

as Mrs. Standish

The Marx Brothers in a Nutshell
9.0

as (archive footage)

Three for Bedroom C
10.0

as Mrs. Agnes Hawthorne

Song and Dance Man
7.0
Song and Dance Man
1936•movie

as Mrs. Whitney

Rhythm Parade
9.0
Rhythm Parade
1942•movie

as Ophelia MacDougal

For Beauty's Sake
10.0
For Beauty's Sake
1941•movie

as Mrs. Franklin Evans

The Girl Habit
8.0
The Girl Habit
1931•movie

as Blanche Ledyard

Around the World with Nellie Bly
10.0

as Dowager #1

Susie Steps Out
10.0
Susie Steps Out
1946•movie

as Mrs. Starr

The Hollywood Clowns

as (archive footage)

Wonderland of California

as Self