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 shes 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 Marxs foil that she ranks among the immortals, and she died shortly after being reunited with him on The Hollywood Palace (1964).

Všechny filmy dostupné od Margaret Dumont

Poster movie A Day at the Races

A Day at the Races

Film
Poster movie A Night at the Opera

A Night at the Opera

Film

Filmy nedostupný z Margaret Dumont

Duck Soup

Gloria Teasdale

Film 1933

The Cocoanuts

Mrs. Potter

Film 1929

At the Circus

Mrs. Suzanna Dukesbury

Film 1939

The Big Store

Martha Phelps

Film 1941

The Hollywood Clowns

(archive footage)

Film 1979

Animal Crackers

Mrs. Rittenhouse

Film 1930

Never Give a Sucker an Even Break

Mrs. Hemogloben

Film 1941

Little Giant

Mrs. Hendrickson

Film 1946

Bathing Beauty

Mrs. Allenwood

Film 1944

The Horn Blows at Midnight

Mme. Traviata / Miss Rodholder

Film 1945

The Dancing Masters

Louise Harlan

Film 1943

Stop, You're Killing Me

Mrs. Whitelaw

Film 1952

The Marx Brothers in a Nutshell

(archive footage)

Film 1982

Rendezvous

Mrs. Hendricks (uncredited)

Film 1935

Diamond Horseshoe

Mrs. Standish

Film 1945

Hollywood: The Dream Factory

Self (archive footage)

Film 1972

About Face

Mrs. Culpepper

Film 1942

Up in Arms

Mrs. Willoughby

Film 1944

Wise Girl

Mrs. Bell-Rivington

Film 1937

Anything Goes

Mrs. Wentworth

Film 1936

Dramatic School

Pantomime Teacher

Film 1938

Three for Bedroom C

Mrs. Agnes Hawthorne

Film 1952

Youth on Parole

Mrs. Abernathy

Film 1937

Gridiron Flash

Mrs. Fields

Film 1934

Reckless

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

Film 1935

Fifteen Wives

Sybilla Crum

Film 1934

Sing Your Worries Away

Flo Faulkner - Landlady

Film 1942

High Flyers

Martha Arlington

Film 1937

Seven Days Ashore

Mrs. Croxton-Lynch

Film 1944

The Life of the Party

Mrs. Penner

Film 1937

Born to Sing

Mrs. E. V. Lawson

Film 1942

What a Way to Go!

Mrs. Foster

Film 1964

Storm at Daybreak

Duchess Sophie (uncredited)

Film 1933

Zotz!

Persephone Updike

Film 1962

Shake, Rattle and Rock!

Georgianna Fitzdingle

Film 1956

Wonderland of California

Self

Film 1933

After Office Hours

Mrs. Murchison (uncredited)

Film 1935

Song and Dance Man

Mrs. Whitney

Film 1936

Kentucky Kernels

Mrs. Baxter

Film 1934

Rhythm Parade

Ophelia MacDougal

Film 1942

Here, Prince

The Queen of Deleria (uncredited)

Film 1932

Hidden Hollywood II: More Treasures from the 20th Century Fox Vaults

Self (archiveFootage)

Film 2002

We're Rich Again

Wedding Guest (uncredited)

Film 1934

Gypsy Sweetheart

Mrs. Van Updyke

Film 1935

Sunset in El Dorado

Aunt Dolly / Aunt Arabella

Film 1945

Tales of Manhattan

Mme. Langehanke (uncredited)

Film 1942

Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?

Self (archive footage)

Film 1975

A Tale of Two Cities

Aristocrat (uncredited)

Film 1917

That's Entertainment, Part II

(archive footage)

Film 1976

For Beauty's Sake

Mrs. Franklin Evans

Film 1941

Auntie Mame

Noblewoman in Play (uncredited)

Film 1958

The Girl Habit

Blanche Ledyard

Film 1931

Arbor Day

Woman talking to the midgets outside

Film 1936

televizní seriál nedostupný z Margaret Dumont

The Colgate Comedy Hour

Self

Tv 1950

The Donna Reed Show

Tv 1958

The Dinah Shore Chevy Show

Self

Tv 1956

Racket Squad

Tv 1951