Margaret Dumont

Actor

Born: October 19, 1882
Died: March 6, 1965 (age 82)
From: Brooklyn, New York, USA

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…

Filmography (57)

Hidden Hollywood II: More Treasures from the 20th Century Fox Vaults (1999)
(archive footage)
The Marx Brothers in a Nutshell (1982)
(archive footage)
The Hollywood Clowns (1979)
(archive footage)
That's Entertainment, Part II (1976)
(archive footage)
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? (1975)
Self (archive footage)
Hollywood: The Dream Factory (1972)
Self (archive footage)
What a Way to Go! (1964)
Mrs. Foster
Zotz! (1962)
Persephone Updike
Around the World with Nellie Bly (1960)
Dowager #1
Auntie Mame (1958)
Noblewoman in Play (uncredited)
Shake, Rattle and Rock! (1956)
Georgianna Fitzdingle
Stop, You're Killing Me (1952)
Mrs. Whitelaw
Three for Bedroom C (1952)
Mrs. Agnes Hawthorne
Susie Steps Out (1946)
Mrs. Starr
Little Giant (1946)
Mrs. Hendrickson
Sunset in El Dorado (1945)
Aunt Dolly / Aunt Arabella
Diamond Horseshoe (1945)
Mrs. Standish
The Horn Blows at Midnight (1945)
Mme. Traviata / Miss Rodholder
Bathing Beauty (1944)
Mrs. Allenwood
Seven Days Ashore (1944)
Mrs. Croxton-Lynch
Up in Arms (1944)
Mrs. Willoughby
The Dancing Masters (1943)
Louise Harlan
Rhythm Parade (1942)
Ophelia MacDougal
Tales of Manhattan (1942)
Mme. Langehanke (uncredited)
About Face (1942)
Mrs. Culpepper
Sing Your Worries Away (1942)
Flo Faulkner - Landlady
Born to Sing (1942)
Mrs. E. V. Lawson
Never Give a Sucker an Even Break (1941)
Mrs. Hemogloben
The Big Store (1941)
Martha Phelps
For Beauty's Sake (1941)
Mrs. Franklin Evans