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...
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...
Known For
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What a Way to Go!
as Mrs. Foster
Zotz!
as Persephone Updike
Around the World with Nellie Bly
as Dowager #1
Auntie Mame
as Noblewoman in Play (uncredited)
Shake, Rattle and Rock!
as Georgianna Fitzdingle
Stop, You're Killing Me
as Mrs. Whitelaw
Three for Bedroom C
as Mrs. Agnes Hawthorne
Susie Steps Out
as Mrs. Starr
Little Giant
as Mrs. Hendrickson
Sunset in El Dorado
as Aunt Dolly / Aunt Arabella
Diamond Horseshoe
as Mrs. Standish
The Horn Blows at Midnight
as Mme. Traviata / Miss Rodholder
Bathing Beauty
as Mrs. Allenwood
Seven Days Ashore
as Mrs. Croxton-Lynch
Up in Arms
as Mrs. Willoughby
The Dancing Masters
as Louise Harlan
Rhythm Parade
as Ophelia MacDougal
Tales of Manhattan
as Mme. Langehanke (uncredited)
About Face
as Mrs. Culpepper
Sing Your Worries Away
as Flo Faulkner - Landlady
Born to Sing
as Mrs. E. V. Lawson
Never Give a Sucker an Even Break
as Mrs. Hemogloben
The Big Store
as Martha Phelps
For Beauty's Sake
as Mrs. Franklin Evans
At the Circus
as Mrs. Suzanna Dukesbury
Dramatic School
as Pantomime Teacher
Wise Girl
as Mrs. Bell-Rivington
High Flyers
as Martha Arlington
Youth on Parole
as Mrs. Abernathy
The Life of the Party
as Mrs. Penner