Born in Brooklyn, New York, USA — Oct 19 1882• Died Mar 06 1965

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 c…
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Noblewoman in Play (uncredited)

Gloria Teasdale

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Mrs. Claypool

Mrs. Foster

Self (archive footage)

Mme. Langehanke (uncredited)

Mrs. Allenwood

Mrs. Willoughby

Mme. Traviata / Miss Rodholder

Mrs. Bell-Rivington

Duchess Sophie (uncredited)

Mrs. Suzanna Dukesbury

Martha Phelps

Ophelia MacDougal

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Mrs. Abernathy

Self (archive footage)

Emily Upjohn

Pantomime Teacher

Blanche Ledyard

Mrs. Fields

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

Georgianna Fitzdingle

Mrs. E. V. Lawson

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Sybilla Crum

Louise Harlan

Mrs. Hendricks (uncredited)

Aunt Dolly / Aunt Arabella

Mrs. Hendrickson

Mrs. Whitelaw

Persephone Updike

Martha Arlington

Mrs. Potter

Mrs. Rittenhouse

Mrs. Baxter

Mrs. Penner

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French Beauty

Mrs. Wentworth

Mrs. Croxton-Lynch

Flo Faulkner - Landlady

Mrs. Agnes Hawthorne

Mrs. Franklin Evans

Mrs. Whitney

Mrs. Murchison (uncredited)

Mrs. Culpepper

Mrs. Hemogloben

Aristocrat (uncredited)

Mrs. Standish

Mrs. Starr

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Mrs. Van Updyke

Dowager #1
The Queen of Deleria (uncredited)

Woman Outside (uncredited)