Margaret Dumont

Margaret Dumont

October 19, 1882

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…

Known For

10 titles
1
Duck Soup

Duck Soup

1933 · 1h 9m · Movie

Rufus T. Firefly is named the dictator of bankrupt Freedonia and declares war on neighboring Sylvania over the love of his wealthy backer Mrs. Teasdale, contending with two inept spies who can't seem to keep straight which side th...

7.7
2
A Night at the Opera

A Night at the Opera

1935 · 1h 36m · Movie

A sly business manager and the wacky friends of two opera singers in Italy help them achieve success in America while humiliating their stuffy and snobbish enemies.

7.8
3
Animal Crackers

Animal Crackers

1930 · 1h 37m · Movie

Mayhem and zaniness ensue when a valuable painting goes missing during a party in honor of famed African explorer Captain Spaulding.

7.4
4
A Day at the Races

A Day at the Races

1937 · 1h 51m · Movie

A veterinarian posing as a doctor teams with a singer and his friends as they struggle to save an upstate New York sanitarium with the help of a misfit racehorse.

7.5
5
At the Circus

At the Circus

1939 · 1h 27m · Movie

The Marx Brothers try to help the owner of a circus recover some stolen funds before he finds himself out of a job.

6.8
6
What a Way to Go!

What a Way to Go!

1964 · 1h 51m · Movie

Four-time widow Louisa May Foster sees a psychologist to discuss her marriages, in which her husbands (humble businessman Edgar, blase millionaire Rod, bohemian painter Larry, and nightclub singer Pinky) got rich and died because ...

6.9
7
Never Give a Sucker an Even Break

Never Give a Sucker an Even Break

1941 · 1h 11m · Movie

A filmmaker attempts to sell a surreal script he has written, which comes to life as he pitches it.

7.0
8
Up in Arms

Up in Arms

1944 · 1h 45m · Movie

Hypochondriac Danny Weems gets drafted into the army and makes life miserable for his fellow GIs. He's also lovesick when it comes to pretty Mary Morgan, unaware that she's in love with his best friend Joe.

6.2
9
Zotz!

Zotz!

1962 · 1h 27m · Movie

A professor comes into possession of an amulet with magical powers.

5.9
10
Anything Goes

Anything Goes

1936 · 1h 32m · Movie

Young man falls for blonde heiress forced onto ship. Follows to rescue her, disguising as mobster's aide when realizing she's returning home and his boss is aboard.

6.2
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