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Margaret Dumont
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Actor Born: October 20, 1889 in Brooklyn, New York City, NY Death: March 6, 1965 in Los Angeles, CA Biography:Originally an opera singer, American actress "Margaret Dumont" was engaged in 1925 to act in The Cocoanuts, a Broadway musical comedy starring the "Marx Brothers". As wealthy widow Mrs. Potter, Dumont became the formidable stage target for the rapid-fire insults and bizarre lovemaking approach of "Groucho Marx". So impressive was her "teaming" with Groucho that she was hired for their next Broadway production, Animal Crackers (1928), in which she portrayed society dowager Mrs. Rittenhouse. Though Groucho would later insist that Dumont never understood his jokes, she more than held her own against the unpredictable "Marx Brothers", facing their wild ad-libs, practical jokes and roughhouse physical humor with the straight-faced aplomb of a school principal assigned a classroom of unruly children. Dumont continued appearing opposite the "Marx Brothers" when they began making motion pictures,... Full Biography
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