Margaret Dumont
Movie Actress

Margaret Dumont Net Worth

Margaret Dumont was an American actress born in New York on October 20, 1882. She is best known for her comedic exchanges with Groucho Marx in the Marx Brothers films Duck Soup (1933) and The Big Store (1941). She also had a successful stage career, appearing in two early Marx Brothers productions on Broadway: The Cocoanuts (1925) and Animal Crackers (1928).
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Age, Biography and Wiki

Birth Day October 20, 1882
Birth Place New York
Age 137 YEARS OLD
Died On Mar 6, 1965 (age 82)
Birth Sign Libra

💰 Net worth: $20 million (2024)

About

Famous for her roles in numerous Marx Brothers films, she is most remembered for her comedic exchanges with Groucho Marx in Duck Soup (1933) and The Big Store (1941). Also a stage Actress, she appeared on Broadway in two early Marx Brothers productions: The Cocoanuts (1925) and Animal Crackers (1928).

Before Fame

She made her stage debut in a 1902 Chestnut Theater (Philadelphia, PA) production of Beauty and the Beast and appeared in her first silent film, A Tale of Two Cities, in 1917.

Trivia

In her last film, What a Way to Go!, she played the mother of Shirley MacLaine's character.

Family Life

The New York-born daughter of Harriet and william Baker, Daisy Juliette Baker (later Margaret Dumont) spent the bulk of her childhood in the southern United States, cared for by her godfather, the famous Journalist and folklorist Joel Chandler Harris. Her marriage to millionaire John Moller, Jr. lasted from 1910 until Moller's death in 1918.

Associated With

She appeared with Red Skelton in the 1944 movie musical Bathing Beauty.

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