Margaret Dumont

Margaret Dumont
Dumont as Mrs. Claypool in A Night at the Opera (1935)
Born
Daisy Juliette Baker

(1882-10-20)October 20, 1882
Brooklyn, New York, U.S.
DiedMarch 6, 1965(1965-03-06) (aged 82)
Hollywood, California, U.S.
OccupationActress
Years active1902–1965
Spouse(s)
John Moller, Jr.
(m. 1910; died 1918)

Margaret Dumont (born Daisy Juliette Baker; October 20, 1882 – March 6, 1965)[1][2][a] was an American stage and film actress. She is best remembered as the comic foil to the Marx Brothers in seven of their films; Groucho Marx called her "practically the fifth Marx brother."[3][b]

  1. ^ International Genealogical Index records, derived from Brooklyn birth certificates, 1866-1909 Department of Health
  2. ^ "Chronology - The Marx Brothers". marx-brothers.org.
  3. ^ Mitchell, Glenn (2003). The Marx Brothers Encyclopedia. Surrey, U.K.: Reynolds and Hearn. p. 105. ISBN 978-1903111499. Retrieved August 7, 2016.


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