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Jan 27, 2023 · Groucho’s characters thrived on insults, especially against women. One of his frequent foils was Margaret Dumont, his straight woman in seven Marx Brothers films, including “Animal Crackers...
Jan 29, 2015 · Groucho simultaneously courted Dumont’s characters out of greed and opportunity and genuine attraction. The audience came to expect a romantic setup followed by a swift insult. From Duck...
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Sep 1, 2011 · After her death from a heart attack on March 6, 1965, Margaret Dumont was cremated, her ashes stored in the vault at the Chapel of the Pines Crematory in Los Angeles. She was 82 years of age, although many obituaries gave her age as 75.
Aug 14, 2015 · On March 6, 1965, just eight days after the episode was taped, she succumbed to heart failure at age 82. Dumont, who looks great, is in top form, as imposing as ever—breaking character only a few times to laugh, including when Groucho quips, “Don’t step on those few laughs I have.”.
Jan 9, 2015 · Groucho, suspicious, executes a random series of increasingly ludicrous movements in the hope of catching him out. But whatever movement he makes, however daft, Harpo anticipates him and does...
Groucho and Dumont's dynamic was perfected to a science. Idle flirtation gives way to confusion on her end to further antagonizing on his end to ire on her end (Sometimes she's incensed and then confused instead) and loops back to flattery.
Jul 13, 2013 · Groucho Marx and Margaret Dumont: Maybe not the most romantic Dynamic Duo in Classic Film — but certainly one of the funniest…
