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Margaret Dumont
American actress (1882–1965) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Margaret Dumont (born Daisy Juliette Baker; October 20, 1882 – March 6, 1965)[1][2][lower-alpha 1] 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][lower-alpha 2]
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Margaret Dumont | |
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![]() 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. |
Died | March 6, 1965(1965-03-06) (aged 82) Hollywood, California, U.S. |
Occupation | Actress |
Years active | 1902–1965 |
Spouse(s) |
John Moller, Jr.
(m. 1910; died 1918) |
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