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Margaret Dumont in NIGHT
AT THE OPERA with the Marx
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Margaret Dumont in Never Give a Sucker an Even Break
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Margaret Dumont in DUCK
SOUP with the Marx
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She best-known for her performances as the ultimate straight woman in seven of the Marx Brothers' films. Dumont was also a perfect comic foil for screen funnymen W. C. Fields in "Never Give a Sucker an Even Break" (1941) Her other credits include... Zotz! (1962) .... Persephone Updike Never Give a Sucker an Even Break (1941) .... Mrs. Hemogloben At the Circus (1939) .... Mrs. Susan Dukesbury, Jeff's Rich Aunt The Life of the Party (1937) .... Mrs. Penner A Day at the Races (1937) .... Emily Upjohn A Night at the Opera (1935) .... Mrs. Claypool Duck Soup (1933) .... Mrs. Gloria Teasdale Animal Crackers (1930) .... Mrs. Rittenhouse The Cocoanuts (1929) .... Mrs. Potter |
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