Groucho Marx
American comedian (1890-1977) · United States · On the map · Comedians · Died at 86
Julius Henry "Groucho" Marx was an American comedian, actor, comic vocalist and game show host who performed in vaudeville, Broadway, films, radio, and television. A master of the one-line retort, he is considered one of America's greatest comedians.
Groucho Marx is read about 1,859 times a day, in 62 languages.
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1977Died19 August 19771974Commandeur des Arts et des LettresAward1973Academy Honorary AwardAward1948Peabody AwardsAward1890Born2 October 1890
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Margaret Dumont Also in A Night at the Opera and Animal Crackers
Herman J. Mankiewicz Produced Duck Soup and Monkey Business
Robert Benchley Influenced Groucho
Leo McCarey Directed Duck Soup and Love Happy
Sam Wood Directed A Night at the Opera (1935)- Frank Tashlin Produced Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter? (1957)
Irwin Allen Produced The Story of Mankind (1957)- Norman Z. McLeod Directed Monkey Business and Horse Feathers
Edward Buzzell Directed At the Circus and Go West- Morrie Ryskind Wrote Animal Crackers and Room Service
- Harry Ruby Wrote Duck Soup and Animal Crackers
Buster Keaton Wrote A Night at the Opera and Go West
Ben Hecht Wrote Love Happy and Monkey Business
George S. Kaufman Wrote Animal Crackers and The Cocoanuts
Sig Ruman Also in A Day at the Races (1937)
Edmund Mortimer Also in Duck Soup and At the Circus- Bert Kalmar Wrote Duck Soup and Animal Crackers
Diana Lewis Also in MGM's Big Parade of Comedy and Go West
Walter Woolf King Also in A Night at the Opera and Go West- Robert Youngson Directed MGM's Big Parade of Comedy (1964)
Mary Pickford Produced Love Happy (1950)
Don Rickles Influenced by Groucho
Marcel Marceau Influenced by Groucho
Robert Barrat Also in MGM's Big Parade of Comedy and Go West
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The only known photo of all five Marx brothers with their parents in New York City, 1915; from left: Groucho (aged 25), Gummo (aged 22), Minnie (mother), Zeppo (aged 14), Frenchie (father), Chico (aged 28), and Harpo (aged 27)
The Marx Brothers in 1931 (from top, Chico, Harpo, Groucho and Zeppo)
Marx in Duck Soup (1933)
Groucho and his older brother Chico, 1937
Groucho and Eve Arden in a scene from At the Circus (1939)
The Marx Brothers (clockwise from bottom: Groucho, Chico, and Harpo) by Yusuf Karsh, 1946
On the set of You Bet Your Life with daughter Melinda, 1953
Marx as main host of You Bet Your Life, 1953Awards
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Country
United States
Category
Comedians
Type
Comedian
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1890 to 1977 · aged 86
