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A Short Biography of Groucho Marx

Author Name:

Groucho Marx

Born As:

Julius Henry Marx

Other Names:

Born:

2 Oct 1890

Died:

19 Jul 1977




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Actor, comedian and game show host                          
Selected Works:

Films with the Four Marx Brothers:

Humor Risk - 1921, previewed once and never released; thought to be lost.
The Cocoanuts - 1929
Animal Crackers - 1930
The House That Shadows Built - 1931
Monkey Business - 1931
Horse Feathers - 1932
Duck Soup - 1933

Films with the three Marx Brothers - post-Zeppo:
A Night at the Opera - 1935
A Day at the Races - 1937
Room Service - 1938
At the Circus - 1939
Go West - 1940
The Big Store - 1941
A Night in Casablanca - 1946
Love Happy - 1949
The Story of Mankind - 1957

Solo endeavors:

Groucho:
Copacabana - 1947
Double Dynamite - 1951
A Girl in Every Port - 1952
Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter? - 1957
The Mikado - 1960, made for television
Skidoo - 1968

Harpo:
Too Many Kisses - 1925
Stage Door Canteen - 1943 - cameo
Chico:
Papa Romani - 1950, television pilot

Zeppo:
A Kiss in the Dark - 1925 - cameo                                              
Mother Minnie Schoenberg
Father Simon Marrix, six sons - Manfred died when two years old.
Chico - Leonard, piano
Harpo - Adolph, after 1911 called Arthur
Groucho - Julius Henry
Gummo - Milton
Zeppo  - Herbert.
First wife Ruth Johnson 1920-1942, - two chidlren Arthur Marx 1921, Miriam Marx 1927
Second wife Kay Marvis Gorcey 1945-1951-  one child Melinda
Third wife Eden Hartford 1954-1969.                                              
                                              
One of the Marx Brothers:

Groucho, Chico, Harpo, Gummo, Zeppo.