"the first to die. He is entombed in a crypt at Forest Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery in Glendale, California. Chico's younger brother Gummo is in a crypt across the hall from him. Many actors have portrayed Chico in stage revivals of Marx Brothers works, including Peter Slutsker, Les Marsden and Matt Roper. Chico Marx Leonard ""Chico"" Marx (March 22, 1887 – October 11, 1961) was an American comedian, musician, actor and film star. He was a member of the Marx Brothers (with Groucho Marx, Harpo Marx, and Zeppo Marx). His persona in the act was that of a charming, uneducated"
"Zeppo Marx Herbert Manfred ""Zeppo"" Marx (February 25, 1901 – November 30, 1979) was an American actor, comedian, theatrical agent, and engineer. He was the youngest of the five Marx Brothers. He appeared in the first five Marx Brothers feature films, from 1929 to 1933, but then left the act to start his second career as an engineer and theatrical agent. Zeppo was born in Manhattan, New York City on February 25, 1901. His parents were Sam Marx (called ""Frenchie"" throughout his life), and his wife, Minnie Schönberg Marx. Minnie's brother was Al Shean. Marx's family was Jewish. His mother"
"who never understood any of his jokes. On the television series ""Cheers"", Lilith Crane said Zeppo was her favorite Marx brother. A third season episode of the television series ""Buffy the Vampire Slayer"" was titled ""The Zeppo"". This episode focuses on the perspective of the character Xander Harris; his position as ostensibly the least impressive or capable member of the cast is compared to Zeppo Marx. Zeppo Marx Herbert Manfred ""Zeppo"" Marx (February 25, 1901 – November 30, 1979) was an American actor, comedian, theatrical agent, and engineer. He was the youngest of the five Marx Brothers. He appeared in"
"Marx Brothers to live past early childhood (first-born Manfred Marx had died in infancy). In addition to his work as a performer, he played an important role in the management and development of the act in its early years. He was born on March 22, 1887. Billing himself as Chico, he used an Italian persona for his onstage character; stereotyped ethnic characters were common with vaudevillians. His non-Italian-ness was specifically referred to three times on film. In their second feature, ""Animal Crackers"", he recognizes someone he knows to be a shady character impersonating a respected art collector: Ravelli (Chico): ""How"
"Marx Brothers The Marx Brothers were an American family comedy act that was successful in vaudeville, on Broadway, and in motion pictures from 1905 to 1949. Five of the Marx Brothers' thirteen feature films were selected by the American Film Institute (AFI) as among the top 100 comedy films, with two of them (""Duck Soup"" and ""A Night at the Opera"") in the top twelve. They are widely considered by critics, scholars, and fans to be among the greatest and most influential comedians of the 20th century. The brothers were included in AFI's 100 Years...100 Stars list of the 25"
"Captain Spaulding""—done entirely in French. Groucho Marx Julius Henry ""Groucho"" Marx (; October 2, 1890 – August 19, 1977) was an American comedian, writer, stage, film, radio, and television star. A master of quick wit, he is widely considered one of America's greatest comedians. He made 13 feature films with his siblings the Marx Brothers, of whom he was the third-born. He also had a successful solo career, most notably as the host of the radio and television game show ""You Bet Your Life"". His distinctive appearance, carried over from his days in vaudeville, included quirks such as an exaggerated"
"Groucho Marx Julius Henry ""Groucho"" Marx (; October 2, 1890 – August 19, 1977) was an American comedian, writer, stage, film, radio, and television star. A master of quick wit, he is widely considered one of America's greatest comedians. He made 13 feature films with his siblings the Marx Brothers, of whom he was the third-born. He also had a successful solo career, most notably as the host of the radio and television game show ""You Bet Your Life"". His distinctive appearance, carried over from his days in vaudeville, included quirks such as an exaggerated stooped posture, glasses, cigar, and"
"Dumont died from a heart attack on March 6, 1965. She was cremated and her ashes were interred in the vault at the Chapel of the Pines Crematory in Los Angeles. She was 82, although many obituaries mistakenly gave her age as 75. Margaret Dumont Margaret Dumont (October 20, 1882 – March 6, 1965) 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"". Dumont was born Daisy Juliette Baker in Brooklyn, New York, the daughter of"
"work predated their Hollywood career. By the time the Marxes made their first movie, they were already major stars with sharply honed skills; and by the time Groucho was relaunched to stardom on ""You Bet Your Life"", he had been performing successfully for half a century. Groucho Marx made 26 movies, 13 of them with his brothers Chico and Harpo. Marx developed a routine as a wisecracking hustler with a distinctive chicken-walking lope, an exaggerated greasepaint mustache and eyebrows, and an ever-present cigar, improvising insults to stuffy dowagers (often played by Margaret Dumont) and anyone else who stood in his"
"Margaret Dumont Margaret Dumont (October 20, 1882 – March 6, 1965) 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"". Dumont was born Daisy Juliette Baker in Brooklyn, New York, the daughter of William and Harriet Anna (née Harvey) Baker. She trained as an operatic singer and actress in her teens, and began performing on stage in the U.S. and in Europe, at first under the name Daisy Dumont and later as Margaret (or Marguerite) Dumont."
"was the only Marx Brothers film in which the main characters were not created especially for Groucho, Chico and Harpo. This was the second Marx Brothers film (the other being ""Duck Soup"") in which Chico does not play the piano and Harpo does not play the harp. Ann Miller was only 15 years old when she made this film. She had lied about her age and obtained a fake birth certificate when she was about 14 years old, which stated that she was 18, just prior to signing with RKO. Frank S. Nugent of ""The New York Times"" noted that"
"Night at the Opera"".) Sam Marx died on May 10, 1933, from complications due to kidney failure. He was 73. Sam Marx Samuel Marx (born Simon Marx; October 23, 1859 – May 10, 1933) was the husband of Minnie Marx, and father of the Marx Brothers. According to his birth certificate, Marx was born as Simon Marx in Alsace, France. Due to his place of birth, he was known as ""Frenchie"". He met Minnie in New York where he was working as a dance teacher. They married in 1884 and had six sons. Their first son, Manfred, born 1885, died"
"in Queens, New York City. Upon alighting from the ship, the Marx Brothers' real life father (Sam ""Frenchie"" Marx) is briefly seen in a cameo appearance, sitting on top of luggage behind the Brothers on the pier as they wave to the First Mate. Sam Marx was 72 at the time, and the appearance was his film debut. He was paid $12.50 each day for two days work. ""Monkey Business"" was Norman MacLeod's solo directorial debut. One of the sequences in this film involves the four brothers attempting to get off the ship using a passport stolen from famous singer"
"Marx Brothers movie ""Horse Feathers"" (1932). Allen is a well-known Groucho Marx fan. Marx's theme song from ""Animal Crackers"" (1930) ""Hooray for Captain Spaulding"" is featured, sung in French by a chorus of Groucho Marx's. The film was released theatrically in North America on December 8, 1996 on three screens. Its opening weekend gross was $131,678 ($43,892 per screen). It ended its North American run with $9,759,200. The film was well received. On Rotten Tomatoes, the film has a 79% ""fresh"" rating, based on 43 reviews, with an average rating of 7.2/10. The site's consensus states: ""A likable, infectious musical,"
"films. He and Gallagher also made an early sound film at the Theodore Case studio in Auburn, New York, in 1925. He died on 12 August 1949. Shean's son, also named Al Shean, worked on ""The Rocky and Bullwinkle Show"". Al Shean Abraham Elieser Adolph Schönberg (12 May 1868 – 12 August 1949), known as Al Shean, was a comedian and vaudeville performer. Other sources give his birth name variously as Adolf Schönberg, Albert Schönberg, or Alfred Schönberg. He is most remembered for being half of the vaudeville team Gallagher and Shean, and as the uncle of the Marx Brothers."
"biopic entitled ""The Life and Times of the Marx Brothers"". In addition to being a non-fiction biography of the Marxes, the film would have featured the brothers reenacting much of their previously unfilmed material from both their vaudeville and Broadway eras. The film, had it been made, would have been the first performance by the Brothers as a quartet since 1933. The five brothers made only one television appearance together, in 1957, on an early incarnation of ""The Tonight Show"" called ""Tonight! America After Dark"", hosted by Jack Lescoulie. Five years later (October 1, 1962) after Jack Paar's tenure, Groucho"
"special material for the show, but the script for the classic ""Napoleon Scene"" was probably supplied by Groucho. On January 16, 1977, the Marx Brothers were inducted into the Motion Picture Hall of Fame. With the deaths of Gummo in April 1977, Groucho in August 1977, and Zeppo in November 1979, the brothers were gone. But their impact on the entertainment community continues well into the 21st century. Many television shows and movies have used Marx Brothers references. ""Animaniacs"" and ""Tiny Toons"", for example, have featured Marx Brothers jokes and skits. Hawkeye Pierce (Alan Alda) on ""M*A*S*H"" occasionally put on"
"sickliest of the brothers, often wore rubber overshoes, also called ""gumshoes,"" to protect himself in inclement weather. According to Zeppo in a TV Interview, Gummo may have received his nickname because he was usually chewing gum. Marx married Helen von Tilzer on March 16, 1929; they remained married until her death in January 1976. Their son, Robert, was born in 1930. Gummo died on April 21, 1977, at his home in Palm Springs, California, aged 83, from a cerebral hemorrhage. His death was never reported to Groucho, who by that time had become so ill and weak that it was"
"Arthur Marx Arthur Julius Marx (July 21, 1921April 14, 2011) was an American author, a nationally ranked amateur tennis player, and son of entertainer Groucho Marx, and his first wife, Ruth Johnson. He was named after Groucho's brother Arthur ""Harpo"" Marx. Marx spent his early years accompanying his father around vaudeville circuits in the United States and abroad. When he was 10, the family moved to Southern California, where the Marx Brothers continued their film careers. Marx was a nationally ranked tennis player before he was 18. While he was attending the University of Southern California, he won the National"
"fixed. In February, Paramount announced that the title had been changed to ""Grasshoppers"" (""because animal stories are so popular""), and that filming was set back to February 20. However, on May 11, 1933, the Marx Brothers' father Sam ""Frenchie"" Marx died in Los Angeles, and shortly afterward the contract dispute with Paramount was settled. The ""New York Post"" reported on May 17 that the Brothers would make a new comedy for Paramount, called ""Duck Soup"". Leo McCarey was set for direction of the film. Three days later ""The New York Sun"" reported that ""Duck Soup"" would start filming in June."
"Horse Feathers Horse Feathers is a 1932 Pre-Code comedy film starring the Marx Brothers. It stars the four Marx Brothers (Groucho, Chico, Harpo and Zeppo) and Thelma Todd. It was written by Bert Kalmar, Harry Ruby, S. J. Perelman, and Will B. Johnstone. Kalmar and Ruby also wrote some of the original music for the film. Several of the film's gags were taken from the Marx Brothers' stage comedy from the 1900s, ""Fun in Hi Skule"". The term ""horse feathers"" was a colloquial American expression for ""nonsense"" in the 1920s and 1930s but is now archaic. The film revolves around"
"The Young Karl Marx The Young Karl Marx (""Le jeune Karl Marx"") is a 2017 historical drama film about Karl Marx directed by Haitian filmmaker and political activist Raoul Peck, co-written by Peck and Pascal Bonitzer, and starring August Diehl. It was screened at the Berlin Film Festival, from 9–19 February 2017. this film commemorates to the 200th birthday of the marxist founder. While in his 20s Karl Marx struggles to establish himself as a writer of political and sociological importance. He meets Friedrich Engels, a young man whose wealthy father owns factories. Engels' belief that the workers there and"
"Sam Marx Samuel Marx (born Simon Marx; October 23, 1859 – May 10, 1933) was the husband of Minnie Marx, and father of the Marx Brothers. According to his birth certificate, Marx was born as Simon Marx in Alsace, France. Due to his place of birth, he was known as ""Frenchie"". He met Minnie in New York where he was working as a dance teacher. They married in 1884 and had six sons. Their first son, Manfred, born 1885, died in infancy. The other children were Leonard (Chico), born in 1887, Adolph (Harpo) in 1888, Julius (Groucho) in 1890, Milton"
"travel to New Jersey, and sell them door-to-door. In his last interview, Zeppo joked that his father ""was a very bad tailor but he found some people who were so stupid that they would buy his clothes, and so he'd make a few dollars that way for food"". Marx made a cameo appearance in his four sons' film ""Monkey Business"" (1931), sitting on top of luggage behind the brothers on the pier as they wave to the First Officer, having slipped off the ship without being arrested as stowaways. (In some interviews, the brothers mistakenly attributed this scene to ""A"
"Marx Brothers were born in New York City, the sons of Jewish immigrants from Germany and France. Their mother Miene ""Minnie"" Schoenberg (professionally known as Minnie Palmer, later the brothers' manager) was from Dornum in East Frisia, and their father Samuel (""Sam""; born Simon) Marx was a native of Alsace and worked as a tailor. (His name was changed to Samuel Marx, and he was nicknamed ""Frenchy"".) The family lived in the poor Yorkville section of New York City's Upper East Side, centered in the Irish, German and Italian quarters. The brothers are best known by their stage names: Another"
"in an appreciable amount of traffic to the website. These two articles were catalysts in making ""Hollywood and Swine"" a Hollywood staple. Andy Marx and William McArdle are the co-founders and writers of ""Hollywood and Swine"". Both Marx and McArdle attempted to stay anonymous, but in the end, their names were outed. Andy Marx is the grandson of both comedian and famed television and film actor Groucho Marx, and famed songwriter Gus Kahn. He is the son of Arthur Marx and Irene Kahn, and the brother of Steve Marx. Marx, in addition to being a journalist, is an author, photographer,"
"free to over 4,200 inner city schools nationwide. ""The Unspoken"" (1999), Marx's first feature film, features performances from Russian star Sergei Shnirev of the famed Moscow Art Theatre, and Harry Lennix, most known for ""Get on the Bus"", ""Bob Roberts"", ""Titus"", ""ER"", and ""The Matrix"". Three of Marx's films premiered at the New York Film Festival. Having dedicated his life to the making and promotion of independent films, Marx repeatedly returns to work with disadvantaged and misunderstood communities: people of color, abused children, the working poor, welfare recipients, prisoners, the elderly, and ""at risk"" youth. His films show a passion"
"brothers, was a member of the troupe on stage in the 1920s but dropped out before any of the films were made, becoming the agent to the Marx Brothers.) In the ""Bad News Bears"" films, Brett (with blonde curly hair) has a strong resemblance to his great-uncle Harpo Marx, a fact that is even remarked on in ""The Bad News Bears in Breaking Training"". Today, Marx is a commercial and film producer. He is married and has two children. Brett Marx Brett Marx (born December 26, 1964) is an American movie and television actor and producer who appeared as Jimmy"
"to get smaller and uncredited, such as his bit in The Marx Brothers's ""Monkey Business"" (1931), although one of his last parts, ""third vampire"" opposite Bela Lugosi in Tod Browning's ""Mark of the Vampire"" (1935), showcased his distinctive boney features to good effect. By this time, however, even small parts were eluding him and he took his own life in 1936, aged 41. James Bradbury Jr. James Bradbury Jr. (October 5, 1894 – January 21, 1936) was an American character actor in supporting roles in films of the 1920s and 1930s. The son of veteran character actor James Bradbury (1857–1940),"
"Aber and her mother moved into the Marx home, after their brother left Fort Crockette, Galveston, TX where he was first assigned after graduating from West Point. Rene died in 1944 of breast cancer at age 37. His second wife, Idella Ruth Blackadder (b. 1924), was nearly 28 years his junior. Marx's daughter, Patricia, was born in 1938. She went on to become an activist author, and the second wife of Daniel Ellsberg, assisting him in the release of the Pentagon Papers. Louis Marx, a strident anti-Communist and supporter of Richard Nixon, regarded Ellsberg as a traitor afterwards. Eldest child,"
"""Minnie's Boys"". Minnie Marx Minnie Marx (born Miene Schönberg, 9 November 1865 or 1864 – 13 September 1929) was the mother and manager of the Marx Brothers, wife of Sam Marx, and the sister of vaudeville star Al Shean. Marx was born Miene Schönberg in Dornum, Germany. Her parents Fanny née Salomons (1829–1898) and Levy ""Lafe"" Schönberg (1823–1919) were members of the local Jewish community. Her mother was a yodeling harpist, her father a ventriloquist. Her younger brother, Abraham Elieser Adolf, the future ""Al Shean"", was born in 1868. About 1880 the family emigrated to New York City, where Minnie"
"of the same name (featuring a foreword by Groucho) which focuses on the minutiae of the Marx Brothers' routines. The duck is a recurring reference throughout the Marxes' and especially Groucho's career. His signature walk was called ""the duck walk"" and on Groucho's television program ""You Bet Your Life"" a stuffed duck made up to resemble Groucho would drop from the ceiling to give contestants money if they said the day's secret word. Ducks are the only animals that perform lines in the song ""Everyone Says I Love You"" in the Marx Brothers' fourth film, ""Horse Feathers"". Their fifth film"
"way. As the Marx Brothers, he and his brothers starred in a series of popular stage shows and movies. Their first movie was a silent film made in 1921 that was never released, and is believed to have been destroyed at the time. A decade later, the team made two of their Broadway hits—""The Cocoanuts"" and ""Animal Crackers""—into movies. Other successful films were ""Monkey Business"", ""Horse Feathers"", ""Duck Soup"", and ""A Night at the Opera"". One quip from Marx concerned his response to Sam Wood, the director of ""A Night at the Opera"". Furious with the Marx Brothers' ad-libs and"