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Groucho Marx

Biography

Groucho Marx was an American comedian and actor who worked in vaudeville, Broadway, film, radio, and television. Born Julius Henry Marx in Manhattan in 1890, he began as a boy singer in vaudeville in 1905 and later performed with his brothers Chico and Harpo as the Marx Brothers. With them he appeared in thirteen feature films, usually as a fast-talking, slightly shady protagonist who traded insults with stuffy dowagers and served as foil to his brothers' antics. He also starred in the comedy Duck Soup. His solo career centered on radio and television, especially as host of the quiz and interview show You Bet Your Life, which moved to television in 1950 and ran for eleven seasons. In 1974 he received an honorary Oscar for the Marx Brothers' achievements in film comedy. He died in 1977.

86years old at death

  • Born Manhattan
  • Died Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
  • Star sign: LibraThe sign runs September 23 to October 22
  • Julius Henry Marx (birth name)Also credited as Julius Marx

Movie Career

Films
21
Career span
96 years1929 to 2025

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  1. First role

    Marx's career began in vaudeville in 1905, when he joined The Leroy Trio. He had responded to a newspaper want ad placed by Robin Leroy, who sought a boy singer, and Marx was hired.

  2. Getting ready for a role

    Before a vaudeville show in the early 1920s, Groucho Marx had no time to put on the pasted-on mustache he usually wore, so his greasepaint mustache and eyebrows came about on their own.

Groucho Marx movies on Netflix

Best known for

The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.

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  1. Duck Soup1933 Comedy, Musical, Waras Rufus T. Firefly

    IMDb rating 7.764K votes

  2. A Night at the Opera1935 Comedy, Music, Musicalas Otis B. Driftwood

    IMDb rating 7.837K votes

  3. Animal Crackers1930as Captain Geoffrey T. Spaulding

    IMDb rating 7.416K votes

  4. A Day at the Races1937as Dr. Hackenbush

    IMDb rating 7.516K votes

  5. Horse Feathers1932as Professor Quincy Adams Wagstaff

    IMDb rating 7.514K votes

  6. Monkey Business1931as Groucho

    IMDb rating 7.414K votes

  7. The Cocoanuts1929as Hammer

    IMDb rating 6.89.0K votes

  8. A Night in Casablanca1946as Kornblow

    IMDb rating 6.98.2K votes

Most often with

Sam Wood directed two of these films, Norman Z. McLeod two and Edward Buzzell two. Two actors appear in fourteen of them each. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.

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Films together

Awards

Four awards and honors from 1948 to 1974, one of them major.

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Groucho Marx's awards and nominations, grouped by award
YearAwardFilmResult
Academy Awards
1973Honorary AwardHonorary
Other honors
1974Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres‎Won
1948Peabody AwardsWon
Star on Hollywood Walk of FameHonored

Online

Official profiles and reference pages.

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