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Julius Henry " Groucho " Marx (/ ˈɡraʊtʃoʊ /; October 2, 1890 – August 19, 1977) was an American comedian, actor, writer, and singer who performed in films and vaudeville on television, radio, and the stage. [1] He was a master of quick wit and is considered one of America's greatest comedians. [2]
Sep 22, 2020 · Groucho Marx's final years were plagued by horrific abuse at the hands of those close to him. According to Entertainment Weekly, Groucho had been left "helpless" by a stroke and hip surgery in his final days, when a major legal battle broke out in which lurid details of his final years were laid bare to the public.
Groucho Marx. Actor: A Night at the Opera. The bushy-browed, cigar-smoking wise-cracker with the painted-on moustache and stooped walk was the leader of The Marx Brothers.
Groucho Marx. Actor: A Night at the Opera. The bushy-browed, cigar-smoking wise-cracker with the painted-on moustache and stooped walk was the leader of The Marx Brothers.
Groucho Marx played Rufus T. Firefly, the cynical, sarcastic, and money-hungry leader of a fictional country called Freedonia. Margaret Dumont, a standard in the Marx Brothers’ films, was once again the butt of Groucho’s barbs, playing a rich dowager easily wooed by his questionable charms.…
GROUCHO MARX BIOGRAPHY. Julius Henry Marx began his show business career in 1905, a few months before his fifteenth birthday. He had been singing in the choir of a Manhattan church and was inspired by his uncle, the vaudeville star Al Shean.
Groucho was born Julius Henry Marx on Oct 2 1890 in New York. He was the third of the five surviving sons of Sam and Minnie Marx. He was the first of the brothers to start a stage career aged 15 in an act called The Leroy Trio. Other acts followed, but none of them was a great success.
The third-born of the performing Marx Brothers, Julius "Groucho" Marx made the most profound contributions to American comedy. His wisecracking stage persona has achieved iconic status akin to Charlie Chaplin 's hapless tramp and Buster Keaton 's stone face.
Groucho Marx, a writer, comedian and film actor best known as the wisecracking leader of the Marx Brothers, made 13 iconic films with his brothers between 1929 and 1950.
Aug 20, 1977 · LOS ANGELES, Aug. 19—Groucho Marx, the comedian, died tonight at the Cedar Sinai Medical Center here after failing to recover from a respiratory ailment that hospitalized him June 22.
