Groucho Marx (1890–1977)
Author of The Groucho Letters
About the Author
Julius-A.K.A. Groucho-Marx (1895-1977) enjoyed a sensational career as a member of the Marx Brothers, on Broadway and in Hollywood, with such comedies as Animal Crackers, Monkey Business, Duck Soup, and A Day at the Races. His solo career included films and the television hit You Bet Your Life! He show more is the author of The Groucho Letters and an autobiography, Groucho and Me show less
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Works by Groucho Marx
Groucho Marx and Other Short Stories and Tall Tales: The Selected Writings of Groucho Marx (1993) 63 copies
Grouchismi: storie brevi 1925-1973 10 copies
Le seconde lettere di Groucho Marx 6 copies
Monkey Business 6 copies
Le prime lettere di Groucho Marx 6 copies
Un Día En Las Carreras [DVD] 2 copies
Golden Age of Comedy 2 copies
Gregariously Groucho 1 copy
Comedy Legends the best of W.C. Fields Groucho Marx Stan Laurel an Oliver Hardy and Buste Keaton 1 copy
Las cartas de Groucho 1967 1 copy
El A B C de Groucho 2001 1 copy
Prime lettere 1 copy
Battute e pensieri 1 copy
Legends of American Comedy: Durante/Marx [VHS] — Artist — 1 copy
Here's Groucho 1 copy
Tienda De Locos [DVD] 1 copy
Groucho Marx papers 1 copy
Letti 1 copy
Legali da legare 1 copy
Associated Works
The Marx Brothers Silver Screen Collection: The Cocoanuts / Animal Crackers / Monkey Business / Horse Feathers / Duck… (1929) 109 copies
The Marx Brothers Collection (A Night at the Opera / A Day at the Races/ A Night In Casablanca / Room Service / At the… (2004) — Actor — 49 copies
Marx Brothers Box Set: Love Happy, A Girl in Every Port, The Cocoanuts, Room Service, Animal Crackers, Monkey Business,… — Actor — 7 copies
The Marx Brothers Collection: Animal Crackers / Horse Feathers / Duck Soup — Actor — 2 copies
The Marx Brothers Collection (A Night at the Opera / A Day at the Races / At the Circus / Go West / The Big Store / A… (2004) 2 copies
Die Marx Brothers Radio Show: Im Theater; Im Kaufhaus; Der indische Guru, 1 Audio-CD (2001) — Author — 1 copy
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Common Knowledge
- Canonical name
- Marx, Groucho
- Legal name
- Marx, Julius Henry
- Birthdate
- 1890-10-02
- Date of death
- 1977-08-19
- Burial location
- Eden Memorial Park Cemetery, Los Angeles, California, USA
- Gender
- male
- Nationality
- USA
- Birthplace
- New York, New York, USA
- Place of death
- Los Angeles, California, USA
- Places of residence
- Manhattan, New York, USA
- Occupations
- comedian
actor
radio host
television host - Relationships
- Marx, Harpo (brother)
Marx, Maxine (niece)
Marx, Chico (brother)
Marx, Gummo (brother)
Marx, Zeppo (brother)
Marx, Arthur (son) (show all 8)
Eliot, T. S. (friend)
Allen, Miriam Marx (daughter) - Organizations
- The Marx Brothers
- Awards and honors
- Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres
Academy Award (special award for Marx Brothers, 1974) - Short biography
- Julius Henry Marx grew up in a heavily immigrant neighborhood of Manhattan, the third of five surviving sons of Sam and Minnie Marx. He had to leave school at age 12 to work and was the first of the brothers to start an entertainment career, using the stage name Groucho Marx. He and his brothers had their first success together with the musical comedy called I'll Say She Is. It was at one of the performances of this show that Groucho first put on got his painted moustache and eyebrows. I'll Say She Is is was followed by two more Broadway hits -- The Cocoanuts and Animal Crackers -- both of which were made into films. Groucho made a total of 26 movies, 13 of them with his brothers Chico and Harpo (and occasionally Zeppo). Groucho honed his routine as the wise-cracking hustler with a distinctive walk and the ever-present cigar. In the latter years of the Marx Brothers movie career, Groucho also started working on the radio. His biggest success was the comedy quiz show You Bet Your Life, which started in 1947 and eventually moved to television, where it aired until 1961.
When the Marx Brothers became popular again in the late 1960s/early 1970s, Groucho made a comeback with a show in Carnegie Hall in 1972. His autobiographer was called Memoirs of a Mangy Lover (1963).
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- Works
- 55
- Also by
- 44
- Members
- 2,720
- Popularity
- #9,444
- Rating
- 3.8
- Reviews
- 42
- ISBNs
- 144
- Languages
- 9
- Favorited
- 7