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Groucho Marx: Biography

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  • Birth Name: Julius Henry Marx
  • Birth Place: New York, NY
  • Date of Birth / Zodiac Sign: 10/02/1890, Libra
  • Date of Death: 08/19/1977
  • Profession: Actor; comedian; writer
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Groucho Marx Fast Facts:
  • Mother's side of the family was in show business, and included vaudeville star Al Shean.
  • Began his own showbiz career in 1900 when he joined Gus Edwards' kiddie review. Was soon working in other vaudeville shows, including ones with his brothers and other family members.
  • The Marx Brothers were formed by 1920; and they gained national attention with the zany I'll Say She Is revue, which ran 1923-25. They followed it with another hit, The Cocoanuts, which featured a score by Irving Berlin.
  • During the success of The Cocoanuts, Groucho and brothers starred in a silent comedy movie, Humorisk, that they produced themselves; it was never released.
  • Lost $240,000 on Black Tuesday (the October 29, 1929, stock-market crash). He later joked that "I would have lost more, but that was all the money I had."
  • Received the Most Outstanding Personality Emmy Award in 1951.
  • A lifelong Democrat, Marx was the subject of a 1950s probe by the FBI that wondered if he was affiliated with the Communist Party. (He wasn't.)
  • Made a triumphant return to the stage in 1972 with the sold-out An Evening with Groucho at Carnegie Hall.
  • Received an honorary Academy Award in 1973 "in recognition of his brilliant creativity and for the unequaled achievements of the Marx Brothers in the art of motion picture comedy."
  • His will instructed that anyone challenging it would receive $1 with the rest going to the Jewish Federation Council of Los Angeles.
  • Ashes are interred at Eden Memorial Park cemetery in Mission Hills, Cal.
  • Groucho Marx Relationships:
  • Al Shean - Uncle
  • Arthur Marx - Son
  • Chico Marx - Brother
  • Eden Hartford - Ex-wife
  • Erin Fleming - Significant Other
  • Gummo Marx - Brother
  • Harpo Marx - Brother
  • Kay Marvis Gorcey - Ex-wife
  • Manfred Marx - Brother
  • Melinda Marx - Daughter
  • Minnie Marx - Mother
  • Miriam Marx - Daughter
  • Ruth Johnson - Ex-wife
  • Samuel Marx - Father
  • Zeppo Marx - Brother
  • Groucho Marx Awards:
  • 1951 Emmy: Most Outstanding Personality - Nominee
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