Filmography
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Known For
A Night at the Opera Mrs. Claypool (1935) -
Duck Soup Gloria Teasdale (1933) -
Animal Crackers Mrs. Rittenhouse (1930) -
Known For
The Cocoanuts Mrs. Potter (1929) -
Actress
What a Way to Go! Mrs. Foster (1964) -
Zotz! Persephone Updike (1962) -
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show Dowager no. 1 (1960) -
The Donna Reed Show Mrs. Westcott Trilling (1959) -
Auntie Mame Noblewoman in Play (1958) -
Schlitz Playhouse (1958) -
Shake, Rattle & Rock! Georgianna Fitzdingle (1956) -
Studio 57 Mrs. Sabine (1956) -
My Friend Irma Mrs. Richard Rhinelander Jr (1953) -
Hollywood Opening Night (1953) -
![Stop, You're Killing Me]( "Stop, You're Killing Me")
Stop, You're Killing Me Mrs. Harriet Whitelaw (1952) -
![Three for Bedroom C]( "Three for Bedroom C")
Three for Bedroom C Mrs. Agnes Hawthorne (1952) -
![The Stu Erwin Show]( "The Stu Erwin Show")
The Stu Erwin Show Mrs. Selkirk (1951-1952) -
![Chevron Theatre]( "Chevron Theatre")
Chevron Theatre (1952) -
![Susie Steps Out]( "Susie Steps Out")
Susie Steps Out Mrs. Starr (1946) -
![Little Giant]( "Little Giant")
Little Giant Mrs. Hendrickson (1946) -
![Sunset in El Dorado]( "Sunset in El Dorado")
Sunset in El Dorado Aunt Dolly / Aunt Arabella (1945) -
![Diamond Horseshoe]( "Diamond Horseshoe")
Diamond Horseshoe Mrs. Standish (1945) -
![The Horn Blows at Midnight]( "The Horn Blows at Midnight")
The Horn Blows at Midnight Mme. Traviata / Miss Rodholder (1945) -
![Bathing Beauty]( "Bathing Beauty")
Bathing Beauty Mrs. Allenwood (1944) -
![Seven Days Ashore]( "Seven Days Ashore")
Seven Days Ashore Mrs. Croxton-Lynch (1944) -
![Up in Arms]( "Up in Arms")
Up in Arms Mrs. Willoughby (1944) -
![The Dancing Masters]( "The Dancing Masters")
The Dancing Masters Louise Harlan (1943) -
![Rhythm Parade]( "Rhythm Parade")
Rhythm Parade Ophelia MacDougal (1942) -
![Tales of Manhattan]( "Tales of Manhattan")
Tales of Manhattan Mme. Langehanke (Fields sequence) (1942) -
![About Face]( "About Face")
About Face Mrs. Culpepper (1942) -
![Sing Your Worries Away]( "Sing Your Worries Away")
Sing Your Worries Away Flo Faulkner - Landlady (1942) -
![Born to Sing]( "Born to Sing")
Born to Sing Mrs. E. V. Lawson (1942) -
![Never Give a Sucker an Even Break]( "Never Give a Sucker an Even Break")
Never Give a Sucker an Even Break Mrs. Hemogloben (1941) -
![The Big Store]( "The Big Store")
The Big Store Martha Phelps (1941) -
![For Beauty's Sake]( "For Beauty's Sake")
For Beauty's Sake Mrs. Franklin Evans (1941) -
![At the Circus]( "At the Circus")
At the Circus Mrs. Dukesbury (1939) -
![The Women]( "The Women")
The Women Mrs. Wagstaff (1939) -
![Dramatic School]( "Dramatic School")
Dramatic School Pantomimic Teacher (1938) -
![Wise Girl]( "Wise Girl")
Wise Girl Mrs. Bell-Rivington (1937) -
![High Flyers]( "High Flyers")
High Flyers Martha Arlington (1937) -
![Youth on Parole]( "Youth on Parole")
Youth on Parole Mrs. Abernathy (1937) -
![The Life of the Party]( "The Life of the Party")
The Life of the Party Mrs. Penner (1937) -
![A Day at the Races]( "A Day at the Races")
A Day at the Races Mrs. Emily Upjohn (1937) -
![Arbor Day]( "Arbor Day")
Arbor Day Woman talking to the midgets outside (1936) -
![Song and Dance Man]( "Song and Dance Man")
Song and Dance Man Mrs. Whitney (1936) -
![Anything Goes]( "Anything Goes")
Anything Goes Mrs. Wentworth (1936) -
![A Night at the Opera]( "A Night at the Opera")
A Night at the Opera Mrs. Claypool (1935) -
![Rendezvous]( "Rendezvous")
Rendezvous Mrs. Hendricks (1935) -
![Orchids to You]( "Orchids to You")
Orchids to You Mrs. Belknap (1935) -
![Reckless]( "Reckless")
Reckless Woman in Audience Yelling 'Get Off the Stage' (1935) -
![Gypsy Sweetheart]( "Gypsy Sweetheart")
Gypsy Sweetheart Mrs. Van Updyke (1935) -
![After Office Hours]( "After Office Hours")
After Office Hours Mrs. Murchison (1935) -
![Kentucky Kernels]( "Kentucky Kernels")
Kentucky Kernels Mrs. Baxter (1934) -
![Gridiron Flash]( "Gridiron Flash")
Gridiron Flash Mrs. Fields (1934) -
![Fifteen Wives]( "Fifteen Wives")
Fifteen Wives Sybilla Crum (1934) -
![We're Rich Again]( "We're Rich Again")
We're Rich Again Wedding Guest (1934) -
![Duck Soup]( "Duck Soup")
Duck Soup Gloria Teasdale (1933) -
![Storm at Daybreak]( "Storm at Daybreak")
Storm at Daybreak Duchess Sophie (1933) -
Here, Prince The Queen of Deleria (1932)
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![The Girl Habit]( "The Girl Habit")
The Girl Habit Blanche Ledyard (1931) -
![Animal Crackers]( "Animal Crackers")
Animal Crackers Mrs. Rittenhouse (1930) -
![The Cocoanuts]( "The Cocoanuts")
The Cocoanuts Mrs. Potter (1929) -
![Enemies of Women]( "Enemies of Women")
Enemies of Women French Beauty (1923) -
Actress
![A Tale of Two Cities]( "A Tale of Two Cities")
A Tale of Two Cities Aristocrat (1917) -
Soundtrack
![Seven Days Ashore]( "Seven Days Ashore")
Seven Days Ashore (1944) -
![Duck Soup]( "Duck Soup")
Duck Soup (1933) -
Soundtrack
![Animal Crackers]( "Animal Crackers")
Animal Crackers (1930) -
Archive footageMorir de humor (2008)
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¿De qué te ríes? (2006)
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![Remarks on Marx]( "Remarks on Marx")
Remarks on Marx (2004) -
![On Your Marx, Get Set, Go!]( "On Your Marx, Get Set, Go!")
On Your Marx, Get Set, Go! (2004) -
![Inside the Marx Brothers]( "Inside the Marx Brothers")
Inside the Marx Brothers (2003) -
![Hidden Hollywood II: More Treasures from the 20th Century Fox Vaults]( "Hidden Hollywood II: More Treasures from the 20th Century Fox Vaults")
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![The Unknown Marx Brothers]( "The Unknown Marx Brothers")
The Unknown Marx Brothers (1993) -
![Funny Business]( "Funny Business")
Funny Business (1992) -
![Classic Comedy Teams]( "Classic Comedy Teams")
Classic Comedy Teams (1986) -
![The Marx Brothers in a Nutshell]( "The Marx Brothers in a Nutshell")
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![Hollywood: The Gift of Laughter]( "Hollywood: The Gift of Laughter")
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![The Hollywood Clowns]( "The Hollywood Clowns")
The Hollywood Clowns (1979) -
![That's Entertainment, Part II]( "That's Entertainment, Part II")
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![Brother Can You Spare a Dime]( "Brother Can You Spare a Dime")
Brother Can You Spare a Dime (1975) -
![Hollywood: The Dream Factory]( "Hollywood: The Dream Factory")
Hollywood: The Dream Factory (1972) -
![The Dick Cavett Show]( "The Dick Cavett Show")
The Dick Cavett Show (1971) -
Archive footage
![Buster Keaton in Wildwest]( "Buster Keaton in Wildwest")
Buster Keaton in Wildwest (1962) -
![The Ed Sullivan Show]( "The Ed Sullivan Show")
The Ed Sullivan Show (1954)
All Filmography
Did You Know
Trivia
Profiled in book "Funny Ladies" by Stephen Silverman.
Quotes
Script writers build up for a laugh, but they don't allow any pause for it. That's where I come in. I ad lib - it doesn't matter what I say - just to kill a few seconds so you can enjoy the gag. I have to sense when the big laughs will come and fill...
Trademark
Best known as her roles as the haughty straight woman for the Marx Brothers.
Star Sign
Libra
Personal Details
Born
Daisy Juliette Baker
Brooklyn, New York, USA
Died
(age 82)
Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA
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