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'''Groucho Marx''', born '''Julius Henry Marx''' (October 2, 1890 – August 19, 1977), was a [[Jew]]ish-American [[vaudeville]] comedian. He is most famous for his appearances with his brothers Chico and Harpo as the "Three Marx Brothers".
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[[File:Groucho Marx.jpg|thumbnail|200px|right|Groucho Marx]]
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'''Groucho Marx''', born '''Julius Henry Marx''' (October 2, 1890 – August 19, 1977), was an [[American]] [[vaudeville]] and movie comedian. He is most famous for his appearances with his brothers Chico, Harpo, and Zeppo as the [[Marx Brothers]].
  
 
==Early life==
 
==Early life==
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As a young [[Jew]] growing up in [[Manhattan]], Julius Rosenberg and his four brothers — Leonard (Chico), Arthur (Harpo), Milton (Gummo), and Herbert (Zeppo) — followed their uncle's footsteps into [[vaudeville]]. Each brother developed a [[characteristic]] stage persona; for example, Groucho wore a greasepaint [[mustache]] and smoked a fat [[cigar]] in imitation of a college professor, while Harpo rarely said anything except through a [[horn]]. Chico's stage persona was that of an [[Itali]]an immigrant. Chico's "ancestry" became a running gag in the Marx Brothers' act. For example, at one point in the film ''Animal Crackers'' Groucho turns to Chico and asks, "When did you become Italian?".
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As a young [[Jew]] growing up in [[Manhattan]], Julius Marx and his four brothers — Leonard (Chico), Arthur (Harpo), Milton (Gummo), and Herbert (Zeppo) — followed their uncle's footsteps into [[vaudeville]]. Each brother developed a [[characteristic]] stage persona; for example, Groucho wore a greasepaint [[moustache]] and smoked a fat [[cigar]] in imitation of a college professor, while Harpo rarely said anything except through a [[horn]].
  
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==From vaudeville to film==
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==Solo career==
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Beginning with 1929's ''The Cocoanuts'' and followed in 1930 with ''[[Animal Crackers]]'', the Four Marx Brothers took to the screen for a series of long-running and widely acclaimed musical comedies. Their 1933 ''[[Duck Soup]]'', which took [[pot]]shots at the tinpot [[dictatorship]]s of prewar [[Europe]], was loved more at home than overseas and may have contributed to the arms race between [[Great Britain]] and [[Germany]] in the years leading up to [[World War II]]{{fact}}.
 
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While Chico's Italian-immigrant character and Harpo's silent clowning translated easily to the cinematic medium, Zeppo Marx's clean-cut and boring "straight-man" persona did not fare so well. Audiences didn't respond to Zeppo's light touch, preferring the more slapstick comedy of Groucho, Chico, and Harpo — although Zeppo's lighter brand turned out to be quite popular with [[troops|American servicemen]] overseas. After the success of ''Duck Soup'', Zeppo left the act for good.
 
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The Three Marx Brothers made a few more films with RKO, such as ''A Day at the Opera'' and ''Westward Ho!'', but the act's back was broken and the brothers split up soon thereafter.
 
  
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Groucho went on to host the [[NBC]] [[television]] [[game show]] ''You Bet Your Life'' and to appear on ''The Dick Cavett Show''. One of his most remembered ''You Bet Your Life'' episode in 1951 featured colorful [[Louisiana]] state Senator [[Dudley J. LeBlanc]], know for peddling a patent medicine called "Hadacol."
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Groucho went on to host the [[game show]] ''You Bet Your Life'' and appear on ''Dick Cavett''.
 
  
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Latest revision as of 07:29, March 2, 2021

Groucho Marx

Groucho Marx, born Julius Henry Marx (October 2, 1890 – August 19, 1977), was an American vaudeville and movie comedian. He is most famous for his appearances with his brothers Chico, Harpo, and Zeppo as the Marx Brothers.

Early life

As a young Jew growing up in Manhattan, Julius Marx and his four brothers — Leonard (Chico), Arthur (Harpo), Milton (Gummo), and Herbert (Zeppo) — followed their uncle's footsteps into vaudeville. Each brother developed a characteristic stage persona; for example, Groucho wore a greasepaint moustache and smoked a fat cigar in imitation of a college professor, while Harpo rarely said anything except through a horn.

Solo career

Groucho went on to host the NBC television game show You Bet Your Life and to appear on The Dick Cavett Show. One of his most remembered You Bet Your Life episode in 1951 featured colorful Louisiana state Senator Dudley J. LeBlanc, know for peddling a patent medicine called "Hadacol."

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