Groucho Marx
| Groucho Marx | |
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Marx circa 1955
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| Birth name | Julius Henry Marx |
| Born |
October 2, 1890 Manhattan, New York City, U.S. |
| Died |
August 19, 1977 (aged 86) Cedars-Sinai Medical Center Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Medium | Film, television, stage, radio, music |
| Years active | 1905–1976 |
| Genres | Wit, wordplay, slapstick |
| Spouse |
Ruth Johnson (m. 1920; div. 1942) Kay Marvis Gorcey (m. 1945; div. 1951) Eden Hartford (m. 1954; div. 1969) |
| Children |
Arthur Marx Miriam Marx Melinda Marx |
| Parent(s) |
Minnie Schönberg Sam "Frenchie" Marx |
| Relative(s) |
Al Shean (maternal uncle) Chico Marx (brother) Harpo Marx (brother) Gummo Marx (brother) Zeppo Marx (brother) |
Julius Henry Marx (October 2, 1890 – August 19, 1977), known professionally as Groucho Marx (/ˈɡraʊtʃoʊ ˈmɑːrks/), was an American comedian, film and television star. He was known as a master of quick wit and is widely considered one of the best comedians of the modern era. His rapid-fire, often impromptu delivery of innuendo-laden patter earned him many admirers and imitators.
He made 13 feature films with his siblings the Marx Brothers, of whom he was the third-born. He also had a successful solo career, most notably as the host of the radio and television game show You Bet Your Life.
His distinctive appearance, carried over from his days in vaudeville, included quirks such as an exaggerated stooped posture, glasses, cigar, and a thick mustache and eyebrows. These exaggerated features resulted in the creation of one of the world's most ubiquitous and recognizable novelty disguises, known as Groucho glasses: a one-piece mask consisting of horn-rimmed glasses, large plastic nose, bushy eyebrows and mustache.
Julius Marx was born on October 2, 1890, in Manhattan, New York City.
Marx stated that he was born in a room above a butcher's shop on East 78th Street in Manhattan, New York City, "Between Lexington & 3rd", as told to Dick Cavett in a 1969 television interview. The Marx children grew up on East 93rd Street off Lexington Avenue in a neighborhood now known as Carnegie Hill on the Upper East Side of the borough of Manhattan, in New York City. The turn-of-the-century building that his brother Harpo called "the first real home they ever knew" (in his memoir Harpo Speaks) was populated with European immigrants, mostly artisans. Just across the street were the oldest brownstones in the area, owned by people such as the well-connected Loew Brothers and William Orth. The Marx family lived at this location "for about 14 years", Groucho also told Cavett.
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