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Julius Henry "Groucho" Marx (/ ˈ ɡ r aʊ tʃ oʊ /; October 2, 1890 – August 19, 1977) was an American comedian, actor, writer, and singer who performed in films and vaudeville on television, radio, and the stage. [1]
The Marx Brothers were an American family comedy act that was successful in vaudeville, on Broadway, and in 14 motion pictures from 1905 to 1949.Five of the Marx Brothers' fourteen feature films were selected by the American Film Institute (AFI) as among the top 100 comedy films, with two of them, Duck Soup (1933) and A Night at the Opera (1935), in the top fifteen.
Groucho's Deli was founded by Harold "Groucho" Miller in 1941 in Columbia, South Carolina, known at the time as "Miller's".Miller was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in 1899, losing his father in an accident and being sent to a Catholic orphanage after his mother became ill and was unable to care for all of her children.
The last episode in a radio format aired on June 10, 1960. The series continued on television for another year, recording the last season, beginning on September 22, 1960, with a new title, The Groucho Show. Gameplay on each episode of You Bet Your Life was generally secondary to Groucho's comedic interplay with contestants and often with ...
Geoffrey Rush is set to play iconic comedian Groucho Marx in “Raised Eyebrows,” writer-director Oren Moverman’s upcoming adaptation of Steve Stoliar’s memoir “Raised Eyebrows: My Years ...
Front cover of the first edition (Doubleday, 1978).Hello, I Must Be Going: Groucho and His Friends is a 1978 biography of Groucho Marx by Charlotte Chandler.The biography was written towards the end of Groucho's life (and published after his death), and chronicles many interviews between Chandler and Groucho.
Founders of Groucho include Australian writer Carmen Callil, publisher Liz Calder and American literary agent Ed Victor, who set it up as an alternative to male-dominated private members clubs.
Animal Crackers is a 1930 American pre-Code Marx Brothers comedy film directed by Victor Heerman.The film stars the Marx Brothers, (Groucho, Harpo, Chico, and Zeppo), with Lillian Roth and Margaret Dumont, based on the Marxes’ Broadway musical of the same name.