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| + | [[File:Groucho Marx.jpg|thumbnail|200px|right|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]]. |
| − | '''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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| − | 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 [[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?". | + | 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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| | + | 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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