"Julius Henry "Groucho" Marx (October 2, 1890 – August 19, 1977), was an American comedian and film star. He is famed as a master of wit. He made fifteen feature films with his siblings, the Marx Brothers, and also had a successful solo career, most notably as the host of the radio and television game show You Bet Your Life.[1] He had a distinctive image, which included a heavy greasepaint moustache and eyebrows and glasses."
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The original Groucho Marx Bio that I compiled befor Wikipedia existed follows:
Harpo Chico Groucho
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Groucho Marx did 26 movies total, of these 15 were with his brothers Chico and Harpo. Of those 15 movies only 14 were actually released. The first movie was a silent film, that Groucho is said to of cut up the movie into guitar picks, to prevent it's release. Needless to say, he didn't like it. Although students of the cinema still try to find a copy of the film, feeling it has great historical value. They were one of the world's most famous comedy teams. They had their own zany brand of slapstick comedy. That was mixed with quick witted one-liners, usually delivered by Groucho. Some of Groucho's one-liners were often imitated, even by some of todays biggest comedians. You can also find them in some of the old Buggs Bunny cartoons. There were six brothers, all born in New York City. Manfred Marx died in infancy
 | Julius "GROUCHO" Marx - 1890-1977 Herbert "ZEPPO" Marx - 1901-1979 Adolph "HARPO" Marx - 1888-1964 Leonard "CHICO" Marx - 1887-1961 Milton "GUMMO" Marx - 1897-1977 |
After almost 20 years in small shows, and Vaudeville, their big break finally came on May 19th, 1924, when they appeared on Broadway in an insanely funny play they had written called "I'll Say She Is". Other broadway plays they appeared in are, The Cocoanuts which opened on December 8th, 1925 which ran for 3 years, and while their next play Animal Crackers opened on October 23rd, 1928. They started the film version of Cocoanuts, and later brought Animal Crackers to the silver screen also.
The MARX BROTHERS movies in order of their release date are:
   | HUMOR RISK - 1920 or 1921 (Never Released) COCOANUTS - 1929 ANIMAL CRACKERS - 1930 THE HOUSE THAT SHADOWS BUILT - 1931 MONKEY BUSINESS - 1931 HOLLYWOOD ON PARADE NO.5 -1932 HORSE FEATHERS - 1932 DUCK SOUP - 1933 A NIGHT AT THE OPERA - 1935 YOURS FOR THE ASKING - 1936 A DAY AT THE RACES - 1937 ROOM SERVICE - 1938 AT THE CIRCUS - 1939 GO WEST - 1940 THE BIG STORE - 1941 INSTATANES - 1943 SCREEN SNAPSHOT NO. 110 - 1943 A NIGHT IN CASABLANCA - 1946 COPACABANA - 1947 LOVE HAPPY - 1950 MR. MUSIC - 1950 DOUBLE DYNAMITE - 1951 A GIRL IN EVERY PORT - 1952 THE STORY OF MANKIND - 1957 WILL SUCCESS SPOIL ROCK HUNTER? - 1957 SKIDOO - 1968 |    |
Books written by
The Marx Brothers
Julius Henry Marx (Groucho) was bornin 1890 and died on August 19th 1977 at Cedars Sinai Medical Center. He was 86 years young, at his time of death. Groucho's ashes are in a small room in the mausoleum at Eden Memorial Park in Mission Hills, California. He was clever and anxious from the get go. On screen he played a wise cracking cigar toting, middle-aged man with glasses and a big black mustache. He continually launches streams of wisecracks and insults at everybody and just about on any topic. Groucho is normally regarded as the most popular, and recognized of all the Marx Brothers. In his later years he went on to radio You Bet Your Life for which he won the Best Comedian of the Yearaward in 1949.
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