Dumont, Margaret (1889–1965)

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Dumont, Margaret (1889–1965)

American actress and singer. Name variations: Daisy Baker, Daisy Dumont. Born Margaret Baker, Oct 20, 1889, in Brooklyn, NY; died Mar 6, 1965, in Hollywood, California; m. John Moller Jr. (industrialist), 1910.

Best remembered as the society matron foil of the Marx Brothers on stage and screen; films include A Day at the Races, Animal Crackers, Duck Soup, A Night at the Opera, Anything Goes, Never Give a Sucker and Even Break, The Horn Blows at Midnight and Stop You're Killing Me.

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