Groucho Marx's biography

Julius Henry Marx is 87 years old comedian born at New York City, New York, USA. He was born on Thursday 2nd of October 1890. He is often nicknamed as Julius Henry "Groucho" Marx. According to year of birth 1890 he belongs to Lost Generation. Birthday on 2nd of October means Groucho is Libra. Libra sign depicts that it is all about “Balance”. It seems that their life is very balanced, however, things are way opposite as they always face unstable situations in order to balance it further.

Groucho is white american. He is citizen of United States of America. Groucho is jewish. Groucho´s primary profession is to be comedian. You can know Groucho also as film actor, television actor, stage actor. Groucho is recently known as radio personality.

Groucho Marx's dad

Groucho Marx's father's name is Sam Marx. He is known as actor. His father was born on Sunday 23rd of October 1859 in Mertzwiller. His father died on Wednesday 10th of May 1933 in Los Angeles. Sam Marx was 43 years old, when this happened.

Groucho Marx's mom

Groucho Marx's mother's name is Minnie Marx.

Groucho Marx's family

Groucho Marx's ex wife

Eden Hartford

Groucho Marx and Eden Hartford have been together since 1954 for 15 years. She is known as actor. Groucho´s ex wife was born on Thursday 10th of April 1930 in Salt Lake City. Groucho´s ex wife died on Thursday 15th of December 1983 in Los Angeles. Eden Hartford was 93 years old, when this happened.

Groucho has 1 son and 2 daughters

Groucho Marx's son: Arthur Marx

Groucho Marx's son's name is Arthur Marx. He is known as tennis player. Groucho´s son died on Thursday 14th of April 2011 in Los Angeles. Arthur Marx was 121 years old, when this happened.

Groucho Marx's daughter: Miriam Marx

Groucho Marx's daughter's name is Miriam Marx. She is known as historian. His daughter was born on Thursday 19th of May 1927 in New York City. His daughter died on Thursday 29th of June 2017 in Capistrano Beach. Miriam Marx was 127 years old, when this happened.

Groucho Marx's daughter: Melinda Marx

Groucho Marx's daughter's name is Melinda Marx. She is known as actor. Groucho´s daughter was born on Wednesday 14th of August 1946 in United States of America.

Groucho Marx's career

His main focus is to be comedian. Groucho is famous thanks to The Marx Brothers. He is also a member of Marx Brothers.

Is Groucho Marx gay ?

Groucho is known to be straight.

How did Groucho Marx die

Groucho died on on Friday 19th of August 1977 when he was 87 years old at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center. Groucho Marxs death was caused by pneumonia. It happend like natural causes.

Awards and competitions

Groucho Marx's Awards

He was portrayed by Lewis J. Stadlen in the Broadway show "Minnie's Boys," which ran at the Imperial Theatre for 80 Performances from Mar 26 to May 30, 1970. Stadlen won a 1970 Theatre World Award for his performance.
He was awarded 2 Stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame: for Radio at 6821 Hollywood Boulevard and for Television at 1734 Vine Street.

Groucho Marx's Nominations

His double album "An Evening with Groucho" (A&M: 1972), recorded at a sold-out performance at Carnegie Hall, was a surprise best-seller and a Grammy nominee for Best Comedy Recording. His accompanist on that occasion was the then unknown Marvin Hamlisch.

What else you don't know about Groucho Marx ?

His middle name is Henry.

What Groucho Marx has done for a first time

His cremated remains are entombed at Eden Memorial Park, San Fernando, California, USA. Coincidentally, Eden was also the first name of his third (and final) wife.
Appeared as Johnny Carson's very first guest on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1962) where he introduced Carson to his newfound audience (October 1, 1962).

Groucho Marx's quotes

[on resigning from the Friars Club] I do not care to belong to a club that accepts people like me as members.
[when told that a swimming pool was off-limits to Jews] My son is half-Jewish; can he wade in up to his knees?
Outside of a dog, a book is a man's best friend. Inside of a dog, it's too dark to read.
Marriage is a wonderful institution. But who wants to live in an institution?
I was married by a judge. I should have asked for a jury.
While shooting elephants in Africa, I found the tusks very difficult to remove. But in Alabama, the Tuscaloosa...
You're only as young as the woman you feel.
If you want to see a comic strip, you should see me in the shower.
Military intelligence is a contradiction in terms.
It looks as if Hollywood brides keep the bouquets and throw away the grooms.
I drink to make other people interesting.
There's one way to find out if a man is honest: ask him. If he says "Yes", you know he is crooked.
Behind every successful man stands a woman. And behind her stands his wife.
I find television very educating. Every time somebody turns on the set, I go into the other room and read a book.
My mother loved children--she would have given anything if I had been one.
From the moment I picked your book up until I put it down, I was convulsed with laughter. Some day I intend reading it.
Politics doesn't make strange bedfellows--marriage does.
In America you can go on the air and kid the politicians, and the politicians can go on the air and kid the people.
The only game I like to play is Old Maid...provided she's not TOO old.
A moose is an animal with horns on the front of his head and a hunting lodge wall on the back of it.
[in the late 1960s, on how it felt to be an elder statesman of comedy] Like an old jerk.
People are most likely to listen to reason when in bed.
Military justice is to justice what military music is to music.
Quote me as saying I was misquoted.
Why should I care about posterity? What's posterity ever done for me?
[asked in 1975 if he'd seen any recent movies] I saw Jaws (1975). But I think it would have been funnier if a guppy had swallowed the boat instead of a shark.
One of the best hearing aids a man can have is an attentive wife.
I was so long writing my review that I never got around to reading the book.
She got her good looks from her father--he's a plastic surgeon.
Wives are people who feel that they don't dance enough.
The husband who wants a happy marriage should learn to keep his mouth shut and his checkbook open.
[on Samson and Delilah (1949) starring Hedy Lamarr and Victor Mature] Well, there's just one problem. No picture can hold my interest where the leading man's tits are bigger than the leading lady's.
Alimony is like buying hay for a dead horse.
A woman is an occasional pleasure, but a cigar is always a smoke.
I'd have liked to have gone to bed with Jean Harlow. She was a beautiful broad. The fellow who married her was impotent and he killed himself. I would have done the same thing.
[on Bob Hope] Hope? Hope is not a comedian. He just translates what others write for him.
Jerry Lewis hasn't made me laugh since he left Dean Martin.
There has never been a good comedian that didn't have a good straight man. Audiences don't *think* the straight man means anything, but it's very important.
[on Harry S. Truman's upset defeat of Thomas E. Dewey in the 1948 Presidential elections] The only way a Republican will get into the White House now is to marry Margaret Truman.
Politics is the art of looking for trouble, finding it everywhere, diagnosing it incorrectly, and applying the wrong remedies.
Those are my principles, and if you don't like them . . . well, I have others.
I've been around so long, I knew Doris Day before she was a virgin.
[Telegram to Judy Garland after losing the Best Actress Award to Grace Kelly] Dear Judy, This is the biggest robbery since Brink's.
I've always been terrified of dying broke or of being a failure. I've never taken a bit of success for granted. When it came, I was always sure it wasn't going to last.
The secret of life is honesty and fair dealing. If you can fake that, you've got it made.
[After a fan tells him how excited he is to meet the famous Groucho Marx] I have known him for years and I can tell you, it's no pleasure.
Sex at my age is like trying to shoot pool with a rope.
[being advised he should wear a frock coat and a painted mustache for every broadcast of You Bet Your Life (1950)] The hell I will, that character is dead.
Politics is the art of looking for trouble, finding it everywhere, diagnosing it incorrectly and applying the wrong solutions.
If a man's best friend is his dog, that dog has a problem.

Groucho Marx's height, body shape, eye color

Lets describe how Groucho Marx looks. We will focus on his height, body shape, eye color and hair color. He is tall as 5' 8" (173 cm). Body build is average. Groucho´s eyes are tinted brown - dark. His hair is shade of black.

Groucho Marx