Died Today (August 19th): Groucho Marx (1890–1977)

Groucho Marx (1890–1977)

Born: October 2, 1890 in New York City, New York, USA
Died: August 19, 1977 (age 86) in Los Angeles, California, USA

[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?

The Cocoanuts 1929 dir. Robert Florey Joseph Santley starring The Marx Bros

Animal Crackers 1930 dir. by Victor Heerman starring The Marx Bros

Monkey Business 1931 dir. by Norman Z. McLeod starring The Marx Bros

Horse Feathers 1932 dir. by Victor Heerman starring The Marx Bros

Duck Soup 1933 dir. by Leo McCarey starring The Marx Bros A Night at the Opera 1935 dir. by Sam Wood starring The Marx Bros A Day at the Races 1937 dir. Sam Wood starring