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Minnie with her husband Sam and their sons Chico, Harpo, Groucho, Gummo and Zeppo in 1915 About 1880 the family immigrated to New York City , where Minnie married Samuel "Frenchie" Marx in 1884. [ 4 ]
According to his birth certificate, Marx was born as Simon Marx in Alsace, in France. [1] Due to his place of birth, he was known as "Frenchie". His parents were Simon Marx and Johanna Haennchen Isaak. He came to the U.S. from France in 1880. He met Minnie in New York where he was working as a dance teacher. They married in 1884 and had six sons.
Around 1880, the family emigrated to New York City, where Minnie married Sam Marx in 1884. Samuel ("Sam"; born Simon) Marx was a native of Mertzwiller, a small Alsatian village, and worked as a tailor. [1] [2] His name was changed to Samuel Marx, and he was nicknamed "Frenchy". [3]
His father was a magician. His sister, Minnie, married Sam "Frenchie" Marx; their sons would become known as the Marx Brothers. After making a name for himself in vaudeville, Shean teamed up with Edward Gallagher to create the act Gallagher and Shean. While the act was successful, the men apparently did not like each other much.
Marx was born in Manhattan, New York City, on October 23, 1892. [note 1] His parents were Sam Marx (called "Frenchie" throughout his life), and Minnie Schoenberg Marx. Marx's family was Jewish. His mother was from Dornum in East Frisia, and his father was a native of Alsace and worked as a tailor. [2] [3] [4]
Margaret Dumont (born Daisy Juliette Baker; October 20, 1882 – March 6, 1965) [1] [2] [a] was an American stage and film actress. She is best remembered as the comic foil to the Marx Brothers in seven of their films; Groucho Marx called her "practically the fifth Marx brother."
Minnie's Boys is a musical with a book by Arthur Marx (Groucho Marx's son) and Robert Fisher, music by Larry Grossman, and lyrics by Hal Hackady. It provides a behind-the-scenes look at the early days of the Marx Brothers and their relationship with their mother Minnie Marx , the driving force behind their ultimate success.
Arthur Julius Marx (July 21, 1921 – April 14, 2011) was an American writer, the son of entertainer Groucho Marx and his first wife, Ruth Johnson. Early life [ edit ]