Sam Marx
Samuel Marx | |
|---|---|
| File:Sam Frenchie Marx.png Sam Marx in his late years | |
| Born | Simon Marrix |
| Occupation | Vaudeville performer |
| Spouse | Minnie Marx |
| Children | Chico Marx Harpo Marx Groucho Marx Gummo Marx Zeppo Marx |
Samuel Marx, born Simon Marrix (1861 - May 10, 1933), was a vaudeville performer, husband of Minnie Marx, and father of the Marx Brothers.
He was born in Alsace, and he died on May 10, 1933 in Los Angeles, California[1]. He was a talented cook, oftenly convincing the landlord to delay their rent paytime with a good meal[2]. In his show An Evening With Groucho, Groucho reminisces about Sam Marx[3]:
"My father was a tailor, and a very bad one, and Chico was always short of money, and he used to hock my fathers shears, so whenever my father made a suit, of course it didn't fit, and the shears would be hanging up in the pawnshop on Ninety-first Street."
In his last interview, Zeppo also told[4]:
"My father was a very bad tailor but he found some people who were so stupid that they would buy his clothes, and so he'd make a few dollars that way for food."
Sam Marx did a cameo appearance at the end of his four sons' film Monkey Business (1931), sitting on top of luggage behind the Brothers on the pier as they wave to the First Mate, the boys having slipped off the boat without being arrested as stowaways.
References
- ^ "Samuel Marx, Father of Four Marx Brothers of Stage and Screen Fame". New York Times. May 12, 1933. Retrieved 2008-06-27.
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- ^ An evening with Groucho script
- ^ The last interview with Zeppo Marx (August 1979)