| Nicknames: | "Minnie Marx" |
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| Birthplace: | Dornum, Niedersachsen, Deutschland |
| Death: | Died |
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Minnie Marx (born Miene Schönberg) was the mother and manager of the Marx Brothers, wife of Sam Marx, and the sister of vaudeville star Al Shean. While managing the Marx Brothers, she also went by the name of Minnie Palmer so that booking agents would not know that the agent representing the Marx Brothers was actually their mother. She played the harp as did her son, Harpo Marx.
Marx and some of her sons appear briefly as characters in Glen David Gold's novel Carter Beats the Devil; the narrative identifies her as Minnie Palmer, and only gradually offers clues that the struggling vaudeville act traveling with her are the later-famous Marx Brothers. Minnie Marx (played by Shelley Winters) was also the main character in the Broadway musical Minnie's Boys.
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| 1884 |
1884
Age 19
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| 1929 |
September 13, 1929
Age 64
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| 1864 |
November 9, 1864
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Dornum, Niedersachsen, Deutschland
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| 1893 |
October 23, 1893
Age 28
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New York, NY, USA
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| 1885 |
1885
Age 20
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| 1887 |
March 22, 1887
Age 22
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New York, NY, USA
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| 1890 |
October 2, 1890
Age 25
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New York, NY, USA
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