Sam Marx

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name = Samuel Marx


caption = Sam Marx in his late years
birthname = Simon Marrix
birthdate = 1861
birthplace = flagicon|FRA Alsace, France
deathdate = death date and age|1933|05|10|1861|01|01
deathplace = flagicon|USA Los Angeles, California, USA
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occupation = Vaudeville performer
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spouse = Minnie Marx
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children = Chico Marx
Harpo Marx
Groucho Marx
Gummo Marx
Zeppo Marx
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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 [cite news |first= |last= |authorlink= |coauthors= |title=Samuel Marx, Father of Four Marx Brothers of Stage and Screen Fame |url=http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F20B17FA3E5C16738DDDAB0994DD405B838FF1D3 |quote= |publisher=New York Times |date=May 12, 1933 |accessdate=2008-06-27 ] . He was a talented cook, oftenly convincing the landlord to delay their rent paytime with a good meal [ [http://www.marx-brothers.org/biography/parents.htm Sam Marx at www.marx-brothers.org] ] . In his show "An Evening With Groucho", Groucho reminisces about Sam Marx [ [http://www.ibras.dk/comedy/marx.htm#Klauber An evening with Groucho script] ] :

"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 [ [http://www.geocities.com/spazprez/zli.html The last interview with Zeppo Marx (August 1979)] ] :

"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.

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NAME = Marx, Sam
ALTERNATIVE NAMES = Marrix, Simon
SHORT DESCRIPTION = Vaudeville performer
DATE OF BIRTH = 1861
PLACE OF BIRTH = Alsace, France
DATE OF DEATH = 1933-05-10
PLACE OF DEATH = Los Angeles, California, USA