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The Marx Brothers were a popular team of sibling Comedian s who appeared in Vaudeville , stage plays, Film , and Television .


EARLY LIFE

Born in New York City , the Marx Brothers were the sons of Jewish Immigrants from Germany . ( Plattdeutsch was their mother's first language). Their mother, Minnie Schönberg , was from Dornum in East Frisia , and their father Simon Marrix (whose name was changed to Sam Marx) was a native of Alsace , now part of France , and worked as a tailor. 1 The family lived in the then-poor Yorkville section of New York City's Upper East Side , between the Irish, German and Italian Quarters.


THE MARX BROTHERS


The brothers were:

  "http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/information/entry/Groucho_Marx" class="copylinks">Groucho
  "http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/information/entry/October_2" class="copylinks">October 2 , 1890
  "http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/information/entry/August_19" class="copylinks">August 19 , 1977 4
  "http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/information/entry/Gummo_Marx" class="copylinks">Gummo
  "http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/information/entry/October_23" class="copylinks">October 23 , 1892
  "http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/information/entry/April_21" class="copylinks">April 21 , 1977 5
  "http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/information/entry/Zeppo_Marx" class="copylinks">Zeppo
  "http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/information/entry/February_25" class="copylinks">February 25 , 1901
  "http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/information/entry/November_30" class="copylinks">November 30 , 1979 6


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