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Minnie Schönberg Marx (November 9, 1865 – September 13, 1929), born in Dornum
Dornum

Dornum is a village and a municipality in the East Frisian Aurich , in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated near the North Sea coast, approx. 15 km east of Norden, Lower Saxony, and 20 km north of Aurich....
, East Frisia
East Frisia

East Frisia or Eastern Friesland is a coastal region in the northwest of the Germany States of Germany of Lower Saxony.It connects Friesland with the district of Nordfriesland in Schleswig-Holstein, all of which belong to the historic and geographic Frisia....
, then a part of the Kingdom of Hanover
Kingdom of Hanover

The Kingdom of Hanover was established in October of 1814 by the Congress of Vienna, with the restoration of George III of the United Kingdom to his Hanoverian territories after the Napoleonic wars....
, was the mother and manager for the Marx Brothers
Marx Brothers

The Marx Brothers were a popular team of sibling comedians who appeared in vaudeville, stage plays, film, and television....
, wife of Sam Marx
Sam Marx

Samuel Marx, born Simon Marrix , was the 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....
, and the sister of vaudeville
Vaudeville

Vaudeville was a genre of a variety show prevalent on the theatre in the United States and Canada from the early 1880s until the early 1930s. It developed from many sources, including the concert saloon, minstrel show, freak shows, dime museums, and literary burlesque....
 star Al Shean
Al Shean

Al Shean was the stage name for comedian Albert Sch?nberg. He is most remembered for being half of the vaudeville team Gallagher and Shean, and as the uncle of the Marx Brothers....
. While managing the Marx Brothers
Marx Brothers

The Marx Brothers were a popular team of sibling comedians who appeared in vaudeville, stage plays, film, and television....
, she also went under 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
Harpo Marx

Arthur Marx , popularly known as Harpo Marx was one of the Marx Brothers, a group of Vaudeville and Broadway theatre entertainers who later achieved fame as comedians in the film industry....
.

Minnie Marx and some of her sons appear briefly as characters in Glen David Gold
Glen David Gold

Glen David Gold is best known as the author of Carter Beats the Devil , a fictionalised biography of Charles Joseph Carter , an American illusionist performing from c.1900-1936....
's novel Carter Beats the Devil
Carter Beats the Devil

Carter Beats The Devil is a historical novel mystery novel thriller by Glen David Gold...
; 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.






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Minnie Schönberg Marx (November 9, 1865 – September 13, 1929), born in Dornum
Dornum

Dornum is a village and a municipality in the East Frisian Aurich , in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated near the North Sea coast, approx. 15 km east of Norden, Lower Saxony, and 20 km north of Aurich....
, East Frisia
East Frisia

East Frisia or Eastern Friesland is a coastal region in the northwest of the Germany States of Germany of Lower Saxony.It connects Friesland with the district of Nordfriesland in Schleswig-Holstein, all of which belong to the historic and geographic Frisia....
, then a part of the Kingdom of Hanover
Kingdom of Hanover

The Kingdom of Hanover was established in October of 1814 by the Congress of Vienna, with the restoration of George III of the United Kingdom to his Hanoverian territories after the Napoleonic wars....
, was the mother and manager for the Marx Brothers
Marx Brothers

The Marx Brothers were a popular team of sibling comedians who appeared in vaudeville, stage plays, film, and television....
, wife of Sam Marx
Sam Marx

Samuel Marx, born Simon Marrix , was the 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....
, and the sister of vaudeville
Vaudeville

Vaudeville was a genre of a variety show prevalent on the theatre in the United States and Canada from the early 1880s until the early 1930s. It developed from many sources, including the concert saloon, minstrel show, freak shows, dime museums, and literary burlesque....
 star Al Shean
Al Shean

Al Shean was the stage name for comedian Albert Sch?nberg. He is most remembered for being half of the vaudeville team Gallagher and Shean, and as the uncle of the Marx Brothers....
. While managing the Marx Brothers
Marx Brothers

The Marx Brothers were a popular team of sibling comedians who appeared in vaudeville, stage plays, film, and television....
, she also went under 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
Harpo Marx

Arthur Marx , popularly known as Harpo Marx was one of the Marx Brothers, a group of Vaudeville and Broadway theatre entertainers who later achieved fame as comedians in the film industry....
.

Minnie Marx and some of her sons appear briefly as characters in Glen David Gold
Glen David Gold

Glen David Gold is best known as the author of Carter Beats the Devil , a fictionalised biography of Charles Joseph Carter , an American illusionist performing from c.1900-1936....
's novel Carter Beats the Devil
Carter Beats the Devil

Carter Beats The Devil is a historical novel mystery novel thriller by Glen David Gold...
; 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
Shelley Winters

Shelley Winters was an Academy Award-winning American actress who appeared in dozens of films, as well as on stage and television....
) was also the main character in the Broadway musical Minnie's Boys
Minnie's Boys

Minnie's Boys is a musical theatre with a book by Arthur Marx 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, the driving force behind their ultimate success....
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