Volume III: Biographies

 

BERLIN, Minnie *

Actress (1914-1915)

Thanhouser Career Synopsis: Minnie Berlin appeared in several Thanhouser films of the 1914-1915 years.

Biographical Notes: Minnie Berlin, who was Mrs. Samuel Marx, a.k.a. Minnie Palmer Marx, was born in 1864 and came to the United States from Germany. She was the mother of the famous Marx brothers actors and comedians, Chico, Groucho, Gummo, Harpo, and Zeppo. She was a well-known vaudeville player in her day. She died of a stroke, in New York City on September 13, 1929.

Thanhouser Filmography:

1914: A Messenger of Gladness (11-22-1914)

1915: The Volunteer Fireman (1-29-1915), $1,000 Reward (2-26-1915), On the Brink of the Abyss (3-2-1915), The Spirit of Uplift (3-28-1915), The Last Concert (5-3-1915)

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