Chico Marx

Chico Marx was born on Mar 22, 1887 in USA. Chico Marx's big-screen debut came with The Cocoanuts directed by Robert Florey in 1929, strarring Chico. Chico Marx is known for Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1920s: The Dawn of the Hollywood Musical directed by Phillip Dye, Robert S. Birchard stars as Self and Leslie Caron as Self. The most recent award Chico Marx achieved is Online Film & Television Association. The upcoming new movie Chico Marx plays is Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1920s: The Dawn of the Hollywood Musical which will be released on Jan 10, 2008.

As a kid trying to negotiate his way through various gang territories to a floating crap game or a new pool hall where he was not yet known as a hustler, Leonard (Chico) Marx learned to fake several accents. Because he later employed an Italian accent in the Marx Brothers' act, people assumed his name was pronounced "Cheeko." Instead, Leonard was dubbed "Chicko" for his other consuming passion, women (or "chicks"), at which he was more successful than gambling, but when a typesetter dropped the "k" out of his name, the brothers let it stay as Chico. Chico was the brother who guided the Marxes to stardom. He took over the act's managment (amicably) from their mother, Minnie, and through audacity and charm, Chico secured the Brothers their first international (London) booking, their first Broadway show and their MGM contract with Irving Thalberg, among other successes.