Melinda Marx

Melinda Marie Marx (born August 14, 1946) is an American former actress, singer, and musician who had a brief movie career. She is the daughter and only living child of Groucho Marx and his second wife, Kay Marvis Gorcey.

Marx^[2] appeared frequently on television with her father. She was a contestant/performer on his quiz show You Bet Your Life at least five times: She first appeared at age 8 (a surprise contestant who did not play the game) with boxer Mickey Walker.^[3] On this same episode Melinda and Groucho sang "There Is Beauty in the Bellow of the Blast" from The Mikado by Gilbert and Sullivan.^[4] On a later episode, she and Groucho teamed up with Edgar Bergen and his then 11-year-old daughter Candice Bergen to win 1,000ドル for the Girl Scouts of the USA;^[5] Melinda and Candice also sang a duet. Melinda appeared on You Bet Your Life again on June 12 – not as a contestant, but as a surprise guest to sing "Witch Doctor".^[6]

She appeared a fourth time, on March 17, 1960, solidly acquitting herself in a tap dance routine with hoofer Gene Nelson. She appeared a fifth time in a 1961 episode with singer/actor Bobby Van as a contestant and sang and danced "Put On A Happy Face" from Bye, Bye Birdie ^[7] with him on stage. They won 2000ドル. Six years later, father and daughter shared a Father's Day installment of The Dating Game .^[8]

She acted alongside her father in a television production of The Mikado (1960) on The Bell Telephone Hour ^[9] and the film The Story of Mankind (1957) in which her father and uncles Chico and Harpo also appeared.^{[citation needed ]}

After a few more roles in films, including an uncredited appearance in the movie Bye, Bye Birdie (1963),^[10] and The Violent Ones , Melinda retired from acting in 1972. A musician, mostly playing the mandolin, she was in a Gloriana Opera Company (Mendocino County, California) production of Bye, Bye Birdie, in 1996, alternately playing bass and guitar. She is one of their regular ensemble.^{[citation needed ]}

In addition to acting, Melinda had a brief career as a recording artist in 1965, appearing on shows such as Shivaree ,^[11] Shindig! ^[12] and The Hollywood Palace ,^[13] to promote her singles "The East Side of Town"^[14] and "What".^{[15] [16] [17]}

She is divorced from Sahn Berti,^[18] with whom she has two children, including real estate agent Jade Marx-Berti, whose ex-husband Dominic Ruiz is the brother of Dina Eastwood.^{[19] [20]} She married Jack Leung in 1985,^[21] and was also briefly married to Mack J. Gilbert,^[22] and also used the name Melinda Marx Leung professionally.^[23]

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