Melinda Marie Marx (born August 14, 1946) is an American actress, singer an… Read Full Bio ↴Melinda Marie Marx (born August 14, 1946) is an American actress, singer and musician who had a brief movie career. She is the daughter and only surviving child of American “comedian, actor, writer, stage, film, radio, singer, television start and vaudeville performer” Groucho Marx and his second wife, Kay Marvis Gorcey.
Life and work
Marx appeared frequently on television with her father.
She was a contestant on his quiz show You Bet Your Life at least four times: She first appeared at age 8 (a surprise contestant who did not play the game) with boxer Mickey Walker. On this same episode Melinda and Groucho sang "There Is Beauty in the Bellow of the Blast" from The Mikado by Gilbert and Sullivan. 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 for the Girl Scouts of the USA.;
Melinda Marx appeared on You Bet Your Life again on June 12–not as a contestant, but as a surprise guest to sing "Witch Doctor". She appeared a fourth 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 with him on stage. They won $2000. Six years later, father and daughter shared a Father's Day installment of The Dating Game.
She acted alongside her father in a television production of The Mikado (1960) on The Bell Telephone Hour and the film The Story of Mankind (1957) in which her father and uncles Chico and Harpo also appeared.
After a few more roles in films, including an uncredited appearance in the Ann-Margret movie Bye, Bye Birdie (1963), 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, CA) production of Bye, Bye Birdie, in 1996, alternately playing bass and guitar. She is one of their regular ensemble.
In addition to acting, Melinda had a brief career as a recording artist in 1965, appearing on shows such as Shivaree, Shindig! and The Hollywood Palace, to promote her singles "The East Side of Town" and "What" - later covered by Soft Cell in he 1981 album Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret.
She is divorced from Sahn Berti with whom she has two children, including actress Jade Marx-Berti. She married Jack Leung in 1985,and was also briefly married to Mack J. Gilbert and also uses the name Melinda Marx Leung professionally.
Life and work
Marx appeared frequently on television with her father.
She was a contestant on his quiz show You Bet Your Life at least four times: She first appeared at age 8 (a surprise contestant who did not play the game) with boxer Mickey Walker. On this same episode Melinda and Groucho sang "There Is Beauty in the Bellow of the Blast" from The Mikado by Gilbert and Sullivan. 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 for the Girl Scouts of the USA.;
Melinda Marx appeared on You Bet Your Life again on June 12–not as a contestant, but as a surprise guest to sing "Witch Doctor". She appeared a fourth 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 with him on stage. They won $2000. Six years later, father and daughter shared a Father's Day installment of The Dating Game.
She acted alongside her father in a television production of The Mikado (1960) on The Bell Telephone Hour and the film The Story of Mankind (1957) in which her father and uncles Chico and Harpo also appeared.
After a few more roles in films, including an uncredited appearance in the Ann-Margret movie Bye, Bye Birdie (1963), 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, CA) production of Bye, Bye Birdie, in 1996, alternately playing bass and guitar. She is one of their regular ensemble.
In addition to acting, Melinda had a brief career as a recording artist in 1965, appearing on shows such as Shivaree, Shindig! and The Hollywood Palace, to promote her singles "The East Side of Town" and "What" - later covered by Soft Cell in he 1981 album Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret.
She is divorced from Sahn Berti with whom she has two children, including actress Jade Marx-Berti. She married Jack Leung in 1985,and was also briefly married to Mack J. Gilbert and also uses the name Melinda Marx Leung professionally.
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Dennis Hardy
My God she's gorgeous. And such a gorgeous voice.
jeffsor47
I heard she almost put Barbara Streisand out of business with her enormous talent.
Bill Taylor
She is fantastic!!!
JOKER A.I.
Excellent.She is a superb singer.
jeffsor47
Are you serious, really?
ChildOfThe1970s
Melinda had a nice voice but this isn't the best song for her. She was actually quite a good dancer. And she was adorably pretty!!
jeffsor47
Nice singer for high school choir, maybe?
Ahmad Fahad
good channel /good classic materials . thanks
Joe Ambrose
Did Melinda go into hiding after the sixties ?
Seventh Mist
For the most part. Her daughter (Jade Marx-Berti) did a little acting later on as well.