Harpo Marx painted "his" portrait. In 1955, Harpo made an appearance on the sitcom "I Love Lucy," in which he and Lucille Ball re-enacted the famous mirror scene from the Marx Brothers movie "Duck Soup" (1933). In this scene, they are both supposed to be Harpo, not Groucho; he stays the same and she is dressed as him. About this time, he also appeared on NBC's "The Martha Raye Show". Harpo recorded an album of harp music for RCA Victor ("Harp by Harpo", 1952) and two for Mercury Records ("Harpo in Hi-Fi", 1957; "Harpo at Work", 1958). Harpo and Chico played a
Marx Brothers brother, Manfred ("Mannie"), the first-born son of Sam and Minnie, was born in 1886 and died in infancy: The Marx Brothers also had an older sister, actually a cousin, born in January 1885 who had been adopted by Minnie and Frenchie. Her name was Pauline, or "Polly". Groucho talked about her in his 1972 Carnegie Hall concert. Minnie Marx came from a family of performers. Her mother was a yodeling harpist and her father a ventriloquist; both were funfair entertainers. Around 1880, the family emigrated to New York City, where Minnie married Sam in 1884. During the early 20th century,