Minnie Marx order, and a hard bargainer with theatre managements. As a tribute to her, all the brothers' daughters were given names that began with 'M': Chico with Maxine; Harpo with Minnie; and Groucho with Miriam and Melinda. Gummo and Zeppo had no daughters. Marx and some of her sons appear briefly as characters in Glen David Gold's novel "Carter Beats the Devil"; the narrative identifies her as Minnie Palmer, and only gradually offers clues that the struggling vaudeville act traveling with her are the later-famous Marx Brothers. Marx (played by Shelley Winters) was also the main character in the stage musical
Arthur Marx comedy "The Good Guys" and four episodes of the ill-fated "Life with Lucy". Marx was also co-creator of the TV series "Mickey" starring Mickey Rooney. Marx wrote both fiction (often humorous) and non-fiction (often show-biz related) pieces for magazines throughout his career. Along with Fisher, he co-authored the play "The Impossible Years", which ran for three seasons on Broadway and starred Alan King, and "Minnie's Boys", a musical about the Marx Brothers' vaudeville years that starred Shelley Winters. They also wrote "My Daughter's Rated X", which won the Straw Hat award for best new comedy on the summer stock circuit,