![]() ![]() He received favorable reviews and was subsequently cast by the influential vaudeville impresario Ned Wayburn for a circus-themed act called Ned Wayburn’s Side Show. While still a teenager, Julius got his first acting job in a touring play, The Man of Her Choice. Making fast progress, Julius was hired by the important vaudeville producer and songwriter Gus Edwards and joined Gus Edwards’ Postal Telegraph Boys. Prior to his brothers joining him on stage, he sang with a British singer named Lily Seville in the act, Lily Seville and Master Marx. Part of this act featured Julius as a female impersonator. He answered a classified ad and got his first professional job as a singer in small time act called the Leroy Trio. He had been singing in the choir of a Manhattan church and was inspired by his uncle, the vaudeville star Al Shean. Julius Henry Marx began his show business career in 1905, a few months before his fifteenth birthday. ![]()
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