Madeline Kahn

Known for ActingBorn 1942-09-29Died 1999-12-03Chelsea, Massachusetts, USA

Madeline Gail Kahn (née Wolfson; September 29, 1942 – December 3, 1999) was an American actress, comedian and singer, known for comedic roles in films directed by Peter Bogdanovich and Mel Brooks, including What's Up, Doc? (1972), Young Frankenstein (1974), High Anxiety (1977), History of the World, Part I (1981), and her Academy Award–nominated roles in Paper Moon (1973) and Blazing Saddles (1974). Kahn made her Broadway debut in Leonard Sillman's New Faces of 1968, and received Tony Award nominations for the play In the Boom Boom Room in 1974 and for the original production of the musical On the Twentieth Century in 1978. She starred as Madeline Wayne on the short-lived sitcom Oh Madeline (1983–84) and won a Daytime Emmy Award in 1987 for an ABC Afterschool Special. She received a third Tony Award nomination for the revival of the play Born Yesterday in 1989, before winning the 1993 Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play for the comedy The Sisters Rosensweig. Her other film appearances included The Cheap Detective (1978), City Heat (1984), Clue (1985), and Nixon (1995).Read more

Movies & web series

For Love Alone: The Ivana Trump Story

Sondheim: A Celebration at Carnegie Hall

Group Madness

Mel Brooks: Make a Noise

Saturday Night Live: The Best of Dan Aykroyd

Hallmark Hall of Fame

Making Frankensense of Young Frankenstein

Mr. President

AGFA Mystery Mixtape #4: Follow Your Own Star

Reading Rainbow

Road to Avonlea

Irving Berlin's 100th Birthday Celebration

Wanted: The Perfect Guy

Scrambled Feet

The Muppet Show

The Pixar Story

Paper Moon

Young Frankenstein

The Carol Burnett Show

The World of Jim Henson

Kurt Vonnegut's Monkey House

Adam's Rib

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

What's Up, Doc?

Clue

The Muppet Movie

Blazing Saddles

A Bug's Life

New York News

Little Bill

Sesame Street: Put Down the Duckie

Gonzo Presents Muppet Weird Stuff

Nixon

Saturday Night Live

Golden Globe Awards

An American Tail

Mel Brooks: Unwrapped

History of the World: Part I

Harvey

Back in the Saddle

The Dick Cavett Show

From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler

ABC Afterschool Special

High Anxiety

Oh Madeline

My Little Pony: The Movie

The Cheap Detective

Simon