Madeline Kahn
- Acting
- September 29, 1942 · Chelsea, Massachusetts, USA
- December 3, 1999
Biography
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).
Known for
Filmography
- Who Done It: The Clue Documentary · Self
- AGFA Mystery Mixtape #4: Follow Your Own Star · Self
- The AGFA Mystery Mixtape Vault · (archive footage)
- Sesame Street: 50 Years and Counting · Self
- Mel Brooks: Unwrapped · Self
- The Last Impresario · Self
- Blaze of Glory: Mel Brooks' Wild, Wild West · Self
- Mel Brooks: Make a Noise · Self
- Sesame Street: 40 Years of Sunny Days · Self
- Making History: Mel Brooks on Creating the World · Self
- Musical Mel: Inventing The Inquisition · Self
- The Pixar Story · Gypsy (voice) (archive footage)
- Legends · Elizabeth (archive footage) (uncredited)
- The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays · Gorgeous Teitelbaum (segment "The Sisters Rosensweig")
- Saturday Night Live: The Best of Dan Aykroyd · Pat Nixon (archive footage)
- Sesame Street: Elmo's World: The Street We Live On! · Self
- Back in the Saddle · Self
- Little Bill
- Judy Berlin · Alice Gold
- Saturday Night Live: 25th Anniversary Special · (archive footage)
- A Bug's Life · Gypsy Moth (Voice)
- Cosby · Pauline Fox
- London Suite · Sharon Semple
- The Rosie O'Donnell Show · Self
- For Love Alone: The Ivana Trump Story · Sabrina
- Making Frankensense of Young Frankenstein · Elizabeth (archive footage)
- Nixon · Martha Mitchell
- New York News · Nan Chase
- Anyone Can Whistle: Live at Carnegie Hall · Cora Hoover Hooper
- Mixed Nuts · Blanche Munchnik
- The World of Jim Henson · Self
- Intimate Portrait · Self
- Dr. Seuss's Sleep Book · Narrator (Voice)
- Sondheim: A Celebration at Carnegie Hall · Self
- Lucky Luke · Esperanza, Esmeralda
- For Richer, for Poorer · Billie
- Kurt Vonnegut's Monkey House · Grace Anderson
- They call me Lucky Luke - Ma Dalton · Esperanza
- Betsy's Wedding · Lola Hopper
- Sesame Street: Sing Yourself Silly! · Self
- Road to Avonlea · Pigeon Plumtree
- Sesame Street: Put Down the Duckie · Self
- Irving Berlin's 100th Birthday Celebration · Self
- Mr. President · Lois Gullickson
- Sesame Street: Sing Along · Special Appearance
- An American Tail · Gussie Mausheimer (Voice)
- Wanted: The Perfect Guy · Ellie Coleman
- My Little Pony
- My Little Pony: The Movie · Draggle (Voice)
- Clue · Mrs. White
- Gonzo Presents Muppet Weird Stuff · Self
- The Comedy Factory · Violet Kingsley
- City Heat · Caroline Howley
- Oh Madeline · Madeline Wayne
- Yellowbeard · Betty
- Group Madness · Self / Mrs. Yellowbeard
- Reading Rainbow · Self
- Slapstick of Another Kind · Eliza Swain / Lutetia Swain, Songs
- Scrambled Feet · Madeline
- All-Star Party for Burt Reynolds · Self
- History of the World: Part I · Empress Nympho
- First Family · Mrs. Link
- Wholly Moses · The Witch
- Happy Birthday, Gemini · Bunny Weinberger
- Fridays · Self
- Simon · Dr. Cynthia Mallory
- The Muppet Movie · El Sleezo Patron
- The Cheap Detective · Mrs. Montenegro
- High Anxiety · Victoria Brisbane
- The Muppet Show · Self
- Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood · Estie Del Ruth
- The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother · Jenny Hill
- Saturday Night Live · Self
- At Long Last Love · Kitty O'Kelly (Kathy Krumm)
- Young Frankenstein · Elizabeth
- Blazing Saddles · Lili Von Shtupp
- Adam's Rib · Doris
- From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler · Schoolteacher
- Paper Moon · Trixie Delight
- ABC Afterschool Special · Ellie Coleman