Madeline Kahn
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- September 29, 1942
- Died
- December 3, 1999 (aged 57)
- Birthplace
- Chelsea, Massachusetts, USA
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).
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Filmography
Who Done It: The Clue Documentary
Movie · as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
AGFA Mystery Mixtape #4: Follow Your Own Star
Movie · as Self
The AGFA Mystery Mixtape Vault
Movie · as (archive footage)
Sesame Street: 50 Years and Counting
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Mel Brooks: Unwrapped
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Blaze of Glory: Mel Brooks' Wild, Wild West
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
The Last Impresario
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Mel Brooks: Make a Noise
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Sesame Street: 40 Years of Sunny Days
Movie · as Self (uncredited) (archive footage)
Making History: Mel Brooks on Creating the World
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Musical Mel: Inventing The Inquisition
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
The Pixar Story
Movie · as Gypsy (voice) (archive footage)
The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays
Movie · as Gorgeous Teitelbaum (segment "The Sisters Rosensweig")
Legends
TV · as Elizabeth (archive footage) (uncredited) · 1 ep
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Dan Aykroyd
Movie · as Pat Nixon (archive footage)
Sesame Street: Elmo's World: The Street We Live On!
Movie · as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Back in the Saddle
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Judy Berlin
Movie · as Alice Gold
Saturday Night Live: 25th Anniversary Special
Movie · as (archive footage)
Little Bill
TV · 1 ep
A Bug's Life
Movie · as Gypsy Moth (voice)
London Suite
Movie · as Sharon Semple
For Love Alone: The Ivana Trump Story
Movie · as Sabrina
Making Frankensense of Young Frankenstein
Movie · as Elizabeth (archive footage)
Cosby
TV · as Pauline Fox · 97 eps
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
Nixon
Movie · as Martha Mitchell
Anyone Can Whistle: Live at Carnegie Hall
Movie · as Cora Hoover Hooper
New York News
TV · as Nan Chase · 8 eps
Mixed Nuts
Movie · as Blanche Munchnik
The World of Jim Henson
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Dr. Seuss's Sleep Book
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
Intimate Portrait
TV · as Self · 1 ep
For Richer, for Poorer
Movie · as Billie
Sondheim: A Celebration at Carnegie Hall
Movie · as Self
Lucky Luke
TV · as Esperanza, Esmeralda · 1 ep
They call me Lucky Luke - Ma Dalton
Movie · as Esperanza
Kurt Vonnegut's Monkey House
TV · as Grace Anderson · 7 eps
Betsy's Wedding
Movie · as Lola Hopper
Sesame Street: Sing Yourself Silly!
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Road to Avonlea
TV · as Pigeon Plumtree · 78 eps
Irving Berlin's 100th Birthday Celebration
Movie · as Self
Sesame Street: Put Down the Duckie
Movie · as Self
Sesame Street: Sing Along
Movie · as Special Appearance
Mr. President
TV · as Lois Gullickson · 23 eps
An American Tail
Movie · as Gussie Mausheimer (voice)
Wanted: The Perfect Guy
Movie · as Ellie Coleman
My Little Pony: The Movie
Movie · as Draggle (voice)
My Little Pony
TV · 65 eps
Clue
Movie · as Mrs. White
Gonzo Presents Muppet Weird Stuff
Movie · as Self
The Comedy Factory
TV · as Violet Kingsley · 1 ep
City Heat
Movie · as Caroline Howley
Yellowbeard
Movie · as Betty
Group Madness
Movie · as Self / Mrs. Yellowbeard
Oh Madeline
TV · as Madeline Wayne · 19 eps
Reading Rainbow
TV · as Self - Narrator (voice) · 1 ep
Slapstick of Another Kind
Movie · as Eliza Swain / Lutetia Swain
Scrambled Feet
Movie · as Madeline
History of the World: Part I
Movie · as Empress Nympho
All-Star Party for Burt Reynolds
Movie · as Self
Wholly Moses
Movie · as The Witch
First Family
Movie · as Mrs. Link
Simon
Movie · as Dr. Cynthia Mallory
Happy Birthday, Gemini
Movie · as Bunny Weinberger
Fridays
TV · as Self - Guest Host · 1 ep
The Muppet Movie
Movie · as El Sleezo Patron
The Cheap Detective
Movie · as Mrs. Montenegro
High Anxiety
Movie · as Victoria Brisbane
Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood
Movie · as Estie Del Ruth
The Muppet Show
TV · as Self - Special Guest Star · 1 ep
At Long Last Love
Movie · as Kitty O'Kelly (Kathy Krumm)
The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother
Movie · as Jenny Hill
Saturday Night Live
TV · as Self - Host · 3 eps
Young Frankenstein
Movie · as Elizabeth
Blazing Saddles
Movie · as Lili Von Shtupp
Paper Moon
Movie · as Trixie Delight
From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler
Movie · as Schoolteacher
Adam's Rib
TV · as Doris · 2 eps
What's Up, Doc?
Movie · as Eunice Burns
Screwball Comedies... Remember Them?
Movie · as Self
Harvey
Movie · as Nurse Ruth Kelly
ABC Afterschool Special
TV · as Ellie Coleman · 1 ep
Great Performances
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Dove
Movie · as Sigfried
The Dick Cavett Show
TV · as Self - Guest · 2 eps
The Carol Burnett Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
TV · as Self · 5 eps
Tony Awards
TV · as Self - Nominee, Self - Performer / Winner, Self - Presenter · 3 eps
Hallmark Hall of Fame
TV · as Nurse Ruth Kelly · 1 ep
Golden Globe Awards
TV · as Self - Nominee · 1 ep