Madeline Kahn
Birthday: 1942-09-29 | Place of Birth: Chelsea, Massachusetts, USAMadeline 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
Acting
Role
as Lili Von Shtupp
as Self (archive footage)
as Self (uncredited) (archive footage)
as Pat Nixon (archive footage)
as Alice Gold
as Elizabeth (archive footage)
as Pauline Fox
as Sabrina
as Sharon Semple
as Cora Hoover Hooper
as Cora Hoover Hooper
as Nan Chase
as Blanche Munchnik
as Billie
as Grace Anderson
as Lola Hopper
as Lois Gullickson
as Special Appearance
as Draggle (voice)
as Ellie Coleman
as Mrs. White
