Madeline Kahn

Madeline Kahn

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).

Acting

2022

Who Done It: The Clue Documentary
Movie

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

2013

Mel Brooks: Make a Noise
Movie

Self (archive footage)

2007

The Pixar Story
Movie

Gypsy (voice) (archive footage)

1999

1999

1998

A Bug's Life
Movie

Gypsy Moth (voice)

1996

Cosby
Tv

Pauline Fox

1996

London Suite
Movie

Sharon Semple

1996

1995

Nixon
Movie

Martha Mitchell

1994

Mixed Nuts
Movie

Blanche Munchnik

1990

1990

Road to Avonlea
Tv

Pigeon Plumtree

1987

Mr. President
Tv

Lois Gullickson

1987

1986

An American Tail
Movie

Gussie Mausheimer (voice)

1985

Clue
Movie

Mrs. White

1984

City Heat
Movie

Caroline Howley

1983

Oh Madeline
Tv

Madeline Wayne

1982

Slapstick of Another Kind
Movie

Eliza Swain / Lutetia Swain

1980

1980

1980

Simon
Movie

Dr. Cynthia Mallory

1979

The Muppet Movie
Movie

El Sleezo Patron

1978

1977

High Anxiety
Movie

Victoria Brisbane

1976

The Muppet Show
Tv

Self - Special Guest Star

1975

1975

At Long Last Love
Movie

Kitty O'Kelly (Kathy Krumm)

1974

Blazing Saddles
Movie

Lili Von Shtupp

1973

Paper Moon
Movie

Trixie Delight

1972

Harvey
Movie

Nurse Ruth Kelly

1972

1951

Hallmark Hall of Fame
Tv

Nurse Ruth Kelly

1944

Golden Globe Awards
Tv

Self - Nominee

Infos

Full Name
Madeline Kahn
Gender
Female
Date of Birth
9/29/1942
Date of Death
12/3/1999
Also Known As

Madeleine Kahn

Madeliene Kahn

Madeline Gail Wolfson