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).
Filmography (91 titles)
5.2MovieWho Done It: The Clue Documentary
Self (archive footage) (uncredited) · 2022
8.0MovieAGFA Mystery Mixtape #4: Follow Your Own Star
Self · 2020
MovieThe AGFA Mystery Mixtape Vault
(archive footage) · 2020
5.5MovieSesame Street: 50 Years and Counting
Self (archive footage) · 2019
6.4MovieMel Brooks: Unwrapped
Self (archive footage) · 2018
5.5MovieThe Last Impresario
Self (archive footage) · 2014
1.0MovieBlaze of Glory: Mel Brooks' Wild, Wild West
Self (archive footage) · 2014
8.1MovieMel Brooks: Make a Noise
Self (archive footage) · 2013
MovieSesame Street: 40 Years of Sunny Days
Self (uncredited) (archive footage) · 2010
MovieMaking History: Mel Brooks on Creating the World
Self (archive footage) · 2009
MovieMusical Mel: Inventing The Inquisition
Self (archive footage) · 2009
7.5MovieThe Pixar Story
Gypsy (voice) (archive footage) · 2007
5.0ShowLegends
Elizabeth (archive footage) (uncredited) · 2006
MovieThe Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays
Gorgeous Teitelbaum (segment "The Sisters Rosensweig") · 2006
8.1MovieSaturday Night Live: The Best of Dan Aykroyd
Pat Nixon (archive footage) · 2005
7.6MovieSesame Street: Elmo's World: The Street We Live On!
Self (archive footage) (uncredited) · 2004
6.5MovieBack in the Saddle
Self (archive footage) · 2001
6.9ShowLittle Bill
1999
5.9MovieJudy Berlin
Alice Gold · 1999
6.9MovieSaturday Night Live: 25th Anniversary Special
(archive footage) · 1999
7.0MovieA Bug's Life
Gypsy Moth (voice) · 1998
6.1ShowCosby
Pauline Fox · 1996
5.1MovieLondon Suite
Sharon Semple · 1996
4.1ShowThe Rosie O'Donnell Show
Self - Guest · 1996