Madeline Kahn
Acting
Born: 1942-09-29 in 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).
Known For
A Bug's Life
Gypsy Moth (voice)
Young Frankenstein
Elizabeth
Blazing Saddles
Lili Von Shtupp
Clue
Mrs. White
An American Tail
Gussie Mausheimer (voice)
History of the World: Part I
Empress Nympho
Paper Moon
Trixie Delight
The Muppet Movie
El Sleezo Patron
Saturday Night Live
Self - Host
What's Up, Doc?
Eunice Burns
High Anxiety
Victoria Brisbane
Nixon
Martha Mitchell
The Muppet Show
Self - Special Guest Star
The Pixar Story
Gypsy (voice) (archive footage)
Mixed Nuts
Blanche Munchnik
City Heat
Caroline Howley
The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother
Jenny Hill
Yellowbeard
Betty
The Cheap Detective
Mrs. Montenegro
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self
My Little Pony: The Movie
Draggle (voice)
The Carol Burnett Show
Self
Betsy's Wedding
Lola Hopper
Reading Rainbow
Self - Narrator (voice)
Road to Avonlea
Pigeon Plumtree
Wholly Moses
The Witch
Cosby
Pauline Fox
At Long Last Love
Kitty O'Kelly (Kathy Krumm)
Little Bill
Great Performances
Self
Slapstick of Another Kind
Eliza Swain / Lutetia Swain
Simon
Dr. Cynthia Mallory
Lucky Luke
Esperanza
Lucky Luke
Esmeralda
The Dove
Sigfried
My Little Pony
The Dick Cavett Show
Self - Guest
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Nominee
Saturday Night Live: 25th Anniversary Special
(archive footage)
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
Self - Guest