
Madeline Kahn
- Date of Birth: 1942-09-29
- Date of Death: 1999-12-03
- Place of Birth: 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, ... 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). Description above from the Wikipedia article Madeline Kahn, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Sondheim: A Celebration at Carnegie Hall
Music • 1992 June

Hallmark Hall of Fame
Drama • 1951 December

Making Frankensense of Young Frankenstein
Documentary • 1996 January

Reading Rainbow
Kids • 1983 June

Saturday Night Live: The Best of Dan Aykroyd
Comedy • 2005 September

Mel Brooks: Make a Noise
Documentary • 2013 May

Road to Avonlea
Drama, Family • 1990 January

The Muppet Show
Kids, Comedy, Family • 1976 September

Young Frankenstein
Comedy • 1974 December

Paper Moon
Comedy, Crime, Drama • 1973 May