Acting
Madeline Kahn
EN cinema · 65 credits
Born
29 September 1942
Died
3 December 1999 (aged 57)
Birthplace
Chelsea, Massachusetts, USA
Also known as Madeleine Kahn · Madeliene Kahn · Madeline Gail Wolfson
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
Filmography
Who Done It: The Clue Documentary
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
The AGFA Mystery Mixtape Vault
as (archive footage)
Sesame Street: 50 Years and Counting
as Self (archive footage)
Mel Brooks: Unwrapped
as Self (archive footage)
Blaze of Glory: Mel Brooks' Wild, Wild West
as Self (archive footage)
The Last Impresario
as Self (archive footage)
Mel Brooks: Make a Noise
as Self (archive footage)
Sesame Street: 40 Years of Sunny Days
as Self (uncredited) (archive footage)
Making History: Mel Brooks on Creating the World
as Self (archive footage)
Musical Mel: Inventing The Inquisition
as Self (archive footage)
The Pixar Story
as Gypsy (voice) (archive footage)
The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays
as Gorgeous Teitelbaum (segment "The Sisters Rosensweig")
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Dan Aykroyd
as Pat Nixon (archive footage)
Sesame Street: Elmo's World: The Street We Live On!
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Back in the Saddle
as Self (archive footage)
Judy Berlin
as Alice Gold
Saturday Night Live: 25th Anniversary Special
as (archive footage)
A Bug's Life
as Gypsy Moth (voice)
London Suite
as Sharon Semple
Making Frankensense of Young Frankenstein
as Elizabeth (archive footage)
Nixon
as Martha Mitchell
Anyone Can Whistle: Live at Carnegie Hall
as Cora Hoover Hooper
Mixed Nuts
as Blanche Munchnik
The World of Jim Henson
as Self (archive footage)
Dr. Seuss's Sleep Book
as Narrator (voice)
For Richer, for Poorer
as Billie
Betsy's Wedding
as Lola Hopper
Sesame Street: Sing Yourself Silly!
as Self (archive footage)
Sesame Street: Sing Along
as Special Appearance
An American Tail
as Gussie Mausheimer (voice)
Wanted: The Perfect Guy
as Ellie Coleman
My Little Pony: The Movie
as Draggle (voice)
Clue
as Mrs. White
City Heat
as Caroline Howley
Yellowbeard
as Betty
Group Madness
as Self / Mrs. Yellowbeard
Slapstick of Another Kind
as Eliza Swain / Lutetia Swain, Songs
Scrambled Feet
as Madeline
History of the World: Part I
as Empress Nympho
Wholly Moses
as The Witch
First Family
as Mrs. Link
Simon
as Dr. Cynthia Mallory
Happy Birthday, Gemini
as Bunny Weinberger
The Muppet Movie
as El Sleezo Patron
The Cheap Detective
as Mrs. Montenegro
High Anxiety
as Victoria Brisbane
Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood
as Estie Del Ruth
At Long Last Love
as Kitty O'Kelly (Kathy Krumm)
Young Frankenstein
as Elizabeth
Blazing Saddles
as Lili Von Shtupp
Paper Moon
as Trixie Delight
From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler
as Schoolteacher
What's Up, Doc?
as Eunice Burns
Harvey
as Nurse Ruth Kelly
The Dove
as Sigfried