Madeline Kahn
Acting
1942-09-29 · Chelsea, Massachusetts, USA
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).
movieWho Done It: The Clue Documentary
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited) · 2022 · 5.3
movieAGFA Mystery Mixtape #4: Follow Your Own Star
as Self · 2020 · 8.0
movieThe AGFA Mystery Mixtape Vault
as (archive footage) · 2020 · 0.0
movieMel Brooks: Unwrapped
as Self (archive footage) · 2018 · 6.4
movieThe Last Impresario
as Self (archive footage) · 2014 · 5.5
movieBlaze of Glory: Mel Brooks' Wild, Wild West
as Self (archive footage) · 2014 · 1.0
movieMel Brooks: Make a Noise
as Self (archive footage) · 2013 · 8.2
movieSesame Street: 40 Years of Sunny Days
as Self (uncredited) (archive footage) · 2010 · 0.0
movieMaking History: Mel Brooks on Creating the World
as Self (archive footage) · 2009 · 0.0
movieMusical Mel: Inventing The Inquisition
as Self (archive footage) · 2009 · 0.0
movieThe Pixar Story
as Gypsy (voice) (archive footage) · 2007 · 7.6
tvLegends
as Elizabeth (archive footage) (uncredited) · 2006 · 5.0
movieThe Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays
as Gorgeous Teitelbaum (segment "The Sisters Rosensweig") · 2006 · 0.0
movieSaturday Night Live: The Best of Dan Aykroyd
as Pat Nixon (archive footage) · 2005 · 8.2
movieBack in the Saddle
as Self (archive footage) · 2001 · 6.5
tvLittle Bill
as · 1999 · 6.9
movieJudy Berlin
as Alice Gold · 1999 · 5.9
movieA Bug's Life
as Gypsy Moth (voice) · 1998 · 7.0
tvCosby
as Pauline Fox · 1996 · 6.0
movieLondon Suite
as Sharon Semple · 1996 · 5.1
tvThe Rosie O'Donnell Show
as Self - Guest · 1996 · 4.1
movieFor Love Alone: The Ivana Trump Story
as Sabrina · 1996 · 9.0
movieMaking Frankensense of Young Frankenstein
as Elizabeth (archive footage) · 1996 · 8.3
movieNixon
as Martha Mitchell · 1995 · 6.8