Madeline Kahn
Acting
🎂 1942-09-29
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.
Cast credits(89)
Self
1962
Self
1971
Self
1967
Self - Guest
1968
Self - Nominee
1944
Ellie Coleman
1972
Pigeon Plumtree
1990
Self - Host
1975
Self
1993
Self - Nominee
1956
Self - Performer/Winner
1956
Self - Presenter
1956
1980
Elizabeth (archive footage) (uncredited)
2006
Nan Chase
1995
Nurse Ruth Kelly
1951
Violet Kingsley
1985
Pauline Fox
1996
1999
1986
Herself - Narrator (voice)
1983
Grace Anderson
1991
Madeline Wayne
1983
Self - Guest
1996
Gypsy Moth (voice)
1998
Lois Gullickson
1987
Self - Special Guest Star
1976
Esperanza
1992
Esmeralda
1992
Mrs. White
1985
Lili Von Shtupp
1974
Doris
1973
Elizabeth
1974
Empress Nympho
1981
El Sleezo Patron
1979
Gussie Mausheimer (voice)
1986
Trixie Delight
1973
Betty
1983
Gypsy (voice) (archive footage)
2007
Mrs. Montenegro
1978
Martha Mitchell
1995
Eunice Burns
1972
Victoria Brisbane
1977
Caroline Howley
1984
Blanche Munchnik
1994
Draggle (voice)
1986
Estie Del Ruth
1976
Lola Hopper
1990
Schoolteacher
1973
The Witch
1980
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2022
Jenny Hill
1975
Self (archive footage)
1994
Self
2025
Kitty O'Kelly (Kathy Krumm)
1975
Dr. Cynthia Mallory
1980
Mrs. Link
1980
Pat Nixon (archive footage)
2005
Eliza Swain / Lutetia Swain
1982
Self (archive footage)
2013
Sharon Semple
1996
Self (archive footage)
2018
Self (archive footage)
2001
Billie
1992
Self / Mrs. Yellowbeard
1983
Self
1990
Nurse Ruth Kelly
1972
Bunny Weinberger
1980
Self
1988
Self
1985
Sabrina
1996
Self
1992
Alice Gold
1999
Gorgeous Teitelbaum (segment "The Sisters Rosensweig")
2006
Special Appearance
1987
Self (uncredited) (archive footage)
2010
Elizabeth (archive footage)
1996
Self
1988
1993
Esperanza
1991
Self
1981
Sigfried
1968
Ellie Coleman
1986
Self
2020
Self
1972
Self (archive footage)
2009
Self (archive footage)
2009
Madeline
1982
Self (archive footage)
2014