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).
Filmography
Who Done It: The Clue Documentary
2022 · Movie
AGFA Mystery Mixtape #4: Follow Your Own Star
2020 · Movie
The AGFA Mystery Mixtape Vault
2020 · Movie
Sesame Street: 50 Years and Counting
2019 · Movie
Mel Brooks: Unwrapped
2018 · Movie
The Last Impresario
2014 · Movie
Blaze of Glory: Mel Brooks' Wild, Wild West
2014 · Movie
Mel Brooks: Make a Noise
2013 · Movie
Sesame Street: 40 Years of Sunny Days
2010 · Movie
Making History: Mel Brooks on Creating the World
2009 · Movie
Musical Mel: Inventing The Inquisition
2009 · Movie
The Pixar Story
2007 · Movie
Legends
2006 · Series
The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays
2006 · Movie
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Dan Aykroyd
2005 · Movie
Sesame Street: Elmo's World: The Street We Live On!
2004 · Movie
Back in the Saddle
2001 · Movie
Little Bill
1999 · Series
Judy Berlin
1999 · Movie
A Bug's Life
1998 · Movie
Cosby
1996 · Series
London Suite
1996 · Movie
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
1996 · Series
For Love Alone: The Ivana Trump Story
1996 · Movie
Making Frankensense of Young Frankenstein
1996 · Movie
Nixon
1995 · Movie
New York News
1995 · Series
Anyone Can Whistle: Live at Carnegie Hall
1995 · Movie
Mixed Nuts
1994 · Movie
The World of Jim Henson
1994 · Movie
Intimate Portrait
1993 · Series
Dr. Seuss's Sleep Book
1993 · Movie
Sondheim: A Celebration at Carnegie Hall
1992 · Movie
Lucky Luke
1992 · Series
For Richer, for Poorer
1992 · Movie
Kurt Vonnegut's Monkey House
1991 · Series
They call me Lucky Luke - Ma Dalton
1991 · Movie
Betsy's Wedding
1990 · Movie
Sesame Street: Sing Yourself Silly!
1990 · Movie
Road to Avonlea
1990 · Series
Sesame Street: Put Down the Duckie
1988 · Movie
Irving Berlin's 100th Birthday Celebration
1988 · Movie
Mr. President
1987 · Series
Sesame Street: Sing Along
1987 · Movie
An American Tail
1986 · Movie
Wanted: The Perfect Guy
1986 · Movie
My Little Pony
1986 · Series
My Little Pony: The Movie
1986 · Movie
Clue
1985 · Movie
Gonzo Presents Muppet Weird Stuff
1985 · Movie
The Comedy Factory
1985 · Series
City Heat
1984 · Movie
Oh Madeline
1983 · Series
Yellowbeard
1983 · Movie
Group Madness
1983 · Movie
Reading Rainbow
1983 · Series
Slapstick of Another Kind
1982 · Movie
Scrambled Feet
1982 · Movie
All-Star Party for Burt Reynolds
1981 · Movie
History of the World: Part I
1981 · Movie
First Family
1980 · Movie
Wholly Moses
1980 · Movie
Happy Birthday, Gemini
1980 · Movie
Fridays
1980 · Series
Simon
1980 · Movie
The Muppet Movie
1979 · Movie
The Cheap Detective
1978 · Movie
High Anxiety
1977 · Movie
The Muppet Show
1976 · Series
Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood
1976 · Movie
The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother
1975 · Movie
Saturday Night Live
1975 · Series
At Long Last Love
1975 · Movie
Young Frankenstein
1974 · Movie
Blazing Saddles
1974 · Movie
Adam's Rib
1973 · Series
From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler
1973 · Movie
Paper Moon
1973 · Movie
ABC Afterschool Special
1972 · Series
Harvey
1972 · Movie
What's Up, Doc?
1972 · Movie
Screwball Comedies... Remember Them?
1972 · Movie
Great Performances
1971 · Series
The Dove
1968 · Movie
The Dick Cavett Show
1968 · Series
The Carol Burnett Show
1967 · Series
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962 · Series
Tony Awards
1956 · Series
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951 · Series
Golden Globe Awards
1944 · Series