Madeline Kahn

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.

Known For: Acting

Born: Chelsea, Massachusetts, USA, 1942-09-29

Died: 1999-12-03

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1968	The Dove	Sigfried	59
2	1972	Screwball Comedies... Remember Them?	Self	50
3	1972	What's Up, Doc?	Eunice Burns	74
4	1972	Harvey	Nurse Ruth Kelly	68
5	1973	Paper Moon	Trixie Delight	79
6	1973	From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler	Schoolteacher	65
7	1974	Blazing Saddles	Lili Von Shtupp	72
8	1974	Young Frankenstein	Elizabeth	79
9	1975	At Long Last Love	Kitty O'Kelly (Kathy Krumm)	51
10	1975	The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother	Jenny Hill	60
11	1976	Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood	Estie Del Ruth	41
12	1977	High Anxiety	Victoria Brisbane	65
13	1978	The Cheap Detective	Mrs. Montenegro	63
14	1979	The Muppet Movie	El Sleezo Patron	72
15	1980	Simon	Dr. Cynthia Mallory	62
16	1980	Happy Birthday, Gemini	Bunny Weinberger	32
17	1980	Wholly Moses	The Witch	47
18	1980	First Family	Mrs. Link	30
19	1981	History of the World: Part I	Empress Nympho	68
20	1981	All-Star Party for Burt Reynolds	Self	60
21	1982	Scrambled Feet	Madeline	0
22	1982	Slapstick of Another Kind	Eliza Swain / Lutetia Swain	27
23	1983	Group Madness	Self / Mrs. Yellowbeard	0
24	1983	Yellowbeard	Betty	55
25	1984	City Heat	Caroline Howley	55
26	1985	Gonzo Presents Muppet Weird Stuff	Self	0
27	1985	Clue	Mrs. White	72
28	1986	My Little Pony: The Movie	Draggle (voice)	63
29	1986	Wanted: The Perfect Guy	Ellie Coleman	0
30	1986	An American Tail	Gussie Mausheimer (voice)	67
31	1987	Sesame Street: Sing Along	Special Appearance	0
32	1988	Irving Berlin's 100th Birthday Celebration	Self	0
33	1988	Sesame Street \| Put Down the Duckie: An All-Star Musical Special	Self	60
34	1990	Sesame Street: Sing Yourself Silly!	Self	60
35	1990	Betsy's Wedding	Lola Hopper	57
36	1991	They call me Lucky Luke - Ma Dalton	Esperanza	0
37	1992	For Richer, for Poorer	Billie	55
38	1992	Sondheim: A Celebration at Carnegie Hall	Self	90
39	1993	Dr. Seuss's Sleep Book		0
40	1994	The World of Jim Henson	Self (archive footage)	73
41	1994	Mixed Nuts	Blanche Munchnik	54
42	1995	Nixon	Martha Mitchell	69
43	1996	Making Frankensense of Young Frankenstein	Elizabeth (archive footage)	85
44	1996	For Love Alone: The Ivana Trump Story	Sabrina	0
45	1996	London Suite	Sharon Semple	47
46	1998	A Bug's Life	Gypsy Moth (voice)	70
47	1999	Judy Berlin	Alice Gold	58
48	2001	Back in the Saddle	Self (archive footage)	60
49	2005	Saturday Night Live: The Best of Dan Aykroyd	Pat Nixon (archive footage)	83
50	2006	The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays	Gorgeous Teitelbaum (segment "The Sisters Rosensweig")	0
51	2007	The Pixar Story	Gypsy (voice) (archive footage)	76
52	2009	Making History: Mel Brooks on Creating the World	Self (archive footage)	0
53	2009	Musical Mel: Inventing The Inquisition	Self (archive footage)	0
54	2010	Sesame Street: 40 Years of Sunny Days	Self (uncredited) (archive footage)	0
55	2013	Mel Brooks: Make a Noise	Self (archive footage)	82
56	2014	Blaze of Glory: Mel Brooks' Wild, Wild West	Self (archive footage)	0
57	2018	Mel Brooks: Unwrapped	Self (archive footage)	64
58	2020	AGFA Mystery Mixtape #4: Follow Your Own Star	Self	80
59	2022	Who Done It: The Clue Documentary	Self (archive footage) (uncredited)	48
60	2025	The AGFA Mystery Mixtape Vault	Self	0

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1944	Golden Globe Awards	Self - Nominee	72
2	1951	Hallmark Hall of Fame	Nurse Ruth Kelly	86
3	1956	Tony Awards	Self - Nominee	51
4	1956	Tony Awards	Self - Performer/Winner	51
5	1956	Tony Awards	Self - Presenter	51
6	1962	The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson	Self	75
7	1967	The Carol Burnett Show	Self	77
8	1968	The Dick Cavett Show	Self - Guest	67
9	1971	Great Performances	Self	53
10	1972	ABC Afterschool Special	Ellie Coleman	64
11	1973	Adam's Rib	Doris	50
12	1975	Saturday Night Live	Self - Host	70
13	1976	The Muppet Show	Self - Special Guest Star	80
14	1980	Fridays		50
15	1983	Reading Rainbow	Herself - Narrator (voice)	84
16	1983	Oh Madeline	Madeline Wayne	60
17	1985	The Comedy Factory	Violet Kingsley	0
18	1986	My Little Pony		62
19	1987	Mr. President	Lois Gullickson	75
20	1990	Road to Avonlea	Pigeon Plumtree	82
21	1991	Kurt Vonnegut's Monkey House	Grace Anderson	65
22	1992	Lucky Luke	Esperanza	57
23	1992	Lucky Luke	Esmeralda	57
24	1993	Intimate Portrait	Self	45
25	1995	New York News	Nan Chase	0
26	1996	The Rosie O'Donnell Show	Self - Guest	35
27	1996	Cosby	Pauline Fox	59
28	1999	Little Bill		66
29	2006	Legends	Elizabeth (archive footage) (uncredited)	50

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