Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthdate
1942-09-29
Day of Death
1999-12-03
Place of Birth
Chelsea, Massachusetts, USA
Madeline Kahn
Biography
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 (62)
Who Done It: The Clue Documentary
2022
AGFA Mystery Mixtape #4: Follow Your Own Star
2020
The AGFA Mystery Mixtape Vault
2020
Mel Brooks: Unwrapped
2018
The Last Impresario
2014
Blaze of Glory: Mel Brooks' Wild, Wild West
2014
Mel Brooks: Make a Noise
2013
Sesame Street: 40 Years of Sunny Days
2010
Making History: Mel Brooks on Creating the World
2009
Musical Mel: Inventing The Inquisition
2009
The Pixar Story
2007
The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays
2006
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Dan Aykroyd
2005
Back in the Saddle
2001
