Madeline Kahn
Profile info
Known forActing
GenderFemale
Birthday29 September 1942
Died3 December 1999 (age 57)
Place of birthChelsea, Massachusetts, USA
Known credits91
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 O…
Who Done It: The Clue Documentary
2022 · Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
AGFA Mystery Mixtape #4: Follow Your Own Star
2020 · Self
The AGFA Mystery Mixtape Vault
2020 · (archive footage)
Sesame Street: 50 Years and Counting
2019 · Self (archive footage)
Mel Brooks: Unwrapped
2018 · Self (archive footage)
The Last Impresario
2014 · Self (archive footage)
Blaze of Glory: Mel Brooks' Wild, Wild West
2014 · Self (archive footage)
Mel Brooks: Make a Noise
2013 · Self (archive footage)
Sesame Street: 40 Years of Sunny Days
2010 · Self (uncredited) (archive footage)
Making History: Mel Brooks on Creating the World
2009 · Self (archive footage)
Musical Mel: Inventing The Inquisition
2009 · Self (archive footage)
The Pixar Story
2007 · Gypsy (voice) (archive footage)
Legends
2006 · Elizabeth (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays
2006 · Gorgeous Teitelbaum (segment "The Sisters Rosensweig")
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Dan Aykroyd
2005 · Pat Nixon (archive footage)
Sesame Street: Elmo's World: The Street We Live On!
2004 · Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Back in the Saddle
2001 · Self (archive footage)
Little Bill
1999
Judy Berlin
1999 · Alice Gold
Saturday Night Live: 25th Anniversary Special
1999 · (archive footage)
A Bug's Life
1998 · Gypsy Moth (voice)
Cosby
1996 · Pauline Fox
London Suite
1996 · Sharon Semple
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
1996 · Self - Guest
For Love Alone: The Ivana Trump Story
1996 · Sabrina
Making Frankensense of Young Frankenstein
1996 · Elizabeth (archive footage)
Nixon
1995 · Martha Mitchell
New York News
1995 · Nan Chase
Anyone Can Whistle: Live at Carnegie Hall
1995 · Cora Hoover Hooper
Mixed Nuts
1994 · Blanche Munchnik
The World of Jim Henson
1994 · Self (archive footage)
Intimate Portrait
1993 · Self
Dr. Seuss's Sleep Book
1993
Sondheim: A Celebration at Carnegie Hall
1992 · Self
Lucky Luke
1992 · Esperanza
Lucky Luke
1992 · Esmeralda
For Richer, for Poorer
1992 · Billie
Kurt Vonnegut's Monkey House
1991 · Grace Anderson
They call me Lucky Luke - Ma Dalton
1991 · Esperanza
Betsy's Wedding
1990 · Lola Hopper
Sesame Street: Sing Yourself Silly!
1990 · Self (archive footage)
Road to Avonlea
1990 · Pigeon Plumtree
Sesame Street: Put Down the Duckie
1988 · Self
Irving Berlin's 100th Birthday Celebration
1988 · Self
Mr. President
1987 · Lois Gullickson
Sesame Street: Sing Along
1987 · Special Appearance
An American Tail
1986 · Gussie Mausheimer (voice)
Wanted: The Perfect Guy
1986 · Ellie Coleman
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