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