Madeline Kahn
Actor
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
Young Frankenstein
as Elizabeth 1974
Blazing Saddles
as Lili Von Shtupp 1974
Clue
as Mrs. White 1985
An American Tail
as Gussie Mausheimer (voice) 1986
History of the World: Part I
as Empress Nympho 1981
Paper Moon
as Trixie Delight 1973
The Muppet Movie
as El Sleezo Patron 1979
What's Up, Doc?
as Eunice Burns 1972
Nixon
as Martha Mitchell 1995
High Anxiety
as Victoria Brisbane 1977
The Pixar Story
as Gypsy (voice) (archive footage) 2007
Mixed Nuts
as Blanche Munchnik 1994
City Heat
as Caroline Howley 1984
The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother
as Jenny Hill 1975
Yellowbeard
as Betty 1983
The Cheap Detective
as Mrs. Montenegro 1978