Madeline Kahn
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
1942-09-29
Day of Death
1999-12-03 (57 years old)
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).
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Known For
Acting
(2025)
(2025)
(2022)
Who Done It: The Clue Documentary
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
(2020)
(2018)
Mel Brooks: Unwrapped
as Self (archive footage)
(2014)
Blaze of Glory: Mel Brooks' Wild, Wild West
as Self (archive footage)
(2013)
Mel Brooks: Make a Noise
as Self (archive footage)
(2010)
Sesame Street: 40 Years of Sunny Days
as Self (uncredited) (archive footage)
(2009)
Making History: Mel Brooks on Creating the World
as Self (archive footage)
(2009)
Musical Mel: Inventing The Inquisition
as Self (archive footage)
(2007)
The Pixar Story
as Gypsy (voice) (archive footage)
(2006)
The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays
as Gorgeous Teitelbaum (segment "The Sisters Rosensweig")
(2005)
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Dan Aykroyd
as Pat Nixon (archive footage)
(2001)
Back in the Saddle
as Self (archive footage)
(1999)
Judy Berlin
as Alice Gold
(1998)
A Bug's Life
as Gypsy Moth (voice)
(1996)
For Love Alone: The Ivana Trump Story
as Sabrina
(1996)
Making Frankensense of Young Frankenstein
as Elizabeth (archive footage)
(1996)
London Suite
as Sharon Semple
(1995)
Nixon
as Martha Mitchell
(1994)
Mixed Nuts
as Blanche Munchnik
(1994)
The World of Jim Henson
as Self (archive footage)
(1993)
(1992)
For Richer, for Poorer
as Billie
(1992)
(1991)
They call me Lucky Luke - Ma Dalton
as Esperanza
(1990)
Betsy's Wedding
as Lola Hopper
(1990)
(1988)
(1988)
(1987)
Sesame Street: Sing Along
as Special Appearance
(1986)
An American Tail
as Gussie Mausheimer (voice)
(1986)
My Little Pony: The Movie
as Draggle (voice)
(1986)
Wanted: The Perfect Guy
as Ellie Coleman
(1985)
Clue
as Mrs. White
(1985)
(1984)
City Heat
as Caroline Howley
(1983)
Yellowbeard
as Betty
(1983)
Group Madness
as Self / Mrs. Yellowbeard
(1982)
Slapstick of Another Kind
as Eliza Swain / Lutetia Swain
(1982)
Scrambled Feet
as Madeline
(1981)
History of the World: Part I
as Empress Nympho
(1981)
(1980)
Wholly Moses
as The Witch
(1980)
First Family
as Mrs. Link
(1980)
Simon
as Dr. Cynthia Mallory
(1980)
Happy Birthday, Gemini
as Bunny Weinberger
(1979)
The Muppet Movie
as El Sleezo Patron
(1978)
The Cheap Detective
as Mrs. Montenegro
(1977)
High Anxiety
as Victoria Brisbane
(1976)
Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood
as Estie Del Ruth
(1975)
At Long Last Love
as Kitty O'Kelly (Kathy Krumm)
(1975)
The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother
as Jenny Hill
(1974)
Young Frankenstein
as Elizabeth
(1974)
Blazing Saddles
as Lili Von Shtupp
(1973)
Paper Moon
as Trixie Delight
(1973)
From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler
as Schoolteacher
(1972)
What's Up, Doc?
as Eunice Burns
(1972)
Harvey
as Nurse Ruth Kelly
(1972)
(1968)
The Dove
as Sigfried