Overview

Know for
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
29 Sep, 1942 (82 years old)

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). Description above from the Wikipedia article Madeline Kahn, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

Mixed Nuts
HD
97 min 1994

Mixed Nuts

Comedy
Betsy's Wedding
HD
94 min 1990

Betsy's Wedding

Comedy
My Little Pony: The Movie
HD
86 min 1986

My Little Pony: The Movie

Animation
Clue
HD
94 min 1985

Clue

Comedy
Slapstick of Another Kind
HD
84 min 1982

Slapstick of Another Kind

Comedy
History of the World: Part I
HD
92 min 1981

History of the World: Part I

Comedy

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