Madeline Kahn
Personal Info
Know For
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
1942-09-29 (57 years old)
Deathday
1999-12-03
Place of Birth
Chelsea, Massachusetts, USA
Also known As
Madeleine Kahn
Madeliene Kahn
Madeline Gail Wolfson
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 Ma...
Acting
1981
as Empress Nympho
1974
as Elizabeth
1975
as Kitty O'Kelly (Kathy Krumm)
1995
as Martha Mitchell
1986
as Gussie Mausheimer (voice)
1979
as El Sleezo Patron
1974
as Lili Von Shtupp
1973
as Trixie Delight
1994
as Blanche Munchnik
1983
as Betty
1972
as Eunice Burns
1977
as Victoria Brisbane
1980
as The Witch
1998
as Gypsy Moth (voice)
2022
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1999
as Alice Gold
2013
as Self (archive footage)
1975
as Jenny Hill
1978
as Mrs. Montenegro
1976
as Estie Del Ruth
1985
as Mrs. White
2009
as Self (archive footage)
2009
as Self (archive footage)
1984
as Caroline Howley
2001
as Self (archive footage)
1990
as Lola Hopper
1985
1982
as Eliza Swain / Lutetia Swain
1996
as Sharon Semple
1991
as Esperanza
1992
as Billie
1980
as Mrs. Link
1973
as Schoolteacher
2010
as Self (uncredited) (archive footage)
1968
as Sigfried
1972
1986
as Ellie Coleman
1992
2007
as Gypsy (voice) (archive footage)
1996
as Sabrina
1986
as Draggle (voice)
1987
as Special Appearance
1988
1980
as Dr. Cynthia Mallory
1972
as Nurse Ruth Kelly
2005
as Pat Nixon (archive footage)
1980
as Bunny Weinberger
2018
as Self (archive footage)
1983
as Self / Mrs. Yellowbeard
2006
as Gorgeous Teitelbaum (segment "The Sisters Rosensweig")
1994
as Self (archive footage)
1996
as Elizabeth (archive footage)
1981
1982
as Madeline
1990
2014
as Self (archive footage)
2025
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