Actor
Madeline Kahn
September 29, 1942 · Chelsea, Massachusetts, USA
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.
Notable work
7A Bug's Life (1998)
as Gypsy Moth (voice)
7.9Young Frankenstein (1974)
as Elizabeth
7.2Blazing Saddles (1974)
as Lili Von Shtupp
7.2Clue (1985)
as Mrs. White
6.8An American Tail (1986)
as Gussie Mausheimer (voice)
6.7History of the World: Part I (1981)
as Empress Nympho
7.9Paper Moon (1973)
as Trixie Delight
7.2The Muppet Movie (1979)
as El Sleezo Patron
6.9Saturday Night Live (1975)
as Self - Host
7.4What's Up, Doc? (1972)
as Eunice Burns
6.4High Anxiety (1977)
as Victoria Brisbane
6.8Nixon (1995)
as Martha Mitchell
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