About
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...
Known for
ClueMovie • 1985
ABC Afterschool SpecialSeries • 1972
A Bug's LifeMovie • 1998
Road to AvonleaSeries • 1990
My Little PonySeries • 1986
CosbySeries • 1996
LegendsSeries • 2006
Little BillSeries • 1999
Blazing SaddlesMovie • 1974
An American TailMovie • 1986
New York NewsSeries • 1995
The Comedy FactorySeries • 1985
The Muppet MovieMovie • 1979
Young FrankensteinMovie • 1974
Lucky LukeSeries • 1992
The Pixar StoryMovie • 2007
High AnxietyMovie • 1977
Paper MoonMovie • 1973
Mixed NutsMovie • 1994
What's Up, Doc?Movie • 1972
NixonMovie • 1995
Betsy's WeddingMovie • 1990
The Cheap DetectiveMovie • 1978
My Little Pony: The MovieMovie • 1986