
Madeline Kahn
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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

Saturday Night Live

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

Golden Globe Awards

Hallmark Hall of Fame

Tony Awards

The Carol Burnett Show

The Muppet Show

Sesame Street: Sing Yourself Silly!

Nixon

My Little Pony

Mel Brooks: Unwrapped

An American Tail

A Bug's Life

Saturday Night Live: The Best of Dan Aykroyd

New York News

For Love Alone: The Ivana Trump Story

Young Frankenstein

Blazing Saddles

Cosby

History of the World: Part I

Clue

Paper Moon

Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood

Kurt Vonnegut's Monkey House

My Little Pony: The Movie
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