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Madeline Kahn
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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…
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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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Who Done It: The Clue Documentary
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
AGFA Mystery Mixtape #4: Follow Your Own Star
as Self
The AGFA Mystery Mixtape Vault
as (archive footage)
Sesame Street: 50 Years and Counting
as Self (archive footage)
Mel Brooks: Unwrapped
as Self (archive footage)
The Last Impresario
as Self (archive footage)
Blaze of Glory: Mel Brooks' Wild, Wild West
as Self (archive footage)
Mel Brooks: Make a Noise
as Self (archive footage)
Sesame Street: 40 Years of Sunny Days
as Self (uncredited) (archive footage)
Making History: Mel Brooks on Creating the World
as Self (archive footage)
Musical Mel: Inventing The Inquisition
as Self (archive footage)
The Pixar Story
as Gypsy (voice) (archive footage)
The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays
as Gorgeous Teitelbaum (segment "The Sisters Rosensweig")
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Dan Aykroyd
as Pat Nixon (archive footage)
Sesame Street: Elmo's World: The Street We Live On!
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Back in the Saddle
as Self (archive footage)
Judy Berlin
as Alice Gold
Saturday Night Live: 25th Anniversary Special
as (archive footage)
A Bug's Life
as Gypsy Moth (voice)
London Suite
as Sharon Semple
For Love Alone: The Ivana Trump Story
as Sabrina
Making Frankensense of Young Frankenstein
as Elizabeth (archive footage)
Nixon
as Martha Mitchell
Anyone Can Whistle: Live at Carnegie Hall
as Cora Hoover Hooper
Mixed Nuts
as Blanche Munchnik
The World of Jim Henson
as Self (archive footage)
Dr. Seuss's Sleep Book
as Narrator (voice)
Sondheim: A Celebration at Carnegie Hall
as Self
For Richer, for Poorer
as Billie
They call me Lucky Luke - Ma Dalton
as Esperanza
Betsy's Wedding
as Lola Hopper
Sesame Street: Sing Yourself Silly!
as Self (archive footage)
Sesame Street: Put Down the Duckie
as Self
Irving Berlin's 100th Birthday Celebration
as Self
Sesame Street: Sing Along
as Special Appearance
An American Tail
as Gussie Mausheimer (voice)
Wanted: The Perfect Guy
as Ellie Coleman
My Little Pony: The Movie
as Draggle (voice)
Clue
as Mrs. White
Gonzo Presents Muppet Weird Stuff
as Self
City Heat
as Caroline Howley
Yellowbeard
as Betty
Group Madness
as Self / Mrs. Yellowbeard
Slapstick of Another Kind
as Eliza Swain / Lutetia Swain
Scrambled Feet
as Madeline
No Poster
All-Star Party for Burt Reynolds
as Self
History of the World: Part I
as Empress Nympho
First Family
as Mrs. Link
Wholly Moses
as The Witch
Happy Birthday, Gemini
as Bunny Weinberger
Simon
as Dr. Cynthia Mallory
The Muppet Movie
as El Sleezo Patron
The Cheap Detective
as Mrs. Montenegro
High Anxiety
as Victoria Brisbane
Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood
as Estie Del Ruth
The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother
as Jenny Hill
At Long Last Love
as Kitty O'Kelly (Kathy Krumm)
Young Frankenstein
as Elizabeth
Blazing Saddles
as Lili Von Shtupp
From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler
as Schoolteacher
Paper Moon
as Trixie Delight
Harvey
as Nurse Ruth Kelly
What's Up, Doc?
as Eunice Burns
Screwball Comedies... Remember Them?
as Self
The Dove
as Sigfried