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Madeline Gail Kahn (born Madeline Gail Wolfson; September 29, 1942 – December 3, 1999) was an American actress, comedienne, voice actress, 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 went on to star as Madeline Wayne on the short-lived ABC sitcom Oh Madeline (1983–84) and won a Daytime Emmy Award in 1987 for 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).

Filmography

Movie Year Roles Notes
De Düva (The Dove) 1968 Sigrid Short film
What's Up, Doc? 1972 Eunice Burns
Paper Moon 1973 Trixie Delight
From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1973 Schoolteacher
Blazing Saddles 1974 Lili Von Shtupp
Young Frankenstein 1974 Elizabeth
At Long Last Love 1975 Kitty O'Kelly
The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother 1975 Jenny Hill
Won Ton Ton, the Dog Who Saved Hollywood 1976 Estie Del Ruth
High Anxiety 1977 Victoria Brisbane
The Cheap Detective 1978 Mrs. Montenegro
The Muppet Movie 1979 El Sleezo Patron
Simon 1980 Dr. Cynthia Mallory
Happy Birthday, Gemini 1980 Bunny Weinberger
Wholly Moses! 1980 The Witch
First Family 1980 Mrs. Constance Link
History of the World, Part I 1981 Empress Nympho
Slapstick of Another Kind 1982 Eliza Swain / Lutetia Swain
Yellowbeard 1983 Betty
Scrambled Feet 1983
City Heat 1984 Caroline Howley
Clue 1985 Mrs. White
My Little Pony: The Movie 1986 Draggle Voice
An American Tail 1986 Gussie Mausheimer Voice
Betsy's Wedding 1990 Lola Hopper
Mixed Nuts 1994 Mrs. Munchnik
Nixon 1995 Martha Mitchell
A Bug's Life 1998 Gypsy Voice
Judy Berlin 1999 Alice Gold




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