Madeline Kahn

Born: 1942-09-29

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). Description above from the Wikipedia article Madeline Kahn, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.


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as Pat Nixon (archive footage)
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as Self (archive footage)
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as Special Appearance
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as Self / Mrs. Yellowbeard
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as uncredited
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as Self (archive footage)
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as Self (archive footage)
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as Self
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as Self (archive footage)
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The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

as Self
First aired: 1962-10-01

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as Self
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Saturday Night Live

as Self - Host
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Tony Awards

as Self - Nominee
First aired: 1956-04-01

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Tony Awards

as Self - Performer/Winner
First aired: 1956-04-01

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Tony Awards

as Self - Presenter
First aired: 1956-04-01

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ABC Afterschool Special

as Ellie Coleman
First aired: 1972-10-04

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Golden Globe Awards

as Self - Nominee
First aired: 1944-01-20

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Intimate Portrait

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First aired: 1993-11-14

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The Carol Burnett Show

as Self
First aired: 1967-09-11

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as Herself - Narrator (voice)
First aired: 1983-06-06

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First aired: 1990-01-07

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The Dick Cavett Show

as Self - Guest
First aired: 1968-06-06

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The Muppet Show

as Self - Special Guest Star
First aired: 1976-09-05

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The Rosie O'Donnell Show

as Self - Guest
First aired: 1996-06-10

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Fridays

as uncredited
First aired: 1980-04-11

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Cosby

as Pauline Fox
First aired: 1996-09-16

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as uncredited
First aired: 1986-09-15

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as Nan Chase
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First aired: 1992-03-20

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Lucky Luke

as Esmeralda
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as uncredited
First aired: 1999-11-28

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as Violet Kingsley
First aired: 1985-06-21

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Adam's Rib

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Kurt Vonnegut's Monkey House

as Grace Anderson
First aired: 1991-05-12

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