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Madeline Kahn
Chelsea, Massachusetts, USA
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 Bogdanovic…
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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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2022
Who Done It: The Clue Documentary
Movie Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 2020
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2020
The AGFA Mystery Mixtape Vault
Movie (archive footage)
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2019
Sesame Street: 50 Years and Counting
Movie Self (archive footage)
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2018
Mel Brooks: Unwrapped
Movie Self (archive footage)
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2014
The Last Impresario
Movie Self (archive footage)
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2014
Blaze of Glory: Mel Brooks' Wild, Wild West
Movie Self (archive footage)
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2013
Mel Brooks: Make a Noise
Movie Self (archive footage)
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2010
Sesame Street: 40 Years of Sunny Days
Movie Self (uncredited) (archive footage)
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2009
Making History: Mel Brooks on Creating the World
Movie Self (archive footage)
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2009
Musical Mel: Inventing The Inquisition
Movie Self (archive footage)
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2007
The Pixar Story
Movie Gypsy (voice) (archive footage)
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2006
Legends
TV show Elizabeth (archive footage) (uncredited)
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2006
The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays
Movie Gorgeous Teitelbaum (segment "The Sisters Rosensweig")
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2005
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Dan Aykroyd
Movie Pat Nixon (archive footage)
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2004
Sesame Street: Elmo's World: The Street We Live On!
Movie Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
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2001
Back in the Saddle
Movie Self (archive footage)
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1999
Little Bill
TV show
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1999
Judy Berlin
Movie Alice Gold
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1999
Saturday Night Live: 25th Anniversary Special
Movie (archive footage)
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1998
A Bug's Life
Movie Gypsy Moth (voice)
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1996
Cosby
TV show Pauline Fox
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1996
London Suite
Movie Sharon Semple
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1996
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
TV show Self - Guest
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1996
For Love Alone: The Ivana Trump Story
Movie Sabrina
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1996
Making Frankensense of Young Frankenstein
Movie Elizabeth (archive footage)
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1995
Nixon
Movie Martha Mitchell
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1995
New York News
TV show Nan Chase
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1995
Anyone Can Whistle: Live at Carnegie Hall
Movie Cora Hoover Hooper
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1994
Mixed Nuts
Movie Blanche Munchnik
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1994
The World of Jim Henson
Movie Self (archive footage)
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1993
Intimate Portrait
TV show Self
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1993
Dr. Seuss's Sleep Book
Movie
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1992
Sondheim: A Celebration at Carnegie Hall
Movie Self
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1992
Lucky Luke
TV show Esperanza
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1992
For Richer, for Poorer
Movie Billie
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1991
Kurt Vonnegut's Monkey House
TV show Grace Anderson
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1991
They call me Lucky Luke - Ma Dalton
Movie Esperanza
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1990
Betsy's Wedding
Movie Lola Hopper
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1990
Sesame Street: Sing Yourself Silly!
Movie Self (archive footage)
