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Madeline Kahn
Madeline Kahn’s screen credits include Mrs. White in Clue and Gypsy Moth (voice) in A Bug's Life.
Born September 29, 1942† December 3, 1999 Chelsea, Massachusetts, USA2 movies on MoviHero
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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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- 2022Who Done It: The Clue DocumentarySelf (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 2020AGFA Mystery Mixtape #4: Follow Your Own StarSelf
- 2020The AGFA Mystery Mixtape Vault(archive footage)
- 2019Sesame Street: 50 Years and CountingSelf (archive footage)
- 2018Mel Brooks: UnwrappedSelf (archive footage)
- 2014The Last ImpresarioSelf (archive footage)
- 2014Blaze of Glory: Mel Brooks' Wild, Wild WestSelf (archive footage)
- 2013Mel Brooks: Make a NoiseSelf (archive footage)
- 2010Sesame Street: 40 Years of Sunny DaysSelf (uncredited) (archive footage)
- 2009Making History: Mel Brooks on Creating the WorldSelf (archive footage)
- 2009Musical Mel: Inventing The InquisitionSelf (archive footage)
- 2007The Pixar StoryGypsy (voice) (archive footage)
- 2006The Best of The Tony Awards: The PlaysGorgeous Teitelbaum (segment "The Sisters Rosensweig")
- 2005Saturday Night Live: The Best of Dan AykroydPat Nixon (archive footage)
- 2004Sesame Street: Elmo's World: The Street We Live On!Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 2001Back in the SaddleSelf (archive footage)
- 1999Judy BerlinAlice Gold
- 1999Saturday Night Live: 25th Anniversary Special(archive footage)
- 1996London SuiteSharon Semple
- 1996For Love Alone: The Ivana Trump StorySabrina
- 1996Making Frankensense of Young FrankensteinElizabeth (archive footage)
- 1995NixonMartha Mitchell
- 1995Anyone Can Whistle: Live at Carnegie HallCora Hoover Hooper
- 1994Mixed NutsBlanche Munchnik
- 1994The World of Jim HensonSelf (archive footage)
- 1993Dr. Seuss's Sleep BookNarrator (voice)
- 1992Sondheim: A Celebration at Carnegie HallSelf
- 1992For Richer, for PoorerBillie
- 1991They call me Lucky Luke - Ma DaltonEsperanza
- 1990Betsy's WeddingLola Hopper
- 1990Sesame Street: Sing Yourself Silly!Self (archive footage)
- 1988Sesame Street: Put Down the DuckieSelf
- 1988Irving Berlin's 100th Birthday CelebrationSelf
- 1987Sesame Street: Sing AlongSpecial Appearance
- 1986An American TailGussie Mausheimer (voice)
- 1986Wanted: The Perfect GuyEllie Coleman
- 1986My Little Pony: The MovieDraggle (voice)
- 1985Gonzo Presents Muppet Weird StuffSelf
- 1984City HeatCaroline Howley
- 1983YellowbeardBetty
- 1983Group MadnessSelf / Mrs. Yellowbeard
- 1982Slapstick of Another KindEliza Swain / Lutetia Swain
- 1982Scrambled FeetMadeline
- 1981All-Star Party for Burt ReynoldsSelf
- 1981History of the World: Part IEmpress Nympho
- 1980First FamilyMrs. Link
- 1980Wholly MosesThe Witch
- 1980Happy Birthday, GeminiBunny Weinberger
- 1980SimonDr. Cynthia Mallory
- 1979The Muppet MovieEl Sleezo Patron
- 1978The Cheap DetectiveMrs. Montenegro
- 1977High AnxietyVictoria Brisbane
- 1976Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved HollywoodEstie Del Ruth
- 1975The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter BrotherJenny Hill
- 1975At Long Last LoveKitty O'Kelly (Kathy Krumm)
- 1974Young FrankensteinElizabeth
- 1974Blazing SaddlesLili Von Shtupp
- 1973From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. FrankweilerSchoolteacher
- 1973Paper MoonTrixie Delight
- 1972HarveyNurse Ruth Kelly
- 1972What's Up, Doc?Eunice Burns
- 1972Screwball Comedies... Remember Them?Self
- 1968The DoveSigfried
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