Madeline Kahn
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).
Acting
Movie
A Bug's Life
as Gypsy Moth (voice)
1998
Movie
Young Frankenstein
as Elizabeth
1974
Movie
Blazing Saddles
as Lili Von Shtupp
1974
Movie
Clue
as Mrs. White
1985
Movie
An American Tail
as Gussie Mausheimer (voice)
1986
Movie
History of the World: Part I
as Empress Nympho
1981
Movie
Paper Moon
as Trixie Delight
1973
Movie
The Muppet Movie
as El Sleezo Patron
1979
TV
Saturday Night Live
as Self - Host
1975
Movie
What's Up, Doc?
as Eunice Burns
1972
Movie
High Anxiety
as Victoria Brisbane
1977
Movie
Nixon
as Martha Mitchell
1995
TV
The Muppet Show
as Self - Special Guest Star
1976
Movie
The Pixar Story
as Gypsy (voice) (archive footage)
2007
Movie
Mixed Nuts
as Blanche Munchnik
1994
Movie
City Heat
as Caroline Howley
1984
Movie
The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother
as Jenny Hill
1975
Movie
Yellowbeard
as Betty
1983
Movie
The Cheap Detective
as Mrs. Montenegro
1978
TV
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self
1962
Movie
My Little Pony: The Movie
as Draggle (voice)
1986
TV
The Carol Burnett Show
as Self
1967
Movie
Betsy's Wedding
as Lola Hopper
1990
TV
Reading Rainbow
as Self - Narrator (voice)
1983