Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
9/29/1942
Place of Birth
Chelsea, Massachusetts, USA
Also Known As
Madeleine KahnMadeliene KahnMadeline Gail Wolfson
Madeline Kahn
Biography
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 O...
Known For
A Bug's Life
as Gypsy Moth (voice)
Blazing Saddles
as Lili Von Shtupp
High Anxiety
as Victoria Brisbane
Mixed Nuts
as Blanche Munchnik
Simon
as Dr. Cynthia Mallory
Nixon
as Martha Mitchell
First Family
as Mrs. Link
History of the World: Part I
as Empress Nympho
Wholly Moses
as The Witch
My Little Pony: The Movie
as Draggle (voice)
The Muppet Movie
as El Sleezo Patron
The Cheap Detective
as Mrs. Montenegro
The World of Jim Henson
as Self (archive footage)
Betsy's Wedding
as Lola Hopper
Anyone Can Whistle: Live at Carnegie Hall
as Cora Hoover Hooper
An American Tail
as Gussie Mausheimer (voice)
Clue
as Mrs. White
From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler
as Schoolteacher
The Pixar Story
as Gypsy (voice) (archive footage)
Judy Berlin
as Alice Gold