MK
Photo of Madeline Kahn

Madeline Kahn

Actor
Born September 29, 1942Died December 3, 1999 (57 years)
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.

Movies & Shows on Plex

  • My Little Pony 'n Friends
  • Slapstick of Another Kind
  • Fridays
  • For Love Alone: The Ivana Trump Story

Known For

  • Young Frankenstein
  • Clue
  • Blazing Saddles
  • Paper Moon
  • History of the World: Part I
  • High Anxiety
  • What's Up, Doc?
  • Mixed Nuts
  • The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother
  • My Little Pony: The Movie
  • City Heat
  • Betsy's Wedding
  • Yellowbeard
  • The Cheap Detective
  • Cosby
  • Slapstick of Another Kind
  • Simon
  • At Long Last Love
  • Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood
  • Happy Birthday, Gemini
  • Wholly Moses!
  • First Family
  • Harvey
  • From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler

Filmography

2008
Role Model: Gene Wilder · as Elizabeth
2007
The Pixar Story · as Gypsy (voice) (archive Footage)
2005
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Dan Aykroyd · as Pat Nixon (archive Footage)
2005
2000
1999
Little Bill (TV Series)
1999
Judy Berlin · as Alice Gold
1998
A Bug's Life · as Gypsy Moth (voice)
1996
Cosby (TV Series) · as Pauline Fox
1996
London Suite · as Sharon Semple
1996
1995
Nixon · as Martha Mitchell
1995
New York News (TV Series) · as Nan Chase
1994
Mixed Nuts · as Blanche Munchnik
1993
1992
Lucky Luke (1992) (TV Series) · as Esperanza
1992
1991
Kurt Vonnegut's Monkey House (TV Series) · as Grace Anderson
1990
Betsy's Wedding · as Lola Hopper
1990
Road to Avonlea (TV Series) · as Pigeon Plumtree
1987
Sing Along · as Special Appearance
1987
Mr. President (TV Series) · as Lois Gullickson
1986
An American Tail · as Gussie Mausheimer (voice)
1986
1986
My Little Pony: The Movie · as Draggle (voice)
1986
Comic Relief · as Lili Von Shtupp
1986
The Best of Dan Aykroyd · as Pat Nixon
1985
Clue · as Mrs. White
1984
City Heat · as Caroline Howley
1983
Oh Madeline (TV Series) · as Madeline Wayne
1983
Yellowbeard · as Betty
1982
Slapstick of Another Kind · as Eliza Swain / Lutetia Swain
1982
Hollywood: The Gift of Laughter · as Victoria Brisbane
1981
History of the World: Part I · as Empress Nympho
1980
First Family · as Mrs. Link
1980
Wholly Moses! · as The Witch
1980
Happy Birthday, Gemini · as Bunny Weinberger
1980
Fridays (TV Series)
1980
Simon · as Dr. Cynthia Mallory
1979
The Muppet Movie · as El Sleezo Patron
1978
The Cheap Detective · as Mrs. Montenegro
1977
High Anxiety · as Victoria Brisbane
1977
1976
1975
1975
At Long Last Love · as Kitty O'kelly (kathy Krumm)
1974
Young Frankenstein · as Elizabeth
1974
Blazing Saddles · as Lili Von Shtupp
1973
Adam's Rib (TV Series) · as Doris
1973
1973
Paper Moon · as Trixie Delight
1972
The ABC Afterschool Special (TV Series) · as Ellie Coleman
1972
Harvey · as Nurse Ruth Kelly
1972
What's Up, Doc? · as Eunice Burns
1968
De Düva: The Dove · as Sigfried
1951
Hallmark Hall Of Fame (TV Series) · as Nurse Ruth Kelly

Take Plex everywhere

Watch free anytime, anywhere, on almost any device.
See the full list of supported devices