Acting credits
88
Prolific
Very extensive acting filmography.
Actor
Madeline Kahn
Acting
Career Snapshot
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Movies: 62Series: 26
TMDB ID: 29803
IMDb ID: nm0001404
Known for: Acting
Born: September 29, 1942
Died: December 3, 1999
Age: 57
Place of birth: Chelsea, Massachusetts, USA
Gender: Female
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1944 - 2022
Years active: 79
Average TMDB rating: 6.6
Wikidata: Q234068
Also known as
Madeleine Kahn • Madeliene Kahn • Madeline Gail Wolfson
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 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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Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with Madeline Kahn.
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Who Done It: The Clue Documentary
2022 • Movie
as Self
AGFA Mystery Mixtape #4: Follow Your Own Star
2020 • Movie
as (archive footage)
The AGFA Mystery Mixtape Vault
2020 • Movie
as Self (archive footage)
Mel Brooks: Unwrapped
2018 • Movie
as Self (archive footage)
The Last Impresario
2014 • Movie
as Self (archive footage)
Blaze of Glory: Mel Brooks' Wild, Wild West
2014 • Movie
as Self (archive footage)
Mel Brooks: Make a Noise
2013 • Movie
as Self (uncredited) (archive footage)
Sesame Street: 40 Years of Sunny Days
2010 • Movie
as Self (archive footage)
Making History: Mel Brooks on Creating the World
2009 • Movie
as Self (archive footage)
Musical Mel: Inventing The Inquisition
2009 • Movie
as Gypsy (voice) (archive footage)
The Pixar Story
2007 • Movie
as Gorgeous Teitelbaum (segment "The Sisters Rosensweig")
The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays
2006 • Movie
as Pat Nixon (archive footage)
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Dan Aykroyd
2005 • Movie
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Sesame Street: Elmo's World: The Street We Live On!
2004 • Movie
as Self (archive footage)
Back in the Saddle
2001 • Movie
as Alice Gold
Judy Berlin
1999 • Movie
as Gypsy Moth (voice)
A Bug's Life
1998 • Movie
as Sharon Semple
London Suite
1996 • Movie
as Sabrina
For Love Alone: The Ivana Trump Story
1996 • Movie
as Elizabeth (archive footage)
Making Frankensense of Young Frankenstein
1996 • Movie
as Martha Mitchell
Nixon
1995 • Movie
as Cora Hoover Hooper
Anyone Can Whistle: Live at Carnegie Hall
1995 • Movie
as Blanche Munchnik
Mixed Nuts
1994 • Movie
as Self (archive footage)
The World of Jim Henson
1994 • Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Madeline Kahn.
as Elizabeth (archive footage) (uncredited) • 1 eps
Legends
2006 • Series
1 eps
Little Bill
1999 • Series
as Pauline Fox • 97 eps
Cosby
1996 • Series
as Self - Guest • 1 eps
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
1996 • Series
as Nan Chase • 13 eps
New York News
1995 • Series
as Self • 1 eps
Intimate Portrait
1993 • Series
as Esperanza • 1 eps
Lucky Luke
1992 • Series
as Grace Anderson • 7 eps
Kurt Vonnegut's Monkey House
1991 • Series
as Pigeon Plumtree • 78 eps
Road to Avonlea
1990 • Series
as Lois Gullickson • 23 eps
Mr. President
1987 • Series
65 eps
My Little Pony
1986 • Series
as Violet Kingsley • 1 eps
The Comedy Factory
1985 • Series
as Madeline Wayne • 19 eps
Oh Madeline
1983 • Series
as Self - Narrator (voice) • 1 eps
Reading Rainbow
1983 • Series
as Self - Guest Host • 1 eps
Fridays
1980 • Series
as Self - Special Guest Star • 1 eps
The Muppet Show
1976 • Series
as Self - Host • 3 eps
Saturday Night Live
1975 • Series
as Doris • 2 eps
Adam's Rib
1973 • Series
as Ellie Coleman • 1 eps
ABC Afterschool Special
1972 • Series
as Self • 1 eps
Great Performances
1971 • Series
as Self - Guest • 2 eps
The Dick Cavett Show
1968 • Series
as Self • 1 eps
The Carol Burnett Show
1967 • Series
as Self • 5 eps
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962 • Series
as Self - Nominee • 3 eps
Tony Awards
1956 • Series