Acting credits
85
Prolific
Very extensive acting filmography.
Actor
Madeline Kahn
Acting
Career Snapshot
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2.1
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Movies: 60Series: 25
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: 6.55
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.
5.3
Who Done It: The Clue Documentary
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2022 Movie
8.0
AGFA Mystery Mixtape #4: Follow Your Own Star
as Self
2020 Movie
The AGFA Mystery Mixtape Vault
as (archive footage)
2020 Movie
6.4
Mel Brooks: Unwrapped
as Self (archive footage)
2018 Movie
Blaze of Glory: Mel Brooks' Wild, Wild West
as Self (archive footage)
2014 Movie
8.2
Mel Brooks: Make a Noise
as Self (archive footage)
2013 Movie
Sesame Street: 40 Years of Sunny Days
as Self (uncredited) (archive footage)
2010 Movie
Making History: Mel Brooks on Creating the World
as Self (archive footage)
2009 Movie
Musical Mel: Inventing The Inquisition
as Self (archive footage)
2009 Movie
7.6
The Pixar Story
as Gypsy (voice) (archive footage)
2007 Movie
The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays
as Gorgeous Teitelbaum (segment "The Sisters Rosensweig")
2006 Movie
8.2
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Dan Aykroyd
as Pat Nixon (archive footage)
2005 Movie
6.0
Back in the Saddle
as Self (archive footage)
2001 Movie
5.6
Judy Berlin
as Alice Gold
1999 Movie
7.0
A Bug's Life
as Gypsy Moth (voice)
1998 Movie
4.7
London Suite
as Sharon Semple
1996 Movie
For Love Alone: The Ivana Trump Story
as Sabrina
1996 Movie
8.5
Making Frankensense of Young Frankenstein
as Elizabeth (archive footage)
1996 Movie
6.9
Nixon
as Martha Mitchell
1995 Movie
Anyone Can Whistle: Live at Carnegie Hall
as Cora Hoover Hooper
1995 Movie
5.4
Mixed Nuts
as Blanche Munchnik
1994 Movie
7.3
The World of Jim Henson
as Self (archive footage)
1994 Movie
Dr. Seuss's Sleep Book
1993 Movie
9.0
Sondheim: A Celebration at Carnegie Hall
as Self
1992 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Madeline Kahn.
5.0
Legends
as Elizabeth (archive footage) (uncredited) • 1 eps
2006 Series
6.8
Little Bill
1 eps
1999 Series
6.1
Cosby
as Pauline Fox • 97 eps
1996 Series
3.9
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
as Self - Guest • 1 eps
1996 Series
New York News
as Nan Chase • 13 eps
1995 Series
4.5
Intimate Portrait
as Self • 1 eps
1993 Series
5.8
Lucky Luke
as Esperanza • 1 eps
1992 Series
6.5
Kurt Vonnegut's Monkey House
as Grace Anderson • 7 eps
1991 Series
8.2
Road to Avonlea
as Pigeon Plumtree • 78 eps
1990 Series
7.5
Mr. President
as Lois Gullickson • 23 eps
1987 Series
6.1
My Little Pony
65 eps
1986 Series
The Comedy Factory
as Violet Kingsley • 1 eps
1985 Series
6.0
Oh Madeline
as Madeline Wayne • 19 eps
1983 Series
8.4
Reading Rainbow
as Self - Narrator (voice) • 1 eps
1983 Series
5.4
Fridays
as Self - Guest Host • 1 eps
1980 Series
8.0
The Muppet Show
as Self - Special Guest Star • 1 eps
1976 Series
7.0
Saturday Night Live
as Self - Host • 3 eps
1975 Series
5.0
Adam's Rib
as Doris • 2 eps
1973 Series
6.4
ABC Afterschool Special
as Ellie Coleman • 1 eps
1972 Series
5.8
Great Performances
as Self • 1 eps
1971 Series
6.8
The Dick Cavett Show
as Self - Guest • 2 eps
1968 Series
7.7
The Carol Burnett Show
as Self • 1 eps
1967 Series
7.5
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self • 5 eps
1962 Series
8.6
Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Nurse Ruth Kelly • 1 eps
1951 Series