Madeline Kahn

Overview

Known for
Acting
Gender
Other
Birthday
Sep 29, 1942 (82 years old)
Death date
Dec 03, 1999

Madeline Kahn

Known For

Who Done It: The Clue Documentary
1h 46m
Movie 2022

Who Done It: The Clue Documentary

Clue (1985) has become a cult classic film and is loved by multiple generations. Yet there has never been a documentary created to tell the behind the scenes stories...until now.

Mel Brooks: Unwrapped
1h 9m
Movie 2018

Mel Brooks: Unwrapped

At the age of 91, Mel Brooks is unstoppable, with his musical "Young Frankenstein" opening to great critical acclaim in London in late 2017. Alan Yentob visits Mel at home in Hollywood, at work and at play.

Blaze of Glory: Mel Brooks' Wild, Wild West
0h 29m
Movie 2014

Blaze of Glory: Mel Brooks' Wild, Wild West

A documentary about Mel Brooks' legendary 1974 comedy «Blazing Saddles».

Musical Mel: Inventing The Inquisition
0h 10m
Movie 2009

Musical Mel: Inventing The Inquisition

Documentary on the making of Mel Brooks' classic comedy "History of the World, Part 1."

Making History: Mel Brooks on Creating the World
0h 10m
Movie 2009

Making History: Mel Brooks on Creating the World

Documentary on the making of Mel Brooks' classic comedy "History of the World, Part 1."

Cosby
TV Show 1996

Cosby

Cosby is an American situation comedy television series broadcast on CBS from September 16, 1996 to April 28, 2000, loosely based on the British sitcom One Foot in the Grave. The program stars Bill Cosby and Phylicia Rashād, who previously worked with Cosby in the 1984–1992 NBC sitcom The Cosby Show. Madeline Kahn portrayed their neighbor, Pauline, until her death in 1999.

Nixon
3h 12m
Movie 1995

Nixon

A look at President Richard M. Nixon—a man carrying the fate of the world on his shoulders while battling the self-destructive demands from within—spanning his troubled boyhood in California to the shocking Watergate scandal that would end his Presidency.

New York News
1h 0m
TV Show 1995

New York News

New York News is a newspaper drama which was broadcast in the United States by CBS as part of its 1995 fall lineup.

Mixed Nuts
1h 37m
Movie 1994

Mixed Nuts

The events of a crisis hotline business on one crazy night during the Christmas holidays.

The World of Jim Henson
1h 11m
Movie 1994

The World of Jim Henson

In this episode of PBS' Great Performances, the history and legacy of puppeteer Jim Henson is explored, from his six-second commercial beginnings to a five-season run on ABC of The Muppet Show to several theatrically released films, including five Muppet movies, The Dark Crystal, and Labyrinth.

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). Description above from the Wikipedia article Madeline Kahn, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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