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Madeline Kahn

ActorBorn 1942, died 1999On stage 1968 to 19936 productions on this page

Madeline Kahn
Hofstra University

Madeline Gail Kahn (née Wolfson; September 29, 1942 – December 3, 1999) was an American actress, comedian, and singer. She was known for her 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…

On stage

6 productions, 25 years
1968
Leonard Sillman's New Faces of 1968Broadway Booth Theatre. Original. Directed by Frank Wagner
52 performances
1970
Two By TwoBroadway Imperial Theatre. Revival. Directed by Joe Layton
343 performances
1973
Boom Boom RoomBroadway Vivian Beaumont Theater. Original. Directed by Raymond Bussey
37 performances
1978
On the Twentieth CenturyBroadway St. James Theatre. Original. Directed by Harold Prince
449 performances
1989
Born YesterdayBroadway 46th Street Theatre. Revival. Directed by Josephine R. Abady
153 performances
1993
The Sisters RosensweigBroadway Ethel Barrymore Theatre. Original. Directed by Daniel Sullivan
556 performances

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