Madeline Kahn

Madeline Kahn

If you know more information about Madeline Kahn help us to improve this page
Birthday: 
29 September 1942, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Birth Name: 
Madeline Gail Wolfson
Height: 
160 cm
Madeline Kahn was born Madeline Gail Wolfson on September 29, 1942 in Boston, Massachusetts, to Freda (Goldberg) and Bernard B. Wolfson, a garment manufacturer. She was of Russian Jewish descent. Madeline began her acting career in high school and went on to university where she trained as an opera singer and starred in several campus productions, ... Show more »
Madeline Kahn was born Madeline Gail Wolfson on September 29, 1942 in Boston, Massachusetts, to Freda (Goldberg) and Bernard B. Wolfson, a garment manufacturer. She was of Russian Jewish descent. Madeline began her acting career in high school and went on to university where she trained as an opera singer and starred in several campus productions, ultimately earning a doctorate in her chosen field. Her finest years came in Paper Moon (1973) with Ryan O'Neal, which was followed the next year by Mel Brooks's outrageous Blazing Saddles (1974) as Lili Von Shtupp, a cabaret singer who was obviously based on Marlene Dietrich's performance in Destry Rides Again (1939). She was so delightful in both that Madeline was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress in both movies. In 1998, Madeline lent her voice to Gypsy in the wildly popular animated film A Bug's Life (1998). Tragically, on December 3, 1999, Madeline died of ovarian cancer in New York City, a disease from which she suffered for about a year while she was a cast member of Cosby (1996). The accomplished stage and screen actress was only 57 years old. Show less «

Madeline Kahn's FILMOGRAPHY

American Masters - Season 37

EPS9

Sesame Street - Season 54

EPS33

Remembering Gene Wilder

HD

Sesame Street - Season 53

EPS13

Sesame Street - Season 52

EPS35

Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street

HD

Sesame Street - Season 51

EPS35

Sesame Street - Season 50

EPS5

Sesame Street - Season 49

EPS6

Saturday Night Live - Season 44

EPS21

Love, Gilda

HD

Sesame Street - Season 47

EPS35

Sesame Street - Season 48

EPS35

Saturday Night Live - Season 43

EPS20

Saturday Night Live - Season 42

EPS21

Saturday Night Live - Season 41

EPS22

Saturday Night Live - Season 33

EPS12

Saturday Night Live - Season 28

EPS20

Saturday Night Live - Season 27

EPS20

Saturday Night Live - Season 26

EPS20

Saturday Night Live - Season 24

EPS19

A Bugs Life

HD

Reading Rainbow - Season 16

EPS5

NEXT PAGE

Example Example Example
HD
Country:
Genre:

Madeline Kahn'S roles

Mrs. Blanche White
Mrs. Blanche White
Empress Nympho
Empress Nympho
Lili Von Shtupp
Lili Von Shtupp
Trixie Delight
Trixie Delight
El Sleezo Patron
El Sleezo Patron
Elizabeth Frankenstein
Elizabeth Frankenstein
Gypsy Moth
Gypsy Moth
Gussie Mausheimer
Gussie Mausheimer
Betty
Betty