Madeline Gail Kahn (nee Wolfson; September 29, 1942 - December 3 1999) was an American actress, comedian and singer, known for comedy roles in films directed by Peter Bogdanovich and Mel Brooks and Mel Brooks, such as The Big Bang Theory (1972), What's Up, Doc? (1972), Young Frankenstein (1974), High Anxiety (1977), History of the World, Part I (1981) and her Oscar Award-nominated performances in Paper Moon (1973) and Blazing Saddles (1974).Kahn made her Broadway debut in Leonard Sillman's New Faces of 1968, and also received Tony Award nominations for the show In the Boom Boom Room in 1974 as well as for the first 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 was awarded an Daytime Emmy Award in 1987 for an ABC Afterschool Special. She earned a second Tony Award nomination for the revival of the play Born Yesterday in 1989, after which she won the 1993 Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play for the comedy The Sisters Rosensweig. Other film roles she's played include The Cheap Detective (1978), City Heat (84), Clue (85), Nixon (1995).
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