Madeline Gail Kahn (nee Wolfson September 29 1942 - December 3 1999) was an American actress, comedian and singer, famous for her comedic performances in films directed by Peter Bogdanovich and Mel Brooks and Mel Brooks, such as What's Up, Doc? (1972), Young Frankenstein (1974), High Anxiety (1997), History of the World, Part I (1981) among others. Kahn was also famous for her roles as a comedian in the films of Mel Brooks which included What's up, Doc? (1974), On the Twentieth Century (1978) as well as In the Boom Boom Room (1974). In 1987, she received a Daytime Emmy Award for her part as Madeline Wayne in an ABC Afterschool Special. She received a third Tony Award nomination for the revival of the production Born Yesterday in 1989, prior to winning the 1993 Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play for the comedy The Sisters Rosensweig. Her other film roles included The Cheap Detective (1978), City Heat (1984), Clue (1985), and Nixon (1995).
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