Young Frankenstein
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Dec 4, 1999 · Madeline Kahn, an Oscar-nominated actress and comedian best known for her work in Blazing Saddles, What's Up Doc? and Paper Moon, died Friday after a battle with ovarian cancer. She was 57....
Madeline Gail Kahn ( née Wolfson; September 29, 1942 – December 3, 1999) was an American actress, comedian, and singer. She is known for comedic roles in films directed by Peter Bogdanovich and Mel Brooks, including What's Up, Doc? (1972), Blazing Saddles (1974), Young Frankenstein (1974), High Anxiety (1977), History of the World, Part I ...
May 4, 2015 · Boston-born and raised in New York City, she discovered theater at the boarding school where her self-centered mother had all but dumped her to pursue her own theatrical ambitions. The stage became little Madeline’s means of self-expression, but her mother pushed voice and music lessons.
Sep 1, 2016 · Nightstand. Madeline Kahn: Being the Music, A Life by William V. Madison. She could act and sing and make people laugh. She had an unmistakable voice and on-stage style. She was gone too early but entertainers the world over – and millions of fans – will always remember Madeline Kahn for her timeless contributions.
May 12, 2015 · She was born Madeline Wolfson in 1942, and her father left her mother Paula when she was three years old. She took her last name from her stepfather, Hiller Kahn, before he also fled from the devious and grandiose Paula, who was very skilled at manipulating her daughter and making her feel insecure.
Best known for her Oscar-nominated roles in the smash hits Paper Moon and Blazing Saddles, Madeline Kahn (1942–1999) was one of the most popular comedians of her time—and one of the least...
Dec 5, 1999 · Audio Video News. Actress Madeline Kahn Dies in New York. Barry Willis | Dec 5, 1999. Madeline Kahn, the comic actress whom Mel Brooks described as "one of the most talented people that ever lived," died in Manhattan on Friday, December 3, of ovarian cancer. She was 57.
