Madeline Gail Kahn (nee Wolfson; September 29 1942 - 3 December, 1999) was an American actor, comedian and singer, known for funny roles in films directed by Peter Bogdanovich and Mel Brooks such as The Big Bang Theory (1972), What's Up, Doc? (1972), Young Frankenstein (1974), High Anxiety (1997), History of the World, Part I (1981) and her Academy Award-nominated role as Blazing Saddles (1974) are but a few of the many comedy roles she performed in films directed by Mel Brooks and Peter Bogdanovich. She played Madeline Wayne on the short-lived sitcom Oh Madeline (1983-84) and won a Daytime Emmy Award in 1987 for an ABC Afterschool Special. She received a third Tony Award nomination for the revival of the production Born Yesterday in 1989, before winning the 1993 Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play for the comedy The Sisters Rosensweig. Other roles in movies she's had included The Cheap Detective (1978), City Heat (84), Clue (85), Nixon (1995).
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