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Madeline Kahn
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| Nickname: | Madeline Kahn / Madeliene Kahn / |
| Known for: | Young Frankenstein, A Bug's Life, Paper Moon |
| Birth name: | Madeline Gail Wolfson |
| Birthday: | 29 September 1942, Boston, Massachusetts, USA |
| Height: | 5' 3" (1.60 m) |
| Available Photos | 11 |
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Trivia
Performed custom voice-over work for the "Gypsy" character in the PlayStation game "A Bug's Life" (1998). [source: game credits]
Graduate of Martin Van Buren High School (1960), Queens Village, Queens, New York.
Daughter of Paula Kahn.
Sister of Jeffrey Kahn.
Aunt of Eliza Kahn.
Father's name is Bernard Wolfson.
Has a half sister named Robyn.
graduate of Martin Van Buren High School (1960), Queens Village, Queens, New York
graduated from Hofstra on a drama scholarship
operatically trained singer
Won Broadway's 1993 Tony Award as Best Actress (Play) for Wendy Wasserstein's "The Sisters Rosensweig." She had previously been nominated for three other Tonys: in 1974, as Best Actress (Dramatic), for David Rabe's "In the Boom Boom Room;" in 1978 as Best Actress (Musical) for "On the Twentieth Century;" and in 1989 as Best Actress (Play) for playing the role of Billie Dawn in a revival of "Born Yesterday."
Her performance as Lili von Shtupp in "Blazing Saddles" (1974) is ranked #74 on Premiere Magazine's 100 Greatest Performances of All Time (2006).
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