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Madeline Kahn

1942 - 1999

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Madeline Gail Kahn (née Wolfson; September 29, 1942 – December 3, 1999) was an American actress, comedian, and singer. She was known for her comedic roles in films directed by Peter Bogdanovich and Mel Brooks, including What's Up, Doc? (1972), Young Frankenstein (1974), High Anxiety (1977), History of the World, Part I (1981), and her Academy Award–nominated roles in Paper Moon (1973) and Blazing Saddles (1974). Kahn made her Broadway debut in Leonard Sillman's New Faces of 1968, and received Tony Award nominations for the play In the Boom Boom Room in 1974 and for the original production of the musical On the Twentieth Century in 1978. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Madeline Kahn is the 3,078th most popular actor (down from 3,011th in 2019), the 5,212th most popular biography from United States (down from 4,591st in 2019) and the 1,468th most popular American Actor.

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Among actors, Madeline Kahn ranks 3,078 out of 13,578. Before her are Sam Wanamaker, Edward Furlong, Chester Conklin, John Neville, Connie Britton, and Angelo Beolco. After her are Estelle Harris, Tab Hunter, Christian Marin, Kate Mulgrew, Ingeborga Dapkūnaitė, and Jan Decleir.

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Among people born in 1942, Madeline Kahn ranks 320. Before her are Anatolijs Gorbunovs, Flora Purim, Al Jardine, Modibo Keita, Sergio Ramírez, and Arthur Brown. After her are Paula Kelly, Thomas Hammarberg, Emília Vášáryová, Susana Vieira, Jon Finch, and Fatma Girik. Among people deceased in 1999, Madeline Kahn ranks 131. Before her are Bob Peck, Hendrick Chin A Sen, Rudolf Kárpáti, Kazuo Sakamaki, Dennis Viollet, and Petr Shelokhonov. After her are Aleksandr Demyanenko, Gonzalo Torrente Ballester, Olga Orozco, Harvey Postlethwaite, Ibrahim Baré Maïnassara, and Jürgen Moser.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Madeline Kahn ranks 5,212 out of 20,380. Before her are Alvan Clark (1804), Chester Conklin (1886), Dorothy Day (1897), Connie Britton (1967), Edmund Muskie (1914), and Belle Starr (1848). After her are Wayne Kramer (1948), Estelle Harris (1928), Matilda Howell (1859), Tab Hunter (1931), Caroline Harrison (1832), and Kate Mulgrew (1955).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Madeline Kahn ranks 1,468. Before her are Jackie Earle Haley (1961), George Burns (1896), Sam Wanamaker (1919), Edward Furlong (1977), Chester Conklin (1886), and Connie Britton (1967). After her are Estelle Harris (1928), Tab Hunter (1931), Kate Mulgrew (1955), David Hedison (1927), Roy Rogers (1911), and Brian Keith (1921).

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