Madeline Kahn

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), ''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. She starred as 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 play ''Born Yesterday'' in 1989, before winning the 1993 Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play for the comedy ''The Sisters Rosensweig''. Her other film appearances included ''The Cheap Detective'' (1978), "Yellow Beard" (1983), ''City Heat'' (1984), ''Clue'' (1985), and ''Nixon'' (1995). Provided by Wikipedia