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Madeline Kahn Biography

Madeline Gail Kahn (born Madeline Gail Wolfson; September 29, 1942 – December 3, 1999) was an American actress, comedian, voice actress, and singer, 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).

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I don't like to be my own audience, I find that being my own audience, being in the audience, makes me self-conscious, basically. So I tune in sometimes, with the sound off, to check it out and I back up to it. In the future I will look at it when some time has passed.

Audience, Look, Self, Sound, Time, Tunes

I can't even really tell a joke. I find being funny very hard work. I am always asked about it and I feel guilty saying that, but it's the truth. I love my work but it ain't easy.

Easy, Guilty, Hard, Hard Work, Joke

In Hollywood I thought I was large and klutzy, like the characters I played.

Character, Characters, Hollywood, Like, Thought

Comedy is an ability to observe and see what's funny in a situation and be able to forget yourself enough to do it.

Able, Comedy, Forget You, Funny, See

It`s acceptable for men to act the fool. When women try, they`re considered aggressive and opinionated.

Act, Considered, Fool, Men, Trying, Women

Comedy is created when someone is trying very earnestly to do what he feels is the right thing to do at that moment.

Comedy, Created, Feels, Moment, Moments, Trying

My mother was a Bohemian - in the good sense of the word. A searcher. And she investigated various religions.

Bohemian, Good, Mother, Searchers, Sense, Word

Ah, but the servant waits, while the master baits.

Bait, Baits, Masters, Servant, Waiting, Waits

What's wrong with musicals now is all the gifted men who've died of AIDS-who would otherwise be here today creating great theater.

Creating, Gifted, Men, Today, Wrong

Me, as myself, I don't think I'm particularly funny. But I've noticed that people in my life always have found me amusing. Which, when I was little, really bothered me.

Found, Life, Littles, Particularly, People, Thinking

Fun is carefree. I am not carefree.

Carefree, Fun

If a scene isn't well written they'll drop your neckline to fill the void.

Actors, Drop, Fill, Neckline, Scene, Void

Life after death is as improbable as sex after marriage!

Clue, Death, Improbable, Life After Death, Sex