# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/madeline-kahn
# Generated: 2026-08-13T09:26:52.606Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/madeline-kahn"
name: "Madeline Kahn"
slug: "madeline-kahn"
description: "Madeline Gail Kahn 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)."
tagline: "American actress, singer (1942-1999)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Madeline_Kahn_publicity.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Actors"
  slug: "actors"
profileType:
  name: "Actor"
  slug: "actor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1942-09-29"
deathDate: "1999-12-03"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           62.31
  momentum:             12.17488583637464
  historical:           25.989896
  currentAttention:     45.2
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001404/"
    handle:    "nm0001404"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Madeline Kahn"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Madeline Kahn"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump