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09-29-2016, 12:23 PM
https://lebeauleblog.com/2016/09/29/september-29-happy-birthday-zachary-levi-and-madeline-kahn/
In one of those little amazing coincidences that I’m constantly finding with these articles, the wonderful comic actress Madeline Kahn (1942-1999) also had the musical She Loves Me on her resume; she played the female lead in a series of 1977 concert performances at Town Hall, starring opposite Barry Bostwick. Kahn began her career on the stage, making her Broadway debut in the revue Leonard Sillman’s New Faces of 1968, and receiving the first of her four Tony nominations for David Rabe’s 1973 play In the Boom Boom Room. One year earlier, she made her feature film debut in a screwball comedy homage directed by Peter Bogdanovich:
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After What’s Up Doc, Kahn worked with Bogdanovich again on Paper Moon, winning a Best Supporting Actress nomination. She received a second Oscar nomination for Blazing Saddles, her first of several films with Mel Brooks. She continued to have a successful film, TV and stage career—winning a Daytime Emmy in 1987 and a Tony for the play The Sisters Rosensweig in 1993—until her death from cancer in 1999.
In one of those little amazing coincidences that I’m constantly finding with these articles, the wonderful comic actress Madeline Kahn (1942-1999) also had the musical She Loves Me on her resume; she played the female lead in a series of 1977 concert performances at Town Hall, starring opposite Barry Bostwick. Kahn began her career on the stage, making her Broadway debut in the revue Leonard Sillman’s New Faces of 1968, and receiving the first of her four Tony nominations for David Rabe’s 1973 play In the Boom Boom Room. One year earlier, she made her feature film debut in a screwball comedy homage directed by Peter Bogdanovich:
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After What’s Up Doc, Kahn worked with Bogdanovich again on Paper Moon, winning a Best Supporting Actress nomination. She received a second Oscar nomination for Blazing Saddles, her first of several films with Mel Brooks. She continued to have a successful film, TV and stage career—winning a Daytime Emmy in 1987 and a Tony for the play The Sisters Rosensweig in 1993—until her death from cancer in 1999.