Madeline Kahn

Actress Madeline Kahn.  (Photo by David Mcgough/DMI/Time Life Pictures/Getty Images)

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Hofstra graduate Madeline Kahn was trained for an operatic career, but found her most gainful employment in musical comedy and revue work. While reducing audiences to tears of laughter as a member of New York's Upstairs at the Downstairs satirical troupe, Kahn made her first appearance in the short-subject Bergman lampoon The Dove (1968). She was "officially" discovered for films by direc... Read More