Researching Madeline Kahn
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![]() | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 70 people with the Kahn surname? In that year Kahn was ranked number 3509 for popularity in the UK. |

The name Madeline means "form of MAGDALENA - woman from Magdala" and is of English origin.
Records of Madeline Kahn on Ancestry
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Madeline Kahn and the Kahn Family History
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Miscellaneous Kahn Databases
Explore the Ellis Island Database for information on Madeline Kahn. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
Some Famous People called Madeline Kahn
Madeline Kahn
Madeline Gail Kahn (née Wolfson; September 29, 1942 – December 3, 1999) was an American actress, comedian 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).
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), City Heat (1984), Clue (1985), and Nixon (1995).
Source: Madeline Kahn, Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaOther names that sound a bit like Kahn
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