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Madeline Kahn
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Born September 29, 1942 in Boston, Madeline Gail Kahn was the oldest child of Paula Kahn and Bernard Wolfson. Paula and Bernard were high school sweethearts and Paula gave birth to Madeline when she was only 17 years old. Kahn later recalled her Jewish mother as "a Bohemian—in the good sense of the word. A searcher." This searching was evident in her mother's experiments with a variety of religions throughout Madeline's childhood.
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Might anyone recall the name of a hilarious short film that Ms. Kahn made back in the 70's that sent up Ingmar Bergman? It was shot in black and white, in Swedish with subtitles. spleen-burstingly funny! Anyone???
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After 10 years of marriage, Madeline is bored, so she decides to try every trendy diversion that comes along. Plenty of slapstick comedy, along with marital misunderstandings, make this show reminiscent of "I Love Lucy".
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In 1996, Kahn began a three-year stint on the television show Cosby playing Phylicia Rashad's best friend. In September 1998, Kahn was diagnosed with ovarian cancer though she didn't announce her condition until November 1999. She battled the disease for over a year and in October of 1999, she married her longtime companion John Hansbury. Ultimately... on December 3, 1999, at the age of 57, she succumbed, like her close friend Gilda Radner, to ovarian cancer. Her last film was the 1999 release, Judy Berlin.
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