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Madeline Khan was born!
She was born in Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Daughter of "Bernard B. Wolfson & Freda Goldberg" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madeline_Kahn -
Who is Madeline Khan?
Madeline khan was a Russian Jewish descendent and an American actor that was also a comedian and a very talented singer! -
Parents divorced OH NO!
Her parents divorced and she moved to the city with her mother. everything had changed for her just at 2 years old. -
Madeline started learning and started acting!
Kahn was sent to the progressive Manumit School, a boarding school in Bristol, Pennsylvania. During that time, her mother pursued her acting dream. Kahn soon began acting herself and performed in a number of school productions. -
The beginning of the Korean war...
The war reached international proportions in June 1950 when North Korea, supplied and advised by the Soviet Union, invaded the South. https://www.britannica.com/event/Korean-War -
Her mother remarried
Her mother had remarried and then changed her name to "Paula khan" and Madeline had gained two half sibling "Jeffery" and "Robyn" -
Graduated highschool
She graduated from Martin Van Buren High School in Queens, New York, and then earned a drama scholarship to Hofstra University on Long Island. At Hofstra, she studied drama, music, and speech therapy. -
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Singing and money
To earn money while a college student, Kahn was a singing waitress at a Bavarian restaurant named Bavarian Manor, a Hofbräuhaus in New York's Hudson Valley. She sang musical comedy numbers during shows. (No exact date) -
JFK assassination
John Fitzgerald Kennedy our 35th president assassinated. "Crowds of excited people lined the streets and waved to the Kennedys. As was passing the Texas School Book Depository. Bullets struck the president's neck and head and he slumped over toward Mrs. Kennedy. The governor was shot in his back. A Catholic priest was summoned and at 1:00 p.m. John F. Kennedy was pronounced dead."
https://www.jfklibrary.org/learn/about-jfk/jfk-in-history/november-22-1963-death-of-the-president -
Got her degree in speech therapy!
Kahn graduated from Hofstra in 1964 with a degree in speech therapy. She was a member of a local sorority on campus, Delta Chi Delta. She later studied singing in New York City with Beverley Peck Johnson. -
civil rights act
Was now active during this time. A growing group of Americans spoke out against inequality and injustice during the 1950s. African Americans had been fighting against racial discrimination for centuries; during the 1950s, however, the struggle against racism and segregation entered the mainstream of American life. https://www.history.com/topics/cold-war/1950s -
Performed her own professional lead
In 1968, Kahn performed her first professional lead in a special concert performance of the operetta Candide in honor of Leonard Bernstein's 50th birthday. She made her Broadway debut in 1968 with Leonard Sillman's New Faces of 1968 and also appeared off-Broadway in the musical Promenade. -
She was also knows for.."What's up Doc!"
Which was about two researchers have come to San Francisco to compete for a research grant in music. The man seems a bit distracted, and that was before he met a strange woman who has devoted her life to confusing and embarrassing him. At the same time a woman has her jewels stolen and a government whistle blower arrives with his stolen top secret papers. https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/whats_up_doc -
Won her first Golden globe award!
As the category was "New star actress of the year" in "Whats up doc!?" -
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She won 13 awards during this timeline!
She won and got nominated "Golden globe, Tony, Academy, and people choice awards " -
What she is best known for!
Best known for her Oscar-nominated roles in the smash hits Paper Moon and Blazing Saddles, Madeline Kahn (1942–1999) was one of the most popular comedians of her time—and one of the least understood. In private, she was as reserved and refined as her characters were bold and bawdy. https://www.upress.state.ms.us/Books/M/Madeline-Kahn#:~:text=Best%20known%20for%20her%20Oscar,characters%20were%20bold%20and%20bawdy. -
Won a Day time Emmy award!
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. https://kids.kiddle.co/Madeline_Kahn -
Got married!
When just diagnosed with ovarian cancer she went to go get married to "John Hansbury" and sadly died a few months later. (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001404/bio/) -
Death of Madeline khan.
Kahn was diagnosed with ovarian cancer in 1998. She underwent treatment, continued to work on Cosby, and married John Hansbury in summer 1999. However, the disease spread rapidly, and she died on December 3, 1999, at age 57. -
Also her birthday!
Madeline Khan was born in September 29, 1942 as Madeline Gail Wolfson. Her parents were Bernard B. Wolfson, and his wife, Freda (née Goldberg) in Boston, Massachusetts. She was raised as a non-observant Jew.