Madeline Kahn (58 page)

Reynolds, Burt: acting roles

Madeline’s crush on

reviews

vocals

work with Madeline

Reynolds, Gene

Rice, Elmer

Rich, Frank

Rich, John

Richards, David

Richards, Marty

Richardson, Natasha

Ridiculous Theatrical Company

Rigoletto

Ringwald, Molly

Rivera, Chita

Rivers, Joan

Road to Avonlea

Robert Kennedy Remembered

Robin Hood: Men in Tights

Rockford Files, The

Rodgers, Richard

Rogers, Ginger

Rose, Charlie

Rose, George

Roseanne

Rose-Marie

Rosenberg, Alan

Rosenshein, Neil

Rothenberg, Fred

Rudel, Julius

Rush, Joanna

Ruthless People

Ryan’s Hope

Sabato, Nicholas, Jr.

Sacramento Music Circus

Sacramento Union

Saks, Gene

Sandler, Adam

Sandrich, Jay

Santa Fe Festival Theater

Sarandon, Chris

Sarandon, Susan

Sargent, Alvin

Saturday Night Live

Savalas, Telly

Schreiber, Liev

Schuck, John

Scott, George C.

Scrambled Feet

Seckendorff, Jeffrey

Second City

Sell, Janie

Sesame Street

Seventh Seal, The

Shadows and Fog

Shaffer, Peter

Shakespeare for My Father

Shales, Tom

Shannon, Molly

Shapiro, Mel

She Loves Me

Sheedy, Ally

Sheffer, Jonathan

Shenandoah

Shepherd, Cybill:
At Long Last Love

relationship with Bogdanovich

reviews

television work

work with Madeline

Sherman, Martin

Shire, Talia

Shore, Dinah

Show Boat

Shulman, Max

Shuster, Rosie

Sidney, Sylvia

Silent Movie

Sillman, Leonard

Sills, Beverly

Sills, Paul

Sills & Burnett at the Met

Silverman, Jeffrey

Silverman, Jonathan

Simmons, Sue

Simon

Simon, Carly

Simon, John

Simon, Neil

“Simply Crazy”

Sinatra, Frank

“Sing After Me”

Singin’ in the Rain
(1952)

Sisters Rosensweig, The

awards

character of Gorgeous

debut

performing experience

plot

reviews

success of play

Skipper, Richard

Slapstick (of Another Kind)
(film)

Slapstick: Or Lonesome No More
(novel)

Sloyan, James

Smarter Brother
. See
Adventure of Sherlock Holmes’ Smarter Brother, The

Smiling Lieutenant, The

Smith, Maggie

Smothers Brothers

SNL
. See
Saturday Night Live

Soap

Solms, Kenny

Sondheim, Stephen

Songfest

Sophie’s Choice

Sopranos, The

Spaceballs

Specter, Michael

Spectrum Players

Spellbound

Spinella, Stephen

Spolin, Viola

“Stand Up for Madeline”

Stanislavsky, Constantin

Star Wars

Stark, Ray

“Steal Me, Sweet Thief”

Steamboat Bill, Jr
.

Steppenwolf Theater

Stevens, Morton

Stewart, Jimmy

Stewart, Michael

Sticks and Bones

Stilwell, Richard

Sting, The

Stone, Jon

Stone, Oliver

Stone, Peter

Strasberg, Lee

Stratas, Teresa

Strauss, Johann, II

Strauss, Richard

Streetcar Named Desire, A

Streisand, Barbra

Sturges, Preston

Successful Life of Three, The

Sullivan, Daniel J.

Sullivan, Susan

Summer of ’42, The

Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams

Summers, Patrick

Susann, Jacqueline

Sweeney Todd

Swingtime

Szarabajka, Keith

Tacker, Francine

Tarriers, the

Taxi

Teitelbaum, Georgette “Gorgeous” (character)

Tepper, Albert

Terra Nova

Texasville

Thomas, Bob

Thompson, David

Thompson, Emma

Thoroughly Modern Millie

3 Backyards

Three’s Company

Through an Open Window

Tillinger, John

Titus, Alan

To Be or Not to Be

To Have and Have Not

Today Show, The

Tomlin, Lily: career

friendship with Madeline

on Madeline’s work

Tony awards

Tonight Show, The

Tootsie

Top Hat

Towering Inferno, The

Tracy, Spencer

Tristan und Isolde

Trouble in Tahiti

Tucker, Ken

Tucker, Richard

Tulin, Miriam

Turner, Brad

Twelve Chairs, The

Twentieth Century
. See
On the Twentieth Century

Twilight Zone, The

Two by Two

Two for the Seesaw

Two Gentlemen of Verona

Ullman, Tracey

Umbrellas of Cherbourg, The

Un Ballo in Maschera

Upstairs at the Downstairs

Vaccaro, Brenda

Vaccaro, John

Vecchi, Orazio

Verdi, Giuseppe

“Veronique”

Vertigo

Vickery, John

Vidor, King

Viharo, Robert

“Vocalise for Soprano and Piano”

von Shtupp, Lili (character)

von Stade, Frederica

Vonnegut, Kurt

Wagner, Richard

Wagner, Robin

Wannamaker, John

“Wanted: The Perfect Guy”

Warner Bros.

Warren, Lesley Ann

Warren, Rod

Wasserstein, Wendy: awards

background

friendship with Madeline

Madeline’s performance

work

Way We Were, The

Weaver, Sigourney

Weill, Claudia

Weill, Kurt

Weinberger, Ed.

Weis, Gary

Weissmuller, Johnny

Welcome to the Monkey House

Welles, Jesse

Welles, Orson

Werner, Tom: background

casting

production company

work with Madeline

West Side Story

Westwood Playhouse

Wharton, Edith

“What a Movie!”

What’s Up Doc?

box office success

casting

Madeline’s performance

plot

premiere

rehearsals

reviews

shooting

What’s Wrong with This Picture?

White, Onna

Whitlock, Albert

Wholly Moses!

Wiest, Dianne

Wild Strawberries

Wildcat

Wilder, Gene: relationship with Madeline

screenwriting

work with Madeline

Wilder, Thornton

Willis, Mary Pleshette

Willison, Walter: directing

friendship with Madeline

on Madeline’s alleged drug abuse

work with Madeline

Wilson, Rita

Winner, Michael

Wisner, Jimmy

Wojewodski, Robert

Wolfson, Bernard P. “Bernie”: death

divorce from Shirley

marriage to Freda

military deployment

musical abilities

relationship to Madeline

remarriages

Wolfson, Madalin.
See also
Manumit School

Wolfson, Marti

Wolfson, Robyn

Wolfson, Shirley Feinstein

Won Ton Ton, the Dog Who Saved Hollywood

Wonderful Town

Woods, Darren Keith

World’s Greatest Lover, The

Worley, Jo Anne

Woronov, Mary

Yellowbeard

Yes, But I’m Married
. See
Oh Madeline

Yes, Minister

You Bet Your Life

“You’d Be Surprised”

Young, Rida Johnson

Young Frankenstein

box office success

Broadway adaptation

cast friendships

characterization

cinematography

comedy

early planning

reviews

Your Show of Shows

Zindel, Paul

Zuniga, Daphne

Madeline Gail Wolfson, circa 1943. Photo courtesy of Jeffrey Kahn.

Daddy’s girl, for now: Madeline and Bernie Wolfson on Revere Beach, circa 1943. Photo courtesy of Jeffrey Kahn.

“Madalin Wolfson,” age eight, a student at the Manumit School. Photo courtesy of Jeffrey Kahn.

Madeline’s relationship with her brother, Jeffrey, was among the closest and most gratifying of her life. Photo, circa 1953, courtesy of Jeffrey Kahn.