Madeline Kahn (61 page)

Clowning with Jerry Lewis on the set of
Slapstick
(1982). Photo courtesy of Jeffrey Kahn.

Not quite ready for her close-up: in the makeup chair for
Slapstick
(1982). Photo courtesy of Jeffrey Kahn.

A Lucy Ricardo for the 1980s: a promotional still for
Oh Madeline
, with James Sloyan (1983). Photofest.

Peter Hujar’s eloquent portrait of Madeline is a document of her friendship with Charles Ludlam. Photo © 1987 The Peter Hujar Archive LLC; Courtesy Pace/MacGill Gallery, New York, and Fraenkel Gallery, San Francisco.

A black widow, web and all: as Mrs. White in
Clue
(1985). Photofest.

Speaking truth to power: Madeline and George C. Scott in
Mr. President (
1987). Photofest.

The gin game, act 1,
Born Yesterday
, with Edward Asner as Harry Brock (1989). Photofest.

A rare sighting of the Bear Lady and her “pizza hat”: Madeline in costume during the shooting of Woody Allen’s
Shadows and Fog
(1991). Photo courtesy of Jeffrey Kahn.

Madeline with her long-term boyfriend and eventual husband, John Hansbury. Photo courtesy of John W. Hansbury, Esq.

Harmonia Gardens, here I come: Madeline in costume as Dolly, backstage in Atlanta (1992). Photo courtesy of Jeffrey Kahn.

“Like Dolly on the ramp”: Madeline as Gorgeous Teitelbaum in
The Sisters Rosensweig
(1992). Photo courtesy of John W. Hansbury, Esq.

In costume as Billie, the homeless sage, with John Hansbury on the set of
For Richer, for Poorer
(1992). Photo by Carol J. Bawer, courtesy of John W. Hansbury, Esq.

Singing for Sondheim: Madeline performs “Getting Married Today” at Carnegie Hall (1993). Photofest.