Madeline: I would liked to be remembered for being liked. I always try to put my best foot forward, because I am glad to meet you, no matter who you are.
Madeline's favorite actors to work with were Steve Martin and Gene Wilder.
Madeline's performance as Lili Von Shtupp in Blazing Saddles is ranked #74 on Premiere magazine's 100 Greatest Performances of All Time.
Madeline co-hosted an AIDS benefit concert at the Brooklyn Academy of Music on January 10, 1998 with Nathan Lane. The title was Classical Action: Performing Arts Against Aids.
Madeline was nominated for a Tony Award for her appearance in the Broadway plays In the Boom Boom Room in 1973; On the 20th Century in 1978; and Born Yesterday in 1989.
Madeline was like gold for director Mel Brooks. He started to use her in the 1974 hit Blazing Saddles. He was so impressed by her that he cast her in his next three movies: Young Frankenstein, High Anxiety and 1981's History of The World, Part 1.
Madeline landed her first professional lead in a special concert performance operetta, honoring Leonard Bernstien's 50th birthday titled Candide in 1968.
Madeline landed parts in How Now, Dow Jones and Promises, Promises in 1967. Unfortunately, both of her roles were written out before they hit the stage.
Madeline taught public school briefly while auditioning for professional acting roles, in Levittown, New York.
Madeline started to act while still at the progressive boarding school she attended in 1952. Her mother Paula also started to pursue a career in acting the same year.
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