---
name: "Madlyn Cates"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/madlyn-cates"
fi1m_id: "madlyn-cates"
imdb_id: "nm0146070"
tmdb_id: 3170299
roles: []
born: "9 March 1925"
died: "14 July 1993"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-26T16:48:38.655528+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Madlyn Cates

## Identity

Madlyn Cates

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/madlyn-cates
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** madlyn-cates
- **IMDb ID:** nm0146070
- **TMDB ID:** 3170299
- **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0146070/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/3170299

Actor. Born 9 March 1925 in New York City, New York, USA. Died 14 July 1993.

## Details

- **Born:** 9 March 1925, New York City, New York, USA
- **Died:** 14 July 1993
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0146070/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/3170299

## Streaming the US now

- **Pluto TV:** [*The Producers*](https://film.one/film/the-producers.md) (82)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Madlyn Cates was an American actress who worked in theatre, film and television. Born Madelyn Fagan on 9 March 1925 in New York City, she studied at Queens College, the Waldorf School, New York Law School and the Actors Studio with Paula Strasberg.

She made her professional stage debut in 1956 as Adelaide in *Guys and Dolls* in Winter Park, Florida, and her Broadway debut in the 1967 revival of *Marat/Sade*. Other stage credits included *A Patriot for Me*, *The Kitchen* and *Snowangel*. In Los Angeles she appeared in productions such as *Follies*, *Lenny* and *Side by Side by Sondheim*.

Cates is known for her film role as the concierge in *The Producers* (1967), credited as Madlyn Cates. Her television appearances include episodes of *St. Elsewhere* (1983) as Evelyn Pettrick, *Night Court* (1987) as Ruthie Cook, *Hill Street Blues*, *Cagney & Lacey* and *thirtysomething*. She died on 14 July 1993 in Los Angeles.

*Sources: imdb.com, latimes.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *The Producers* (1968), Fi1m 82, as Concierge — [page](https://film.one/film/the-producers.md)

## Complete filmography (3)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Night Court* (1984), series, as Ruthie Cook
- *St. Elsewhere* (1982), series, as Evelyn Pettrick — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/tv/st-elsewhere.md)
- *The Producers* (1968), as Concierge — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/the-producers.md)

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