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Sally Kellerman

American actress (1937–2022)

PersonDied aged 84humanQ266391

Also known as Sally Clare Kellerman · Sally Kellermann

Born: June 2, 1937
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1.Stated in Internet Broadway DatabaseRetrieved 2017-10-09
2.Stated in SNACRetrieved 2017-10-09
3.Stated in DiscogsRetrieved 2017-10-09
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Died: February 24, 2022
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1.variety.com/2022/music/news/sally-kellerman-dead-mash-1235189810/Retrieved 2022-02-25
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Birthplace: Long Beach
Place of death: Woodland Hills
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1.news.yahoo.com/sally-kellerman-oscar-nommed-hot-232801519.htmlRetrieved 2021-02-24
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Citizenship: United States
Occupation: singer
, voice actor
, comedian
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Education: Los Angeles City College
, Hollywood High School
, Stella Adler Studio of Acting
Spouse: Jonathan D. Krane(1980–2016)

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Sally Clare Kellerman was an American actress whose acting career spanned 60 years. Her role as Major Margaret "Hot Lips" Houlihan in Robert Altman's film M*A*S*H (1970) earned her an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress. After M*A*S*H, she appeared in a number of the director's projects, namely the films Brewster McCloud (1970), Welcome to L.A. (1976), The Player (1992), and Prêt-à-Porter (1994), and the short-lived anthology TV series Gun (1997). In addition to her work with Altman, Kellerman appeared in films such as Last of the Red Hot Lovers (1972), Back to School (1986), plus many television series such as The Twilight Zone (1963), The Outer Limits, Star Trek (1966), Bonanza, The Minor Accomplishments of Jackie Woodman (2006), 90210 (2008), Chemistry (2011), and Maron (2013). She also voiced Miss Finch in Sesame Street Presents: Follow That Bird (1985), which went on to become one of her most significant voice roles.

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KGB: The Secret War(1985)
Sesame Street Presents: Follow That Bird(1985)
Foxes(1980)
Head On(1980)
Loving Couples(1980)
A Little Romance(1979)
Welcome to L.A.(1976)
The Big Bus(1976)
Rafferty and the Gold Dust Twins(1975)
Lost Horizon(1973)
Slither(1973)
Last of the Red Hot Lovers(1972)
Brewster McCloud(1970)
MASH(1970)
The April Fools(1969)
The Boston Strangler(1968)
Where No Man Has Gone Before(1966)
Star Trek: The Original Series, season 1(1966)
The Third Day(1965)
Payback: Straight Up

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Margaret Houlihanfictional military nurse in MASH franchise

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Sex or gender: female
Nominations: Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress(February 23, 1971) for work: MASH · statement is subject of: 43rd Academy Awards
Given name: Sally
Clare
Family name: Kellerman
Start of work period: 1957
Name in native language: Sally Clare Kellerman
Instrument: voice
Native language: English
Writing language: English
Number of children: 3
Manner of death: natural causes
Cause of death: heart failure
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1.“Sally Kellerman, Hot Lips Houlihan in ‘M*A*S*H,’ Dies at 84”hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/sally-kellerman-dead-hot-lips-houlihan-mash-1235099282/
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Birth name: Sally Claire Kellerman
Student of: Jeff Corey

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