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| Birth Name(s) : Sally Claire Kellerman |
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Jonathan D. Krane (May 11, 1980) |
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Full Sally Kellerman Biography
Sally Claire Kellerman (born June 2, 1937) is an American actress and singer known for her role as "Hot Lips" Houlihan in the film M*A*S*H (1970), for which she was nominated an Oscar for Best Actress in a Supporting Role.
Kellerman was born in Long Beach, California to Edith Baine (née Vaughn) and John Helm Kellerman. She attended Hollywood High School, where she was "bitten by the acting bug" and went on to Los Angeles City College. She also studied at the Actor's Studio in New York City with Jeff Corey and famous classmates: Shirley Knight, Jack Nicholson, Dean Stockwell and Robert Blake.
Kellerman made her debut film in Reform School Girl (1957) before starring in several classic The Outer Limits episodes, The Outer Limits: The Human Factor and The Outer Limits: The Bellero Shield and also starring as Dr. Elizabeth Dehner in the second filmed pilot episode of Star Trek (1965), entitled Where No Man Has Gone Before, opposite actors Gary Lockwood and William Shatner.
Kellerman would also co-star with Tony Curtis in The Boston Strangler (1968) in which she starred as the only surviving victim. In 1969, she reportedly almost talked herself out of her most famous role. She had an argument with M*A*S*H director Robert Altman after reading the script. She was incensed about the way her proposed character, Major Margaret "Hot Lips" Houlihan, was to be humiliated. Altman said that her attitude and passion was exactly what he was looking for in that character.
Kellerman starred as comedian Rodney Dangerfield's love interest in Back to School and the same year co-starred with Julie Andrews and Jack Lemmon in Blake Edwards That's Life (1986). Kellerman would again team up with Robert Altman in The Player (1992), and in Prêt-à-Porter (1994) a film in which Kellerman co-starred alongside some of the biggest names in Hollywood, Marcello Mastroianni, Sophia Loren, Lauren Bacall, Tim Robbins, Julia Roberts, Kim Basinger, Linda Hunt, Forest Whitaker and Cher.
Recently, Kellerman starred in American Virgin (2000), Boynton Beach Club (2006) and making a somewhat quirky appearance as herself, in which she leads a cult in The Minor Accomplishments of Jackie Woodman (2006). Kellerman can be seen as a cameo in Amy Heckerling's I Could Never Be Your Woman (2007) and is set to team up with her husband, Jonathan D. Krane, Dedee Pfeiffer and Dylan and Cole Sprouse in The Prince and the Pauper (2007).
Kellerman contributed her vocal talent in the musical film, Lost Horizon (1973) in which she collaborated with Burt Bacharach, Liv Ullman and Olivia Hussey, the soundtrack was released by Razor & Tie.
Currently touring local spots, Kellerman plans to release another album in which she works side by side with her musical director, Chris Caswell.
Kellerman had a brief marriage to director Rick Edelstein from 1970-1975 and a marriage in 1980 to producer Jonathan D. Krane. Kellerman has one daughter from a marriage prior to Rick Edelstein. She is a mother to twins with Jonathan D. Krane.
Often mistaken for actresses Sally Kirkland and Susan Kellerman. Kellerman is of no relation to Susan Kellerman. |
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