Sally Kellerman

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Actress • Singer • Songwriter

Birth Date: June 2, 1937

Death Date: February 24, 2022

Birth Place: Long Beach, California

A leading lady and character actress, Sally Kellerman possessed an assertive, forthright presence that could convey both easy earnestness and prominent paranoia. Although she made her film debut at age 20 in a bit role in "Reform School Girl" (1957), she first conquered TV in the mid-1960s with striking performances on shows including "The Outer Limits" and "Star Trek." She came to prominence in film in the 1970s, notably as Major 'Hot Lips' Houlihan in Robert Altman's "M*A*S*H" (1970), for which she received an Oscar nomination as Best Supporting Actress.

She kept busy with off-beat roles in "The Last of the Red Hot Lovers" (1972), "Welcome to L.A." (1976), "A Little Romance" (1979), "Back to School" (1986) and "Happily Ever After" (1990). Her richly modulated, seductively velvety voice was also put to good use in much voice-over work and she has enjoyed a secondary career as a nightclub performer as well. Sally Kellerman died on February 24, 2022 in Woodland Hills, CA at the age of 84.

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The Remake

Actor
Aunt Peg
Movie
2016

His Neighbor Phil

Actor
Bernadette
Movie
2015

Altman

Self
Movie
2014

When Bette Met Mae

Narrator
Movie
2014

High School USA!

Guest Voice
Show
2013

MaronStream

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Toni Maron
Series
2013
75%

Comedy Bang! Bang!Stream

Guest Star
Series
2012

Chemistry

Actor
Show
2011

The Wishing Well

Actor
Donette
Movie
2010

Unscripted

Guest
Show
2009

90210Stream

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Series
2008

Delgo

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Movie
2008

The Better Show

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2007

I Could Never Be Your WomanStream

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Herself
Movie
2007
67%

I Could Never Be Your WomanStream

Self
Movie
2007
67%

The Prince and the Pauper

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Jerry
Movie
2007

Boynton Beach Club

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Sandy
Movie
2005

Open House

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Marjorie Milford
Movie
2004

In-Laws

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2002

Verdict in Blood

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Judge Marcia Blackwell
Movie
2002

An Evening at the Improv

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2000

American Virgin

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Quaint
Movie
2000

Bar Hopping

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Cassandra
Movie
2000

Women of the Night

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Mary
Movie
2000

Providence

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Series
1999

Columbo: Ashes to Ashes

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Liz Houston
Movie
1998

Gun

Actor
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1997

La Geometría del Amor

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Mary Jane Dankworth
Movie
1997

The Lay of the Land

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Mary Jane Dankworth
Movie
1997

The Maze

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Vivian
Movie
1997

Ink

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1996

The Living Edens

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1996

PCH

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Counsellor
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1996

High Society

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1995

The Naked TruthStream

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1995
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Touched by an AngelStream

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1994

Burke's Law

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Joyce Dowling
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1994

Ready to WearStream

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Sissy Wanamaker
Movie
1994
24%

Diagnosis MurderStream

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1993

Happily Ever After

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Sunburn
Movie
1993

DoppelgangerStream

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Sister Jan
Movie
1993

Mirror, Mirror 2: Raven Dance

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Roslyn
Movie
1993

Boris and Natasha

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Natasha Fatale
Movie
1992

Boris and Natasha

Executive Producer
Movie
1992

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Pteranodon
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1991
91%

Drop Dead Gorgeous

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Evelyn Ash
Movie
1991

Meurtre en dentelle

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Movie
1990

Secret of the Ice Cave

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Dr. Valerie Ostrow
Movie
1990

You Can't Hurry Love

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Kelly Bones
Movie
1988

All's Fair

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Florence
Movie
1988

Meatballs III

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Roxy Dujour
Movie
1987

Someone to Love

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Edith Helm
Movie
1987

Three for the Road

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Blanche
Movie
1987

Back to SchoolStream

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Dr. Diane Turner
Movie
1986
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That's Life!

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Holly Parrish
Movie
1986

Académie des vacances

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Movie
1986

The Ray Bradbury TheaterStream

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Clara Goodwater
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1985

Loca Academia de Conductores

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Movie
1985

Les filles du KGB

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Movie
1985

Loca Escuela de Conductores

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Movie
1985

Secrets of the Red Bedroom

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Vera Malevich
Movie
1985

Lethal

Actor
Fran Simpson
Movie
1985

KGB: The Secret War

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Fran Simpson
Movie
1985

Secret Weapons

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Vera Malevich
Movie
1985

KGB, la guerre secrète

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Movie
1985

Moving Violations

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Judge Nedra Henderson
Movie
1985

Follow That BirdStream

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Miss Finch
Movie
1985
92%

Murder, She WroteStream

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Junie Cobb
Series
1984

Hotel

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Soap
1983

September Gun

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Mama Queen
Movie
1983

Dempsey

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Maxine Cates
Movie
1983

Circus of the Stars

Self
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1981

Big Blonde

Actor
Movie
1980

Serial

Actor
Martha
Movie
1980

Loving Couples

Actor
Mrs. Liggett
Movie
1980

Head On

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Michelle Keys
Movie
1980

Foxes

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Mary
Movie
1980

A Little RomanceStream

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Kay King
Movie
1979
72%

CentennialStream

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Lise Bockweiss Pasquinel
Miniseries
1978

Los Inconquistables

Actor
Movie
1978

It Rained All Night the Day I Left

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The Colonel
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1978

She'll Be Sweet

Actor
Veronica Stirling
Movie
1978

Deux affreux sur le sable

Actor
Movie
1978

The Mouse and His Child

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The Seal
Movie
1977

Welcome to L.A.

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Ann Goode
Movie
1977

The Big Bus

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Sybil Crane
Movie
1976

Saturday Night LiveStream

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1975

Rafferty and the Gold Dust Twins

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Mac
Movie
1975

The Young and the RestlessStream

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1973

Lost Horizon

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Sally Hughes
Movie
1973

A Reflection of Fear

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Anne
Movie
1973

SlitherStream

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Kitty Kopetzky
Movie
1973
67%

Last of the Red Hot Lovers

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Elaine
Movie
1972

ColumboStream

Guest Star
Liz Houston
Series
1971
84%

Brewster McCloudStream

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Louise
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1970

M*A*S*HStream

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Margaret "Hot Lips" Houlihan
Movie
1970
84%

The April Fools

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Phyllis Brubaker
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1969

Premiere

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Liz Higher
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1968

The Dick Cavett ShowStream

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1968

The Boston StranglerStream

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Dianne Cluny
Movie
1968
88%

MannixStream

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Diana Walker
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1967

Dundee and the Culhane

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1967

Tarzan

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Ilona
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1966

Star TrekStream

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Dr. Elizabeth Dehner
Series
1966
80%

That GirlStream

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Sandy Stafford
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1966

Seaway

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1965

I SpyStream

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1965

A Man Called Shenandoah

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1965

The Third Day

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Holly Mitchell
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1965

12 O'Clock High

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1964

The Rogues

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1964

The Outer LimitsStream

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Ingrid Larkin
Series
1963
92%

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny CarsonStream

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1962

Alfred Hitchcock HourStream

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1962

The Lloyd Bridges Show

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Sally
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1962

Ben Casey

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Elaine Stone
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1961

Surfside 6

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1960

My Three SonsStream

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1960

Lock-UpStream

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1959

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1959

Bachelor Father

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1957

Cheyenne

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1955