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Sally Kellerman
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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Sally Kellerman
Filmography
Movies
| Credit | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Remake | Aunt Peg (Character) | - | 2016 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | His Neighbor Phil | Bernadette (Character) | - | 2015 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | When Bette Met Mae | Narrator | - | 2014 |
| 70% |
|
Altman | Self | - | 2014 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Wishing Well | Donette (Character) | - | 2010 |
| 12% |
|
Delgo | Narrator | $511.9K | 2008 |
| 67% |
|
I Could Never Be Your Woman | Self | - | 2007 |
| No Score Yet |
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The Prince and the Pauper | Jerry (Character) | - | 2007 |
| 62% |
|
Boynton Beach Club | Sandy (Character) | $3.1M | 2005 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Open House | Marjorie Milford (Character) | - | 2004 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Verdict in Blood | Judge Marcia Blackwell (Character) | - | 2002 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Bar Hopping | Cassandra (Character) | - | 2000 |
| 29% |
|
American Virgin | Quaint (Character) | - | 2000 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Women of the Night | Mary (Character) | - | 2000 |
| No Score Yet |
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Not For Ourselves Alone | Unknown (Character) | - | 1999 |
| No Score Yet |
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Columbo: Ashes to Ashes | Liz Houston (Character) | - | 1998 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Maze | Vivian (Character) | - | 1997 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Student Affair | Unknown (Character) | - | 1997 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Lay of the Land | Mary Jane Dankworth (Character) | $4.1K | 1997 |
| No Score Yet |
|
PCH | Counsellor (Character) | - | 1996 |
| 21% |
|
Ready to Wear (Pret-a-Porter) | Sissy Wanamaker (Character) | $10.7M | 1994 |
| No Score Yet |
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Doppelganger | Sister Jan (Character) | - | 1993 |
| No Score Yet |
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Mirror, Mirror 2: Raven Dance | Roslyn (Character) | - | 1993 |
| 40% |
|
Happily Ever After | Sunburn (Voice) | $3.2M | 1993 |
| No Score Yet |
|
Boris and Natasha |
Natasha Fatale (Character), Executive Producer |
- | 1992 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Drop Dead Gorgeous | Evelyn Ash (Character) | - | 1991 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Secret of the Ice Cave | Dr. Valerie Ostrow (Character) | - | 1990 |
| No Score Yet |
|
You Can't Hurry Love | Kelly Bones (Character) | $223.6K | 1988 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | All's Fair | Florence (Character) | $52.9K | 1988 |
| 75% |
|
Someone to Love | Edith Helm (Character) | $10.4K | 1987 |
| No Score Yet |
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Three for the Road | Blanche (Character) | $724.5K | 1987 |
| No Score Yet |
|
Meatballs III | Roxy Dujour (Character) | - | 1987 |
| 60% |
|
That's Life! | Holly Parrish (Character) | $3.6M | 1986 |
| 88% |
|
Back to School | Dr. Diane Turner (Character) | $89.2M | 1986 |
| No Score Yet |
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Moving Violations | Judge Nedra Henderson (Character) | - | 1985 |
| 92% |
|
Sesame Street Presents: Follow That Bird | Miss Finch (Character) | - | 1985 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Secrets of the Red Bedroom | Vera Malevich (Character) | - | 1985 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | KGB: The Secret War | Fran Simpson (Character) | - | 1985 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Secret Weapons | Vera Malevich (Character) | - | 1985 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Lethal | Fran Simpson (Character) | - | 1985 |
| No Score Yet |
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Dempsey | Maxine Cates (Character) | - | 1983 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | September Gun | Mama Queen (Character) | - | 1983 |
| No Score Yet |
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Loving Couples | Mrs. Liggett (Character) | - | 1980 |
| 70% |
|
Foxes | Mary (Character) | - | 1980 |
| 60% |
|
Serial | Martha (Character) | - | 1980 |
| No Score Yet |
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Big Blonde | Unknown (Character) | - | 1980 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Head On | Michelle Keys (Character) | - | 1980 |
| 72% |
|
A Little Romance | Kay King (Character) | - | 1979 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | She'll Be Sweet | Veronica Stirling (Character) | - | 1978 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | It Rained All Night the Day I Left | The Colonel (Character) | - | 1978 |
| No Score Yet |
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Welcome to L.A. | Ann Goode (Character) | - | 1977 |
| No Score Yet |
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The Mouse and His Child | The Seal (Voice) | - | 1977 |
| 64% |
|
The Big Bus | Sybil Crane (Character) | - | 1976 |
| 71% |
|
Rafferty and the Gold Dust Twins | Mac (Character) | - | 1975 |
| No Score Yet |
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A Reflection of Fear | Anne (Character) | - | 1973 |
| 14% |
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Lost Horizon | Sally Hughes (Character) | - | 1973 |
| 57% |
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Slither | Kitty Kopetzky (Character) | - | 1973 |
| 29% |
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Last of the Red Hot Lovers | Elaine (Character) | - | 1972 |
| 86% |
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Brewster McCloud | Louise (Character) | - | 1970 |
| 86% |
|
M*A*S*H | Margaret "Hot Lips" Houlihan (Character) | - | 1970 |
| No Score Yet |
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The April Fools | Phyllis Brubaker (Character) | - | 1969 |
| 88% |
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The Boston Strangler | Dianne Cluny (Character) | - | 1968 |
| No Score Yet |
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The Third Day | Holly Mitchell (Character) | - | 1965 |
TV
| Credit | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No Score Yet | 91% | Comedy Bang! Bang! | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2015 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Young and the Restless | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2014 |
| 75% | 82% | Maron | Toni Maron (Guest Star) | 2014 |
| 44% | 80% | High School USA! | Unknown (Guest Voice) | 2013 |
| No Score Yet | 38% | 90210 | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2011 |
| 8% | No Score Yet | In-Laws | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2002 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Providence | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2002 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Living Edens | Narrator | 1997 1999 |
| No Score Yet | 80% | Columbo | Liz Houston (Guest Star) | 1998 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Diagnosis Murder | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1994 1998 |
| 57% | No Score Yet | Gun | Unknown (Character) | 1997 |
| 44% | No Score Yet | Ink | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1997 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Touched by an Angel | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1996 |
| 64% | No Score Yet | The Naked Truth | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1996 |
| 40% | No Score Yet | High Society | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1996 |
| 43% | No Score Yet | Burke's Law | Joyce Dowling (Guest Star) | 1995 |
| No Score Yet | 89% | Murder, She Wrote | Junie Cobb (Guest Star) | 1993 |
| 91% | 80% | Dinosaurs | Pteranodon (Guest Voice) | 1992 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Ray Bradbury Theater | Clara Goodwater (Character) | 1990 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Hotel | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1984 |
| No Score Yet | 57% | Saturday Night Live | Host | 1981 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Centennial | Lise Bockweiss Pasquinel (Character) | 1978-1979 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Bonanza | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1966 1970 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Mannix | Diana Walker (Guest Star) | 1969 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Tarzan | Ilona (Guest Star) | 1967 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | That Girl | Sandy Stafford (Guest Star) | 1966 |
| 80% | 89% | Star Trek | Dr. Elizabeth Dehner (Guest Star) | 1966 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | I Spy | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1966 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | A Man Called Shenandoah | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1966 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Ben Casey | Barbara Ames (Guest Star) | 1964-1965 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Alfred Hitchcock Hour | Unknown (Character) | 1965 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Rogues | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1965 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | 12 O'Clock High | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1964-1965 |
| 92% | 92% | The Outer Limits | Ingrid Larkin (Character) | 1963-1964 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | My Three Sons | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1963 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Lloyd Bridges Show | Sally (Guest Star) | 1962-1963 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Cheyenne | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1962 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Surfside 6 | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1961 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Lock Up | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1961 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Bachelor Father | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1960 |