Sally Kellerman
| Sally Kellerman | |
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 Sally Kellerman, November 1979 |
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| Born | Sally Clare Kellerman June 2, 1937 Long Beach, California, United States |
| Occupation | Actress, producer, singer, voice-over |
| Years active | 1957–present |
| Spouse | Jonathan D. Krane (1980-present; separated) Rick Edelstein (1970-1975; divorced) |
Sally Clare Kellerman (born June 2, 1937)[1] is an American actress and singer known for her role as Major Margaret "Hot Lips" Houlihan in the film MASH (1970), for which she was nominated for an Oscar for Best Actress in a Supporting Role.
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[edit] Early life
Sally Clare Kellerman was born in Long Beach, California, to Edith Baine (née Vaughn) and John Helm Kellerman.[2] She attended Hollywood High School, and went on to Los Angeles City College. She also studied at the Actor's Studio in New York City with Jeff Corey, Shirley Knight, Jack Nicholson, Dean Stockwell and Robert Blake.
[edit] Singing career
Kellerman already had a recording contract with Verve Records when she was eighteen. After giving a performance in Robert Altman's Brewster McCloud, she recorded her first demo with Lou Adler and then went into the recording studio with arranger/producer Gene Paige to record Roll With The Feelin, an album for Decca Records. She also contributed to 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.
Kellerman sang again in the independent film Open House (2004) opposite Ann Magnuson, Anthony Rapp and Kellie Martin. She was a hit in Teatro ZinZanni in the same year.[3][4]
In September 2008, Kellerman contributed to the song "I Thought About You" in a duet with singer Ray Brown, Jr. (son of Ella Fitzgerald and Ray Brown) on Brown, Jr.'s duets CD titled Friends and Family. She also released a jazz and blues album, Sally, in 2009.
[edit] Selected television work
She portrayed psychiatrist Dr. Elizabeth Dehner in "Where No Man Has Gone Before", the second pilot for Star Trek (1966). She also appeared in The Outer Limits (1963) episodes "The Human Factor" with James B. Sikking, "The Bellero Shield" with John Hoyt, written by Joseph Stefano, Centennial (1978), and in the 1998 Columbo episode "Ashes To Ashes"
She recently guest-starred in the popular CW hit teen drama series 90210 as the character 'Marla', an aging Hollywood actress with signs of dementia and thoughts of assisted suicide.
[edit] Personal life
Kellerman was briefly married to director Rick Edelstein (1970–1971). Since 1980 she has been married to producer Jonathan Krane. On April 3, 1976, the single Sally was released by the seminal power trio Grand Funk Railroad in tribute. She and the band's Mark Farner had a serious relationship at that time. The song also featured on the band's Born to Die album in 1976 and many subsequent hit compilations. She has one daughter, Claire, her niece, whom she adopted in 1976 when Sally's sister, Claire's birth mother, moved to France and Claire's father died two days after giving permission for the adoption. She and Krane are parents to adopted twins, Jack and Hannah.[citation needed]
[edit] Selected filmography
[edit] References
- ^ Born in 1937 as per California Birth Index, 1905-1995. Center for Health Statistics, California Department of Health Services, Sacramento, California (at www.ancestry.com)
- ^ Sally Kellerman Film Reference bio
- ^ Jesse Hamlin (6 July 2004). "Actress and stage performer who's been there, done that still wants more". San Francisco Chronicle. http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2004/07/06/DDGLT7G6741.DTL.
- ^ Richard Connema (2004). "Sally Kellerman headlines Teatro ZinZanni". TalkinBroadway.com. http://www.talkinbroadway.com/regional/sanfran/s498.html.
