Sally Kellerman (born June 2, 1937)[1] is an American ^ b. English is the de facto language of American government and the sole language spoken at home by 80% of Americans age five and older. Spanish is the second most commonly spoken language actress and singer known for her role as Major Margaret "Hot Lips" Houlihan Major Margaret J. "Hot Lips" Houlihan is a fictional character first created in the book M*A*S*H: A Novel About Three Army Doctors by Richard Hooker. Actress Sally Kellerman portrayed the character in the Robert Altman film adaptation . Houlihan was later portrayed by Loretta Swit in the long-running television series in the film MASH MASH is a 1970 American satirical dark comedy film directed by Robert Altman and written by Ring Lardner, Jr., based on the novel MASH: A Novel About Three Army Doctors by Richard Hooker. It is the only feature film in the M*A*S*H franchise. It became one of the biggest hit films of the early 1970's for Twentieth Century Fox, and especially during (1970), for which she was nominated for an Oscar The Academy Awards are accolades by the American Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) to recognize excellence of professionals in the film industry, including directors, actors, and writers. The formal ceremony at which the awards are presented is one of the most prominent award ceremonies in the world. It is also the oldest award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role.

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Early life

Sally Claire Kellerman was born in Long Beach, California Long Beach is a large city located in southern California, USA, on the Pacific coast. It is situated in Los Angeles County, about 20 miles south of downtown Los Angeles. Long Beach borders Orange County on its southeast edge to Edith Baine (née A married name is the family name adopted by a person upon marriage. In many cultures it is common practice for a person to assume the family name of his or her spouse, this new name typically replaces the maiden name Vaughn) and John Helm Kellerman.[2] She attended Hollywood High School Hollywood High School is a Los Angeles Unified School District high school located on the intersection of Highland Avenue and Sunset Boulevard in the Hollywood district of Los Angeles, California, and went on to Los Angeles City College. She also studied at the Actor's Studio in New York City New York is the most populous city in the United States, and the center of the New York metropolitan area, which is one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. A leading global city, New York exerts a powerful influence over global commerce, finance, media, culture, art, fashion, research, education, and entertainment. As host of the with Jeff Corey and famous classmates: Shirley Knight, Jack Nicholson Nicholson has been nominated for Academy Awards twelve times. He won the Academy Award for Best Actor twice, for One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest and for As Good as It Gets. He won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for the 1983 film Terms of Endearment. He is tied with Walter Brennan for most acting wins by a male actor , and second to, Dean Stockwell Dean Stockwell is an American actor of film and television, active for over 60 years. He played Rear Admiral Albert "Al" Calavicci in the NBC television series Quantum Leap, and most recently appeared in the Sci Fi Channel (later Syfy) revival of Battlestar Galactica as Brother Cavil and Robert Blake Robert Blake is an American actor most famous for starring in the U.S. television series Baretta from 1975 to 1978. In 2005, he was tried and acquitted for the 2001 murder of his wife.

Acting career

Kellerman made her film debut in Reform School Girl (1957). On television she appeared in two episodes of The Outer Limits: "The Human Factor" (1963) and "The Bellero Shield" (1964). She had a role as Dr. Elizabeth Dehner in the second filmed pilot episode A television pilot, also known as a pilot episode and series premiere, is the first episode of a television series. At the time of its inception, the pilot is meant to be the "testing ground" to see if a series will be possible and successful and therefore a test episode of an intended television series. It is an early step in the of Star Trek Star Trek is a science fiction television series created by Gene Roddenberry that aired on NBC from September 8, 1966, to June 3, 1969. Though the original series was titled Star Trek, it has acquired the retronym Star Trek: The Original Series to distinguish it from the spinoffs that followed, and from the Star Trek universe or franchise that (1965), entitled "Where No Man Has Gone Before", opposite Gary Lockwood and William Shatner William Alan Shatner is a Canadian actor, recording artist, and author. He gained worldwide fame and became a cultural icon for his portrayal of James T. Kirk, captain of the USS Enterprise, in the science fiction television series Star Trek from 1966 to 1969, Star Trek: The Animated Series and in seven of the subsequent Star Trek feature films. This was Kellerman's second appearance with Lockwood when they both appeared in leading roles on an earlier NBC television series called Kraft Suspense Theatre (also known as "Crisis", which ran from 1963 to 1965).[3] The episode was called "Connery's Hands" (1965).[4] She also made an appearance in the science fiction series The Invaders The Invaders, a Quinn Martin Production , is an ABC science fiction television program created by Larry Cohen that ran in the United States for two seasons, from January 10, 1967 to March 26, 1968. Dominic Frontiere, who had provided scores for Twelve O'Clock High, The Outer Limits, provided scores for The Invaders as well and as Kate Mason in the episode "The Lonely Place" of the ABC The American Broadcasting Company is an American television network. Created in 1943 from the former NBC Blue radio network, ABC is owned by The Walt Disney Company and is part of Disney-ABC Television Group. It first broadcast on television in 1948. Corporate headquarters are in the Upper West Side of Manhattan in New York City, while programming western The Western is a genre seen in film, television, radio, literature, painting and other visual arts. Westerns are devoted to telling stories set primarily in the later half of the 19th century in what became the Western United States , but also in Western Canada, Mexico (The Wild Bunch, Vera Cruz), Alaska (The Far Country, North to Alaska) and even series, The Legend of Jesse James, starring Christopher Jones.

Kellerman also co-starred with Tony Curtis Tony Curtis is an American film actor. He is best known for light comic roles, especially as a musician on the run from gangsters in Some Like It Hot with Jack Lemmon and Marilyn Monroe. He has also played serious dramatic roles, such as an escaped convict in The Defiant Ones, which earned him a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actor in The Boston Strangler (1968) as Albert DeSalvo's only surviving victim. Kellerman was awarded a KCFCC Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance.

Kellerman was offered but declined the role of "Hot Lips" in M*A*S*H M*A*S*H is an American television series developed by Larry Gelbart, adapted from the 1970 feature film MASH . The series is a medical drama/black comedy that was produced in association with 20th Century Fox Television for CBS. It follows a team of doctors and support staff stationed at the 4077th Mobile Army Surgical Hospital in Uijeongbu, South the television series A television program or television show is a segment of content broadcast on television. It may be a one-off broadcast or part of a periodically recurring television series.[citation needed] The role would go to Loretta Swit Loretta Swit is an American stage and television actress known for her character roles. The naturally blonde Swit is best-known for her two-time Emmy-winning portrayal of Major Margaret "Hot Lips" Houlihan on M*A*S*H. Kellerman went on to appear in several more Altman films, including Brewster McCloud (1970) and Welcome to LA (1976). She co-starred with Diane Lane Diane Lane is an American film actress born and raised in New York City. Lane made her screen debut in George Roy Hill's 1979 film A Little Romance, starring opposite Laurence Olivier. Soon after, she was featured on the cover of Time and Laurence Olivier Laurence Kerr Olivier, Baron Olivier, OM was an English actor, director, and producer. He was one of the most famous and revered British actors of the 20th century. He married Jill Esmond, Vivien Leigh and Joan Plowright in A Little Romance (1979), Jodie Foster Foster began acting in commercials at three years old, and her first significant role came in the 1976 film Taxi Driver as the preteen prostitute, Iris, for which she received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. She won an Academy Award for Best Actress in 1989 for playing a rape survivor in The Accused. In 1991, she in Foxes (1980), and with Susan Sarandon Susan Sarandon is an American actress. She has worked in films and television since 1970, and won an Academy Award for Best Actress for her performance in the 1995 film Dead Man Walking. She is also noted for her social and political activism for a variety of liberal causes and Shirley MacLaine Shirley MacLaine is an American film and theater actress, dancer, activist, and author, well-known for her beliefs in new age spirituality and reincarnation. She has written a large number of autobiographical works, many dealing with her spiritual beliefs as well as her Hollywood career. In 1983, she won the Academy Award for Best Actress for her in Loving Couples (1980).[citation needed]

In 1986, she played comedian Rodney Dangerfield Rodney Dangerfield , born Jacob Cohen, was an American comedian and actor, known for the catchphrases "I don't get no respect" or "I get no respect" and his monologues on that theme. He is also famous for his 1980s film roles, notably in Caddyshack and Back To School's love interest in Back to School Back to School is a 1986 comedy film starring Rodney Dangerfield, Keith Gordon, Sally Kellerman, Burt Young, William Zabka, Sam Kinison, and Robert Downey, Jr. and co-starred with Julie Andrews Dame Julia Elizabeth Andrews, DBE is an English film and stage actress, singer, and author. She is the recipient of Golden Globe, Emmy, Grammy, BAFTA, People's Choice Award, Theatre World Award, Screen Actors Guild and Academy Award honours. Andrews was a former British child actress and singer who made her Broadway debut in 1954 with The Boy and Jack Lemmon John Uhler "Jack" Lemmon III was an American actor. He starred in more than 60 films including Some Like It Hot, The Apartment, Mister Roberts, Days of Wine and Roses, The Great Race, Irma la Douce, The Odd Couple, Save the Tiger, The Out-of-Towners, The China Syndrome, Missing, Glengarry Glen Ross, Grumpy Old Men and Grumpier Old Men in Blake Edwards' That's Life!. Kellerman worked again with Robert Altman for The Player (1992) and Prêt-à-Porter (1994 … 19th century . 20th century . 21st century …) More recently, she has been in American Virgin (2000), Boynton Beach Club (2006) and in The Minor Accomplishments of Jackie Woodman (2006). Kellerman has as a cameo in Amy Heckerling's I Could Never Be Your Woman (2007) and teamed up with her husband, Jonathan D. Krane, plus Dedee Pfeiffer and Dylan and Cole Sprouse in A Modern Twain Story: The Prince and the Pauper (2007 Please note that following the tradition of the English-language film industry, these are the top grossing films that were first released in the USA in 2007. The top ten films of 2007, by worldwide gross in $USD, as well as the US & Canada, UK, and Australia grosses, are as follows:).[5]

She has enjoyed a career as a voice actor for various television commercials over the years, most notably for Hidden Valley Ranch salad dressing.[citation needed]

Notable Filmography (film and television)

Broadway

Singer

Kellerman already had a recording contract with Verve Records Verve Records is an American jazz record label now owned by the Universal Music Group. It was founded by Norman Granz in 1956, absorbing the catalogues of his earlier labels, Clef Records and Norgran Records (founded in 1953), and material which had been licensed to Mercury previously when she was eighteen. After giving a performance in Robert Altman's Brewster McCloud, she recorded her first demo with Lou Adler then went into the recording studio A recording studio is a facility for sound recording and mixing. Ideally, the space is specially designed by an acoustician to achieve the desired acoustic properties . Different types of studios record bands and artists, voiceovers and music for television shows, movies, animations, and commercials, and/or even record a full orchestra. The with arranger In investment banking, an arranger is a provider of funds in the syndication of a debt. They are entitled to syndicate the loan or bond issue, and may be referred to as the "lead underwriter". This is because this entity bears the risk of being able to sell the underlying securities/debt or the cost of holding it on its books until such/producer A record producer is an individual working within the music industry, whose job is to oversee and manage the recording of an artist's music. A producer has many roles that may include, but are not limited to, gathering ideas for the project, selecting songs and/or musicians, coaching the artist and musicians in the studio, controlling the Gene Paige to record Roll With The Feelin, an album An album or record album is a collection of related audio or music tracks distributed to the public. The most common way is through commercial distribution, although smaller artists will often distribute directly to the public by selling their albums at live concerts or on their websites by Decca Records Decca Records is a British record label established in 1929 by Edward Lewis. Its U.S. label was established in late 1934; Because of World War II, the link with the British company was broken for several decades. It was noted for its development of recording methods in the United Kingdom and for the development of original cast albums in the. She also contributed to the musical film, Lost Horizon (1973) in which she collaborated with Burt Bacharach Burt F. Bacharach is an American pianist, composer and music producer. He is known for his pop hits from the early 1960s through the 1980s, with lyrics written by Hal David, many of which were produced for and recorded by Dionne Warwick, Liv Ullman and Olivia Hussey Olivia Hussey is an actress best known for her role as Juliet in Franco Zeffirelli's 1968 film version of Romeo and Juliet, the soundtrack A soundtrack can be recorded music accompanying and synchronized to the images of a motion picture, television program or video game; a commercially released soundtrack album of music as featured in the soundtrack of a film or TV show; or the physical area of a film that contains the synchronized recorded sound was released by Razor & Tie.

Kellerman sang again in the independent film An independent film, or indie film, is a film that is produced mostly outside of a major film studio. The term also refers to art films which differ markedly from most mass marketed films. In addition to being produced by independent production companies, independent films are often produced and/or distributed by subsidiaries of major studios. In, Open House (2004 The year 2004 in film involved some significant events. Major releases of sequels took place. It included blockbuster films like Shrek 2, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, The Passion of the Christ, Meet the Fockers, Blade: Trinity, Spider-Man 2, Alien vs. Predator, Kill Bill Vol. 2, Fahrenheit 9/11, I, Robot, Ocean's Twelve and Scooby-Doo) opposite Ann Magnuson, Anthony Rapp Anthony Dean Rapp is an American stage and film actor best known for originating the role of Mark Cohen in the Broadway production of Rent in 1996 and later for reprising the role in the film version. He also performed the role of Charlie Brown in the 1999 Broadway revival of You're A Good Man, Charlie Brown Rapp is currently touring the country and Kellie Martin Kellie Noelle Martin is an American television actress who is known for her roles as Rebecca Thatcher on Life Goes On, Christy Huddleston in Christy, Lucy Knight on ER, and Samantha Kinsey in Mystery Woman. She was a hit in Teatro ZinZanni in the same year.[6][7]

In September 2008, Kellerman contributed to the song "I Thought About You" in a duet with singer Ray Brown, Jr. (son of Ella Fitzgerald Ella Jane Fitzgerald also known as the "First Lady of Song" and "Lady Ella," was an American jazz and song vocalist. With a vocal range spanning three octaves, she was noted for her purity of tone, impeccable diction, phrasing and intonation, and a "horn-like" improvisational ability, particularly in her scat singing and Ray Brown Raymond Matthews Brown was an American jazz double bassist. He is considered by many to be one of the masters of his instrument, with an excellent sense of time and had a hard swing feel to his lines) on Brown, Jr.'s duets CD entitled Friends and Family. She also released a jazz and blues album, "Sally", in 2009.

Personal life

Kellerman was married to director Rick Edelstein from 1970-1971, and, since 1980, to producer Jonathan D. Krane. 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.

References

  1. ^ 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)
  2. ^ Sally Kellerman Film Reference bio
  3. ^ IMDb (2009). Kraft Suspense Theatre. Retrieved on 2009-04-25 from http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0056768/.
  4. ^ IMDb (2009). "Kraft Suspense Theatre" Connery's Hands (1965). Retrieved on 2009-04-25 from http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0622139/.
  5. ^ [1]
  6. ^ 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.
  7. ^ Richard Connema (2004). "Sally Kellerman headlines Teatro ZinZanni". TalkinBroadway.com. http://www.talkinbroadway.com/regional/sanfran/s498.html.

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