Oscar-Nominated 'MASH' Actress Sally Kellerman Passes Away at 84

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M*A*S*H, has died at the age of 84.Kellerman died on Thursday (February 24) at an assisted care facility in Woodland Hills after a battle with dementia, as confirmed by her son Jack Krane (via The Hollywood Reporter).She was nominated for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in 1970 film M*A*S*H, directed by Robert Altman. Kellerman went onto work with the director on numerous films, including Brewster McCloud, The Player and Pret-a-Porter.A TV adaptation of M*A*S*H aired from 1972 to 1983, but Kellerman didn’t reprise her role for the series, with her character played by Loretta Swift instead.Kellerman starred in television shows like Star Trek, where she played Dr.

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has died. She was 84.The actress died Thursday morning from heart failure at her home in Woodland Hills, California, her rep, Alan Eichler, confirmed to .Kellerman is best remembered for her role as Major Margaret «Hot Lips» Houlihan in director Robert Altman's 1970 war dramedy.

Academy Awards, but her best supporting actress was its only acting nod despite a cast that included Duvall, Donald Sutherland and Elliot Gould.The movie would be turned into a TV series that lasted 11 seasons, with Loretta Swit in Kellerman's role.Sally Clare Kellerman was born in 1937 in Long Beach, California, the daughter of a piano teacher and an oil executive, moving to Los Angeles as a child and attending Hollywood High School.Her initial interest was in jazz singing, and she was signed to a contract with Verve records at age 18. She opted to pursue acting and didn't put out any music until 1972, when she released the album “Roll With the Feeling." She would sing on the side, and sometimes in roles, throughout her career, releasing her last album, “Sally,” in 2007.She took an acting class at Los Angeles City College and appeared in a stage production of “Look Back in Anger” with classmate Jack Nicholson and several other future stars.She worked mostly in television early in her career, with a lead role in 1962's “Cheyenne” and guest appearances on “The Twilight Zone, “The Outer Limits,” “The Alfred Hitchcock Hour” and “Bonanza.”Her appearance in the original “Star Trek” pilot as Dr.

Sally Kellerman was an Oscar-nominated actor for her role as “Hot Lips” Houlihan in the movie “M*A*S*H” and starred in “Back to School.”   Sally Kellerman had a long career in Hollywood, starting out mostly in guest roles on television series before moving to featured roles on the big screen. Her film debut was in the 1957 film “Reform School Girls,” and she appeared on many TV shows in the 1960s including “Ben Casey,” The Outer Limits,” and a memorable role in the “Star Trek’ episode titled “Where No Man Has Gone Before.” Kellerman may be best remembered for her Oscar-nominated role as the uptight “Hot Lips” Houlihan in the 1970 Robert Altman satire “M*A*S*H.” She played a free-spirited professor romanced by Rodney Dangerfield in the hit comedy “Back to School” and worked with Altman again in 1992’s “The Player.” Recently, she starred on the Marc Maron series “Maron.” The husky voiced Kellerman was also a singer who released albums and appeared on movie soundtracks.

Sally Kellerman, known for her role in the "M*A*S*H" film, has died at the age of 84, Fox News Digital can confirm. Kellerman died Thursday morning from heart failure at her home in Woodland Hills, her manager and publicist Alan Eichler told Fox News Digital. The actress received worldwide fame for her role as Margaret "Hot Lips" Houlihan in the Robert Altman classic.

Carmel Dagan Staff WriterSally Kellerman, who was Oscar nominated for her supporting role as Margaret “Hot Lips” Houlihan in Robert Altman’s “MASH” feature film, died Thursday in Woodland Hills, Calif. She was 84.Her publicist Alan Eichler confirmed her death.Among her other roles were a cameo in Altman’s “The Player,” a professor in Rodney Dangerfield’s “Back to School” and a Starfleet officer in the “Star Trek” episode, “Where No Man Has Gone Before.”The willowy blonde actress with the characteristically throaty voice appeared in two Altman films in 1970; the other was the more experimental “Brewster McCloud,” in which she starred with Bud Cort and Michael Murphy.

Actress Sally Kellerman, most famous for her role in the 1970 satirical war film MASH, has passed away at age 84 from complications of dementia. Below we’re breaking down five things to know about the actress who had an illustrious and wide-spanning career in Hollywood.

Sally Kellerman has died at 84.

Sally Kellerman, who was best known as US Army Maj. Margaret “Hot Lips” Houlihan in Robert Altman’s MASH, has died. She was 84 and died today at an assisted living facilty in Woodland Hills, Calif from complications of dementia.

 The Hollywood Reporter.The raspy-voiced beauty famously appeared in M*A*S*H as well as the 1986 comedy “Back to School,” opposite Rodney Dangerfield. She appeared in TV shows including “The Outer Limits,” “12 O’Clock High,” “Ben Casey,” “That Girl” and “Mannix.”Of her iconic “M*A*S*H” role, she said she eventually welcomed always being remembered for it. “There were times in my life when I felt I had to go out and prove that I’m not just Hot Lips,” she told The Post in the 2010 interview. “But at this point, just call me anything you want!”“It was like summer camp,” she said of working with the late”M*A*S*H” filmmaker Robert Altman, who often advised her to “just giggle and give in.”Besides her extensive roster of film and television roles, Kellerman also delved into music, releasing an album in the 1970s and performing live, including at New York’s Metropolitan room in 2010.“I wanted to be the real deal,” Kellerman told The Post that year.

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