Sally Kellerman, the original Margaret 'Hot Lips' Houlihan in M*A*S*H passes away from dementia at 84
The acting world is in mourning with the passing of actress Sally Kellerman, at 84 years of age.
The actress who portrayed the original Margaret 'Hot Lips' Houlihan in Robert Altman's 1970 movie M*A*S*H, passed after a long battle with dementia, her son Jack Krane confirmed to The Hollywood Reporter.
She passed at an assisted care facility in Woodland Hills, California, after an iconic career that spanned over 150 movies and TV shows.
Sally Clare Kellerman was born in Long Beach, California on June 2, 1937, to her mother Edith, a piano teacher, and father John, a Shell Oil executive.
Her family moved to the San Fernando Valley and then Park La Brea, where she attended Hollywood High School.
After starring in a production of Meet Me in St. Louis, she was signed to a record contract with Verve Records, though she ultimately walked away from the deal because becoming a recording artist was too daunting for her at the time.
She ended up at Los Angeles City College, where she appeared in a production of Don't Look Back In Anger with fellow classmates such as Jack Nicholson, Shirley Knight, Dean Stockwell and Robert Blake.
Kellerman joined Actors Studio West in the late 1950s and made her screen acting debut in 1957's Reform School Girl, while also working as a waitress at Chez Paulette.
She spent the 1960s acting in a slew of TV guest starring roles on shows such as Cheyenne, The Twilight Zone, The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet, My Three Sons, The Outer Limits, I Spy, Tarzan and more, before her breakthrough role as Margaret 'Hot Lips' Houlihan in Robert Altman's 1970 film M*A*S*H, which earned her an Oscar nomination.
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- Her iconic career spanned over 150 movies and TV shows
The acting world is in mourning with the passing of actress Sally Kellerman, at 84 years of age.
The actress who portrayed the original Margaret 'Hot Lips' Houlihan in Robert Altman's 1970 movie M*A*S*H, passed after a long battle with dementia, her son Jack Krane confirmed to The Hollywood Reporter.
She passed at an assisted care facility in Woodland Hills, California, after an iconic career that spanned over 150 movies and TV shows.
Sally Clare Kellerman was born in Long Beach, California on June 2, 1937, to her mother Edith, a piano teacher, and father John, a Shell Oil executive.
Her family moved to the San Fernando Valley and then Park La Brea, where she attended Hollywood High School.
After starring in a production of Meet Me in St. Louis, she was signed to a record contract with Verve Records, though she ultimately walked away from the deal because becoming a recording artist was too daunting for her at the time.
She ended up at Los Angeles City College, where she appeared in a production of Don't Look Back In Anger with fellow classmates such as Jack Nicholson, Shirley Knight, Dean Stockwell and Robert Blake.
Kellerman joined Actors Studio West in the late 1950s and made her screen acting debut in 1957's Reform School Girl, while also working as a waitress at Chez Paulette.
She spent the 1960s acting in a slew of TV guest starring roles on shows such as Cheyenne, The Twilight Zone, The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet, My Three Sons, The Outer Limits, I Spy, Tarzan and more, before her breakthrough role as Margaret 'Hot Lips' Houlihan in Robert Altman's 1970 film M*A*S*H, which earned her an Oscar nomination.
Sally Kellerman passes away from dementia at 84
The acting world is in mourning with the passing of actress Sally Kellerman, at 84 years of age. The actress who portrayed the original Margaret 'Hot Lips' Houlihan, passed after battling dementia.
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