---
name: "Kellye Nakahara"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/kellye-nakahara"
fi1m_id: "kellye-nakahara"
imdb_id: "nm0619990"
tmdb_id: 158804
wikidata_id: "Q453488"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "16 January 1948"
died: "16 February 2020"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 54
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-10-05T01:11:11.584512+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Kellye Nakahara

## Identity

Kellye Nakahara

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/kellye-nakahara
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** kellye-nakahara
- **IMDb ID:** nm0619990
- **TMDB ID:** 158804
- **Wikidata ID:** Q453488
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kellye_Nakahara, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q453488, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0619990/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/158804

Actor. Born 16 January 1948 in Oahu, Hawaii, USA. Died 16 February 2020.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 16 January 1948, Oahu, Hawaii, USA
- **Died:** 16 February 2020
- **Active:** 1991–1998
- **Also known as:** Kellye Nakahara Watson, Келли Накахара
- **Average Fi1m score:** 54, as actor, over 2 titles
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kellye_Nakahara, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q453488, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0619990/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/158804

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*Shattered*](https://film.one/film/shattered.md) (58)

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## Biography

Kellye Nakahara was an American actress. Born Kellye Nakahara Watson on 16 January 1948 in Honolulu, Hawaii, she died on 16 February 2020 in Pasadena, California.

She moved to San Francisco to study art before marrying David Wallett in 1967 and relocating to Los Angeles to pursue acting. She began as an extra on the television series *M*A*S*H* (1972–1983) and appeared in 167 episodes as Nurse Kellye Yamato. Film roles included the cook in *Clue* (1985), a nurse in *She's Having a Baby* (1988) and Lydia in *Shattered* (1991). She also appeared in *Doctor Dolittle* (1998) and guest spots on series such as *NYPD Blue* and *Sabrina, the Teenage Witch*.

Nakahara worked as a watercolor artist under her married name, Kellye Wallett, and served as arts commissioner for Pasadena.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, nytimes.com, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Doctor Dolittle* (1998), Fi1m 50, as Beagle Woman — [page](https://film.one/film/doctor-dolittle-1998.md)
- *Shattered* (1991), Fi1m 58, as Lydia — [page](https://film.one/film/shattered.md)

## Complete filmography (13)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *The Wild Thornberrys* (1998), series, as Yak (voice)
- *Doctor Dolittle* (1998), as Beagle Woman — Fi1m 50, [page](https://film.one/film/doctor-dolittle-1998.md)
- *Sabrina, the Teenage Witch* (1996), series, as Pele
- *Black Day Blue Night* (1995), as Fat Mama
- *3 Ninjas Kick Back* (1994), as Nurse Hino
- *NYPD Blue* (1993), series, as Cleaning Lady — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/tv/nypd-blue.md)
- *Shattered* (1991), as Lydia — Fi1m 58, [page](https://film.one/film/shattered.md)
- *Dream On* (1990), series, as Mrs. Kim
- *She's Having a Baby* (1988), as Nurse at Hospital
- *Amazon Women on the Moon* (1987), as Theatre Customer #4 (segment "Peter Pan Theatre") (uncredited)
- *Clue* (1985), as Cook
- *Hunter* (1984), series, as Mrs. Kim
- *M*A*S*H* (1972), series, as Nurse Baker, Kellye Yamato, Lt.  Able, Nurse Charlie, Nurse, Nurse Kellye — Fi1m 85, [page](https://film.one/tv/m-a-s-h-1972.md)

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