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name: "Sally Kellerman"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/sally-kellerman"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "2 June 1937"
died: "24 February 2022"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
updated: "2026-09-16T11:13:28.283056+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."
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# Sally Kellerman

Actor. Born 2 June 1937 in Long Beach, California, USA. Died 24 February 2022.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 2 June 1937, Long Beach, California, USA
- **Died:** 24 February 2022
- **Also known as:** سالی کلرمن

## Biography

Sally Kellerman was an American actress and singer. Born in Long Beach, California, she attended Hollywood High School and Los Angeles City College, and studied at the Actors Studio. She began her career with television roles in the late 1950s and 1960s.

Kellerman is best known for playing Major Margaret 'Hot Lips' O'Houlihan in Robert Altman's 1970 film *M*A*S*H*, a performance that earned her Academy Award and Golden Globe nominations for Best Supporting Actress. She appeared in several other Altman films, including *Brewster McCloud* (1970), *The Player* (1992) and *Prêt-à-Porter* (1994). Her other credits include *Star Trek* (1966) as Dr Elizabeth Dehner and *Back to School* (1986).

She died in Los Angeles on 24 February 2022.

*Sources: bbc.co.uk, en.wikipedia.org, washingtonpost.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *M*A*S*H* (1970), Fi1m 72, as Maj. Margaret 'Hot Lips' O'Houlihan — [page](https://film.one/film/m-a-s-h.md)

## Also known for

- *Star Trek* (1966), Dr. Elizabeth Dehner
- *Dinosaurs* (1991), Pteranodon (voice)
- *The Player* (1992), Sally Kellerman — [page](https://film.one/film/the-player.md)
- *Columbo* (1971), Liz Houston
- *Back to School* (1986), Diane
- *Bonanza* (1959), Lotta Crabtree, Kathleen Walker
- *Murder, She Wrote* (1984), Junie Cobb
- *I Could Never Be Your Woman* (2007), Herself

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