Sally Kellerman burst onto the screen with her first scene in "MASH," a movie which won her a nomination for best supporting actress. In Robert Altman's classic "MASH" she was "Hot Lips" Houlihan, the buttoned-up, regular-Army officer whose starched, by-the-book approach to everything drove the people around her crazy. That's acting. Because in real life, Sally Kellerman, 75, is impulsive to the core, with a resume that ranges from jazz albums and the trippy "Brewster McCloud" to the raucous "Back to School" and Hidden Valley Ranch commercials.
I saw every one of his pictures at least seven times. Relaxing in the family room of the comfortable Hollywood Hills home she shares with her husband of 33 years, producer Jonathan D. That was the dinner. She organized our wedding and our re-nuptials 20 years later. I went to see her a lot. She was so beautiful.
Sally Kellerman: Maj. Margaret 'Hot Lips' O'Houlihan
Kellerman arrived quite young on the late s film and television scene with a fresh and distinctively weird, misfit presence. It is this same uniqueness that continues to makes her such an attractively offbeat performer today. The willowy, swan-necked, flaxen-haired actress shot to film comedy fame after toiling nearly a decade and a half in the business, and is still most brazenly remembered for her career-maker -- the irreverent hit MASH , for which she received supporting Oscar and Golden Globe nominations. From there she went on to enjoy a number of other hallmark moments as both an actress and a vocalist. Raised along with her sister in the San Fernando Valley area, Sally was attracted to the performing arts after seeing Marlon Brando star in the film Viva Zapata!
Hotlips O'Houlihan : Oh my God! They've shot him! Colonel Blake : Hot Lips, you incredible nincompoop! It's the end of the quarter. Hotlips O'Houlihan : [to Col.
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