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Sally Claire Kellerman (born June 2, 1936 in Long
Beach, California) is an American actor|actress
and singer most famous for her role as Major
Margaret "Hot Lips" Houlihan|Major Margaret "Hot
Lips" O'Houlihan in the film M*A*S*H
(movie)|M*A*S*H (1970) for which she was nominated
for an Academy Award|Oscar for Best Actress in a
Supporting Role.

==Biography==
Kellerman attended Hollywood High School where she
was "bitten by the acting bug." She went on to Los
Angeles City College. She also studied at the
Actor's Studio in New York City. As a singer,
Kellerman already had a recording contract with
Verve Records when she was 18.

Kellerman made her film debut in Reform School
Girl (1959). She played Dr. Elizabeth Dehner in
the second (aired) pilot episode of Star Trek,
opposite Gary Lockwood. She reportedly almost
talked herself out of her most famous role. She
had an argument with M*A*S*H film
director|director Robert Altman after reading the
script. She was incensed about the way her would
be character, "Hot Lips," was humiliated. Altman
said that her attitude and passion was exactly
what he was looking for in the character.

Kellerman supplements her ongoing film career with
stints as a nightclub singer, television and radio
narrator and voice-overs.

She married director Rick Edelstein in 1970 but
subsequently divorced. In 1980 she married
Jonathan Krane. They separated in 1997.

==Selected Filmography==

* That's Life! (1986) 
* Back to School (1986) 
* Moving Violations (1985)
* It Rained All Night the Day I Left (1980)
* Foxes (1980 film)|Foxes (1980)
* Lost Horizon (1973)|Lost Horizon (1973)
* M*A*S*H (movie)|M*A*S*H (1970)
* The Boston Strangler (1968) 
* Star Trek: The Original Series|Star Trek: "Where
No Man Has Gone Before" (1966) (TV)
* Reform School Girl (1959)

==External links==
* imdb name|id=001419|name=Sally Kellerman
*
http://movies.yahoo.com/shop?d=hc&id=1800015771&cf
=biog&intl=us Sally Kellerman at Yahoo! Movies 
*
http://www.pasadenaweekly.com/arspopuli/music/musi
c.html "Hotter than ever", article in the Pasadena
Weekly.