Sally Kellerman of M*A*S*H dies at 84

[brooklynite]

Variety

Sally Kellerman, the husky-voiced actress known for her Oscar-nominated portrayal of U.S. Army Maj. Margaret “Hot Lips” Houlihan in Robert Altman’s M*A*S*H, has died. She was 84.

Kellerman, who also sang and had a Grand Funk Railroad tune written for her, died Thursday morning at an assisted care facility in Woodland Hills after a battle with dementia, her son, Jack Krane, told The Hollywood Reporter.

A native Californian, Kellerman had a memorable role in the third Star Trek episode, “Where No Man Has Gone Before,” in which she portrayed Dr. Elizabeth Dehner, a human Starfleet officer aboard the USS Enterprise. When Dehner sacrifices her life, her dying words to Capt. Kirk (William Shatner) are, “I’m sorry … you can’t know what it’s like to … be almost a god.”

[Glorfindel]

1. I'm sorry to learn it. I really liked her.

She also had a memorable role in Robert Altman's "Ready to Wear."

[tenderfoot]

2. She was great

May she rest in peace.

[BlackSkimmer]

3. Damn, that's a blow. She was great.

K and r for her.

[Igel]

17. When I was much younger I remember

when my mother (or less often my father) would react reading about the death of the name pertaining to some person unknown to me.

Now I get it.

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/mark-lanegan-dies-screaming-trees-singer-dead-age-57/ I liked the Screaming Trees, even if I was 35 or so when grunge sprang on the world.

[dsc]

4. Sorry to hear this

she was great on that show. BTW she was almost cast in another iconic role (that of Cagney on Cagney and Lacey).

[Trailrider1951]

12. I think that you are confused

Ms. Kellerman was Hot Lips in MASH, the movie.
Loretta Swit was Hot Lips in MASH, the TV show.

[Srkdqltr]

5. She was so good . I really liked her. RIP.

[ChazII]

6. Condolences to her family

and friends.

[Coventina]

7. She had a great guest star appearance on Star Trek, the Original Series.

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edited to add: The episode she starred in was actually the episode that was the first one filmed.

[CentralMass]

10. +1

[intheflow]

26. This is how I knew her.

Watched it when I was 10-ish. Hers was a very powerful performance. I didn't come to associate her with Hot Lips until I was in my 20's and becoming an antiwar activist - in part because of the tv show M*A*S*H. When I learned the show came from a movie (which came from a book), I watched the movie and was all, "Wow! It's Dr. Dr. Dehner!" And of course, she was brilliant as Hot Lips.


Nerdy correction to your post: This episode was the second pilot filmed, rather than the first episode. Spock wears a yellow shirt and makes jokes, and Sulu wears a blue shirt and is listed as being a physicist rather than a helmsman.

[BlackSkimmer]

8. She was in the original movie too, right?

I haven’t watched it in forever, but damn.

[ms liberty]

11. She was the original Hot Lips Houlihan. The TV show was

Loretta Swift, who is still with us, I think.

Editing to add, they were both brilliant in their own interpretations, IMO.

[BlackSkimmer]

15. Oh god, my bad, I got them confused.

I kept thinking they weren’t the same person.

Thanks for that. Still sad.

I loved that movie for years, but boy, if you want to see sexual harassment, there it is. It bothered me after a certain age.

The TV show indulged in it quite a bit too, but seemed to change with the times.

Now I’m sad all over again.

[Straw Man]

23. The only actor who appeared in both the movie and the TV show ...

... was Gary Burghoff as Radar O'Reilly.

[sinkingfeeling]

9. Good bye, Hot Lips.

[El Supremo]

13. She was great in The Big Bus.

I wish I could find a clip.

[CentralMass]

14. With Martin Landau in the Outer Limits 1963.

[sdfernando]

16. Awe man....what a great actor!

She was terrific in Slither, a rather under the radar (lol) movie now with a cult following.

[paleotn]

18. Great loss. Great actor.

[progressoid]

19. little PBS interview from a few years ago...

https://www.pbs.org/video/laart-sally-kellerman/

[Brother Buzz]

20. Oh, my god! They've shot him!

[orleans]

21. r.i.p.

[IrishAfricanAmerican]

22. RIP...

[Straw Man]

24. She was great in ...

... the cultish Brewster McCloud as the title character's birdwoman mentor.

[BootinUp]

25. rip dear lady

her performances were always a treat to watch.