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{{short description|American actress (1937–2022)}}
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 | name              = Sally Kellerman
 | image             = Sally Kellerman - Mash.jpg
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 | caption           = Kellerman in a publicity photo <br> for ''[[The Third Day (1965 film)|The Third Day]]'' (1965)
 | birth_name        = Sally Clare Kellerman
 | birth_date        = {{birth date|1937|6|2}}
 | birth_place       = [[Long Beach, California]], U.S.
 | death_date        = {{death date and age|2022|2|24|1937|6|2}}
 | death_place       = [[Los Angeles]], California, U.S.
 | known_for         = {{ubl|[[M*A*S*H (film)|M*A*S*H]]|[[Where No Man Has Gone Before]]|[[Back to School]]|[[Brewster McCloud]]}}
 | occupation        = Actress
 | years_active      = 1957–2017
 | spouse            = {{ubl
| {{marriage|Rick Edelstein|1970|1972|end=divorced}}
| {{marriage|[[Jonathan D. Krane]]|1980|2016|end=died}}
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'''Sally Clare Kellerman''' (June 2, 1937 – February 24, 2022) was an American actress whose acting career spanned 60 years. Her role as [[List of M*A*S*H characters#Margaret Houlihan|Major Margaret "Hot Lips" Houlihan]] in [[Robert Altman]]'s film ''[[M*A*S*H (film)|M*A*S*H]]'' (1970) earned her an [[Academy Awards|Academy Award]] nomination for [[Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress|Best Supporting Actress]]. After ''M*A*S*H'', she appeared in a number of the director's projects, namely the films ''[[Brewster McCloud]]'' (1970), ''[[Welcome to L.A.]]'' (1976) (produced by Altman, directed by his protégé, [[Alan Rudolph]]), ''[[The Player (1992 film)|The Player]]'' (1992), and ''[[Prêt-à-Porter (film)|Prêt-à-Porter]]'' (1994), and the short-lived [[anthology series|anthology]] TV series ''[[Gun (TV series)|Gun]]'' (1997). In addition to her work with Altman, Kellerman appeared in films such as ''[[Last of the Red Hot Lovers (film)|Last of the Red Hot Lovers]]'' (1972), ''[[Back to School]]'' (1986), plus many television series such as ''[[The Twilight Zone]]'' (1963), ''[[The Outer Limits (1963 TV series)|The Outer Limits]]'' (1963 & 1965), ''[[Star Trek: The Original Series|Star Trek]]'' (1966), ''[[Bonanza]]'' (1966, 1970), ''[[The Minor Accomplishments of Jackie Woodman]]'' (2006), ''[[90210 (TV series)|90210]]'' (2008), ''[[Chemistry (TV series)|Chemistry]]'' (2011), and ''[[Maron (TV series)|Maron]]'' (2013). She also voiced Miss Finch in ''[[Sesame Street Presents: Follow That Bird]]'' (1985), which went on to become one of her most significant voice roles.<ref name=":0">{{cite news |title=Sally Kellerman obituary |newspaper=[[The Times]] |language=en |url=https://www.thetimes.com/uk/article/sally-kellerman-obituary-8dsrtww73 |access-date=2022-03-23 |issn=0140-0460}}</ref>

At age 18, Kellerman signed a recording contract with [[Verve Records]], but her first album (''Roll with the Feelin{{'}}'' on the [[Decca Records|Decca]] label) was not recorded until 1972. A second album ''Sally'' was released in 2009.<ref name="Polimedia Publishing">{{cite web|title=Polimedia Publishing – "Sally" Digital Album by Sally Kellerman|url=http://www.polimedia-publishing.com/products/sally-music-digital-by-sally-kellerman|publisher=Polimedia Publishing|access-date=March 13, 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140313082505/http://www.polimedia-publishing.com/products/sally-music-digital-by-sally-kellerman|archive-date=March 13, 2014}}</ref> Kellerman also contributed songs to the soundtracks for ''[[Brewster McCloud]]'' (1970), ''[[Lost Horizon (1973 film)|Lost Horizon]]'' (1973), ''[[Rafferty and the Gold Dust Twins]]'' (1975), and ''[[Boris and Natasha: The Movie]]'' (1992).

Kellerman did commercial voiceover work for [[Ranch dressing|Hidden Valley Ranch]] salad dressing, [[Mercedes-Benz]], and [[Revlon]].<ref>{{cite news|last=Freeman|first=Paul|title=Sally Kellerman: Hot Lips' hot sounds|url=http://www.mercurynews.com/peninsula/ci_15217582?nclick_check=1|access-date=April 30, 2014|newspaper=San Jose Mercury News|date=June 3, 2010}}</ref> Kellerman's animation work included ''[[The Mouse and His Child (film)|The Mouse and His Child]]'' (1977), ''[[Happily Ever After (1989 film)|Happily Ever After]]'' (1990), ''[[Dinosaurs (TV series)|Dinosaurs]]'' (1992), ''[[Unsupervised]]'' (2012), and ''[[The High Fructose Adventures of Annoying Orange]]'' (2013). In 2013, she released her memoir ''Read My Lips: Stories of a Hollywood Life'', describing her trials and tribulations in the entertainment business.

==Early life==
Kellerman<ref name=census>Griggz, Hazel B. (enumerator). {{Cite United States census | url=https://www.ancestry.com/1940-census/usa/California/Sally-Clare-Kellerman_2l6cxj | title = Sally Clare Kellerman | year = 1940 | location = Los Angeles County, California| roll = | page =11-B | line = 48–51 | enumdist =  6D-1325 | filmnum = | nafilm =}}</ref> was born in [[Long Beach, California]], on June 2, 1937<ref>{{cite news|url= https://www.cleveland.com/entertainment/2021/06/todays-famous-birthdays-list-for-june-2-2021-includes-celebrities-wayne-brady-dennis-haysbert.html |title= Today's famous birthdays list for June 2, 2021 includes celebrities Wayne Brady, Dennis Haysbert |publisher=[[Cleveland.com]]|date= June 2, 2021|access-date=January 29, 2022}}</ref> to Edith Baine (née Vaughn), a piano teacher from [[Portland, Arkansas]],<ref name=Kellerman2013/>{{rp|15}} and John Helm "Jack" Kellerman, a [[Shell Oil]] executive from [[St. Louis]].<ref name=Kellerman2013>{{cite book| last= Kellerman|first=Sally|title=Read My Lips: Stories of a Hollywood Life |year= 2013| publisher= Weinstein Books|location=New York|isbn=978-1-60286-167-1 |url=https://archive.org/details/readmylipsstorie0000kell |url-access=registration |access-date=July 30, 2021}}</ref>{{rp|16}}<ref name=census/> She had an older sister; her younger sister died in infancy.<ref name= Kellerman2013/>{{rp|18}} Edith was a [[Christian Science|Christian Scientist]] and raised her daughters in this faith.<ref name=Kellerman2013/>{{rp|17–21}}

When Kellerman was in fifth grade, the family moved from Long Beach to the [[San Fernando Valley]].<ref name=Kellerman2013/>{{rp|29}} She spent her early life in then-rural [[Granada Hills, Los Angeles|Granada Hills]] in a largely unpopulated area surrounded by orange and eucalyptus groves.<ref name=maron>{{cite interview|last=Kellerman|first=Sally|title=Episode 438|interviewer=[[Marc Maron]]|date=November 4, 2013 |url= http://www.wtfpod.com/podcast/episodes/episode_438_-_sally_kellerman|work=[[WTF with Marc Maron]]}}</ref> During her sophomore year of high school, the Kellermans moved from San Fernando to [[Park La Brea, Los Angeles]], where she attended [[Hollywood High School]]. She grew to stand {{convert|5|ft|10+1/2|in|cm|abbr=on}}. Due to her shyness, she made few friends and received poor grades (except in choir and physical education) but appeared in a school production of ''[[Meet Me in St. Louis]]''.<ref name=Kellerman2013/>{{rp|4–5}}

With the help of a high-school friend, Kellerman submitted a recording demo to [[Verve Records]] founder and head [[Norman Granz]]. After signing a contract with Verve, however, she was daunted by the task of becoming a recording artist and walked away.<ref>{{cite web|last=Roe|first=Michelle|title=Sally Kellerman Stays True to Her Signing – Desert Guide |date= May 2013 |place= Palm Springs, California |url= http://www.palmspringslife.com/Palm-Springs-Life/Desert-Guide/May-2013/Sally-Kellerman-Stays-True-to-Her-Singing/| work= Palm Springs Life| access-date= }}</ref><ref name= Kellerman2013/>{{rp|14}}

Kellerman attended [[Los Angeles City College]] for a year,<ref name=OSA14Y/><ref>{{cite journal|journal=Performing Arts|title=Kellerman, Sally|page=7|publisher=Music Center Operating Company of Los Angeles County|year=1980|volume=14}}</ref> and enrolled in [[Jeff Corey]]'s acting class.<ref name=Kellerman2013/>{{rp|8}} Within a year, she appeared in a production of [[John Osborne]]'s ''[[Look Back in Anger]]'' staged by Corey and featuring classmates [[Shirley Knight]], [[Jack Nicholson]], [[Dean Stockwell]], and [[Robert Blake (actor)|Robert Blake]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.allmovie.com/artist/shirley-knight-p38816 |title=Shirley Knight biography |last=Brennan |first=Sandra |work=[[AllMovie]] | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140108035135/http://www.allmovie.com/artist/shirley-knight-p38816|archive-date=January 8, 2014}}</ref> Towards the end of the 1950s, Kellerman joined the newly opened [[Actors Studio West]]<ref name=OSA14Y>{{cite news |title=Sally Kellerman: An Overnight Success After 14 Years |first=Martin |last=Kasindorf |url= https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=KCArAAAAIBAJ&pg=5697,2788444&dq |newspaper=[[Reading Eagle]]|location=Reading, Pennsylvania |date=January 5, 1971 |page=12 |via=Google News}} {{open access}}</ref>{{sfn|Garfield|1980|p=278}} and debuted before the camera in the film, ''[[Reform School Girl]]'' (1957).{{sfn|Weaver|2006|p=372}} To pay Corey's instruction fees, among other employment, Kellerman worked as a waitress at the Chez Paulette coffee house<ref name=Kellerman2013/>{{rp|35}} that film stars frequented.<ref>{{cite web |title=Chez Paulette |url=https://www.liminal.org.uk/news/54/Chez-Paulette/ |website=liminal.org.uk |publisher=Liminal |access-date=6 July 2025}}</ref>

==Career==
==={{anchor|The 1960s}}1960s===
Kellerman made a number of television-series appearances. She was in an episode of the western ''[[Cheyenne (TV series)|Cheyenne]]'', as well as a role as a waitress in the [[John Forsythe]] sitcom ''[[Bachelor Father (American TV series)|Bachelor Father]]''. Struggling for parts in television and films, Kellerman acted on stage. She debuted in [[Henrik Ibsen]]'s ''[[An Enemy of the People]]'',<ref name=Kellerman2013/>{{rp|55}} followed by parts in a [[Pasadena Playhouse]] production of [[Leslie Stevens]]'s ''[[The Marriage-Go-Round]]'' and [[Michael Shurtleff]]'s ''[[Call Me by My Rightful Name]]'' (1962).<ref name=Kellerman2013/>{{rp|63}}

Kellerman appeared in two episodes of ''[[The Outer Limits (1963 TV series)|The Outer Limits]]'', first in 1963 in the episode "[[The Human Factor (1963 The Outer Limits)|The Human Factor]]", and then in 1964 in the episode "[[The Bellero Shield]]" in which she played Judith Bellero, the manipulative and ruthless wife of Richard Bellero (played by [[Martin Landau]]). In between her two ''Outer Limits'' appearances, she was a guest in an episode of ''[[My Three Sons]]''. A role as Holly Mitchell, perverted mistress of [[George Peppard]]'s character in ''[[The Third Day (1965 film)|The Third Day]]'' (1965), followed. She played leading lady to [[David Niven]] in his television series ''[[The Rogues (TV series)|The Rogues]]'' in 1965 for an episode titled "God Bless You, G. Carter Huntington" which revolved around her striking beauty to a large degree, and appeared in a 1965 ''[[List of Alfred Hitchcock Presents episodes|Alfred Hitchcock Hour]]'' episode titled "Thou Still Unravished Bride".{{fact|date=September 2025}}

{{stack|[[File:William Shatner Sally Kellerman Star Trek 1966.JPG|thumb|upright|alt=Woman and man, aiming a ray gun|Kellerman as Dehner and [[William Shatner]] as Kirk in the ''[[Star Trek: The Original Series|Star Trek]]'' episode "Where No Man Has Gone Before" (1966).]]}}
A year later, in 1966, Kellerman played psychiatrist "Elizabeth Dehner" (who studied the long-term effects of space on a crew) in "[[Where No Man Has Gone Before]]" (S01 E03 P02), the second pilot for ''[[Star Trek: The Original Series|Star Trek]]'', which would ultimately be broadcast as the third episode of the first season. Three months after that, Kellerman played Mag Wildwood in the original Broadway production of ''[[Breakfast at Tiffany's (musical)|Breakfast at Tiffany's]]'', directed by [[Joseph Anthony]] and produced by [[David Merrick]], which closed after four preview performances. Before the closing the musical numbers were recorded live, and she recorded three songs which appeared on the original [[cast recording]].<ref>{{cite web | title=Breakfast at Tiffany's – Studio Cast (Original Cast Records) | url=http://www.musicals101.com/cd1.htm#Tiffany | publisher=musicals101 |first=John |last=Kenrick }}</ref>

Near the end of the decade, Kellerman guest-starred in ''[[The Invaders]]'' in the episode "Labyrinth" (1968). She also had turns as the severely beaten (and only surviving) victim of [[Albert DeSalvo]] in {{film show year|The Boston Strangler|1968}}, and Phyllis Brubaker ([[Jack Lemmon]]'s materialistic wife) in the romantic comedy ''[[The April Fools]]'' (1969).<ref>{{cite news | last=Kasindorf | first=Martin | title=Sally Kellerman – An Overnight Success After 14 Years | url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1955&dat=19710105&id=KCArAAAAIBAJ&pg=5697,2788444 | newspaper=[[Reading Eagle]]|location=Reading, Pennsylvania|via=Google News | date=1971-01-05 }} {{open access}}</ref> She turned down a role in [[Paul Mazursky]]'s ''[[Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice]]'' (1969).<ref name=Kellerman2013/>{{rp|87}} She played Eleanor in the ''[[Hawaii Five-O (1968 TV series)|Hawaii Five-O]]'' episode "The Big Kahuna" (1969).{{fact|date=September 2025}}

In a 1971 ''[[Life (magazine)|Life]]'' magazine interview, Kellerman remembered her television years: "It took me eight years to get into TV&nbsp;— and six years to get out. Frigid women, alcoholics they gave me. I got beat up, raped, and never played comedy."<ref name=Life>{{cite magazine |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qFMEAAAAMBAJ&dq=Sally+Kellerman&pg=PA59 |title=New-found fame for 'Hot Lips' |magazine=[[Life (magazine)|Life]] |date=1971-02-05 |first=Alfred |last=Eisenstaedt }}</ref>

==={{anchor|The 1970s}}1970s===
Kellerman received her breakthrough role (Major Margaret "Hot Lips" Houlihan in [[Robert Altman]]'s ''[[M*A*S*H (film)|M*A*S*H]]'') in 1970. Her performance received [[Academy Award]] and [[Golden Globes|Golden Globe]] nominations, winning the Kansas City Film Critics Circle (KCFCC) Award for Best Supporting Actress, the [[Laurel Awards|Golden Laurel]] for Best Comedy Performance (Female), and a second-place [[National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Supporting Actress|National Society of Film Critics (NSFC) Award for Best Supporting Actress]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Sally Kellerman – Official Website – About Sally Kellerman – Biography and selected filmography.|url=http://www.sallykellerman.com|publisher=www.sallykellerman.com|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070228143149/http://www.sallykellerman.com/|archive-date=February 28, 2007}}</ref> Kellerman was featured in ''Life'' magazine.<ref>{{cite web|title=Life Magazine February 5, 1971 : Cover – World War II Cartoonist Bill Mauldin's Willie and Joe look at the New Army.|url=http://2neatmagazines.com/life/1971.html|publisher=2NeatMagazines.com|access-date=April 8, 2014|archive-date=August 15, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140815163756/http://2neatmagazines.com/life/1971.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> She again collaborated with Altman in ''[[Brewster McCloud]]'' as Louise, guardian angel to [[Bud Cort]], and recorded "[[Rock-a-Bye Baby]]" for the film's soundtrack.<ref>{{cite web|title=Brewster McCloud – John Phillips |url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/brewster-mccloud-mw0000620941|publisher=AllMusic}}</ref>

Her next role was as a hostile, chain-smoking, sex-addicted woman who was trying to have an afternoon affair with [[Alan Arkin]]'s character in [[Gene Saks]]' film adaptation of [[Neil Simon]]'s comedy ''[[Last of the Red Hot Lovers (film)|Last of the Red Hot Lovers]]'' (1972). In [[Manhattan]] after the film, Kellerman declined an offer for a ten-page spread in ''Vogue'' from the then editor-in-chief [[Grace Mirabella]].<ref name=Kellerman2013/>{{rp|118}} When she refused the part of Linda Rogo in ''[[The Poseidon Adventure (1972 film)|The Poseidon Adventure]]'' (1972), [[Stella Stevens]] got the role.<ref name=Kellerman2013/>{{rp|146}} Shortly afterwards she recorded her first demo with [[Lou Adler]], and ''Roll with the Feelin'' for [[Decca Records]] with producer-arranger Gene Paige.<ref name=Kellerman2013/>{{rp|144}} After filming ''Last of the Red Hot Lovers'', Kellerman passed up a role in another Altman film:

{{Blockquote|I had just finished filming ''Last of the Red Hot Lovers'' when Bob called me one day at home. "Sally, do you want to be in my picture after next?" he asked. "Only if it's a good part," I said. He hung up on me. Bob was as stubborn and arrogant as I was at the time, but the sad thing is that I cheated myself out of working with someone I loved so much, someone who made acting both fun and easy and who trusted his actors. Stars would line up to work for nothing for Bob Altman.

Oh, the Altman film I turned down? ''[[Nashville (film)|Nashville]]''. In that part I would have been able to sing. Bad choice.<ref name=Kellerman2013/>{{rp|146}}}}

Kellerman's next roles included a woman involved in a deadly plot in the [[slasher film]] ''[[A Reflection of Fear]]'' (1972); an eccentric woman in the [[road movie]] ''[[Slither (1973 film)|Slither]]'' opposite [[James Caan]] (1973), and a tormented journalist in [[Charles Jarrott]]'s musical [[Lost Horizon (1973 film)|remake]] of [[Frank Capra]]'s ''[[Lost Horizon (1937 film)|Lost Horizon]]'' (also contributing to the latter's soundtrack). Two years later, she played Mackinley Beachwood in [[Dick Richards]]' ''[[Rafferty and the Gold Dust Twins]]'' (1975), one of two women who kidnap driving instructor—and former United States Marine Corps gunnery sergeant—Rafferty ([[Alan Arkin]]), also singing "[[It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels|Honky Tonk Angels]]".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0073601/soundtrack|title=Rafferty and the Gold Dust Twins (1975)|website=[[IMDb]]}}</ref>

In October 1975, Kellerman sang at the legendary [[Greenwich Village]] [[cabaret]] Reno Sweeney,<ref>{{cite web |last1=Wilson |first1=John S.|date=June 11, 1976 |title=Reno Sweeney Salutes Its Past |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1976/06/11/archives/reno-sweeney-salutes-its-past.html |website=nytimes.com |publisher=[[The New York Times]] |access-date=15 December 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Sally Kellerman Singing Here Again|url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1975/10/23/76617332.pdf |access-date=April 11, 2014|newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |date=October 23, 1975}}</ref> and performed two shows nightly at the [[Rainbow Room|Rainbow Grill]] from November 25 to December 14.<ref>{{cite news|title=After Dark|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3lNsDTwUl8oC&q=1974+sally+kellerman+rainbow+room&pg=PA26|access-date=April 11, 2014|newspaper=New York Magazine|date=November 25, 1974}}</ref> Her next appearance was as Sybil Crane (a woman in the midst of a divorce) in ''[[The Big Bus]]'', a parody of disaster films, followed by a role as a lonely real estate agent in the [[Alan Rudolph]]-directed and Altman-produced ''[[Welcome to L.A.]]'' (both 1976). The next year, Kellerman appeared in a week-long run of cabaret concerts beginning at the Grand Finale club on May 2. Songs that evening included versions of [[Leon Russell]] and [[Betty Everett]] hits.<ref>{{cite news |last=Palmer |first=Robert|title=Pop – Sally Kellerman All Icing, No Cake |url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1977/05/04/75069574.pdf |access-date=April 11, 2014 |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |date=May 4, 1977}}</ref>

At the end of the decade, Kellerman's roles included Maureen, a veteran vaudevillian, in ''[[Verna: USO Girl]]'' (1978); Veronica Sterling, a party-addicted socialite, in the made-for-television film ''[[She'll Be Sweet]]'' (1978); and Lise Bockweiss—one of several wives of Pasquinel ([[Robert Conrad]]) and daughter of Herman Bockweiss ([[Raymond Burr]])—in the 12-episode miniseries ''[[Centennial (miniseries)|Centennial]]'' (1978–1979). Kellerman played Kay King, the pretentious and kooky mother of a lovelorn daughter ([[Diane Lane]]), in [[George Roy Hill]]'s ''[[A Little Romance]]'' (1979).

==={{anchor|The 1980s}}1980s===
[[File:Sally Kellerman at The Rose premier 1979 cropped.jpg|thumb|left|upright|alt=Smiling, blonde woman|Kellerman at the 1979 premiere of ''[[The Rose (film)|The Rose]]'']]
Kellerman began the decade as Mary, a divorced middle-aged suburban mother struggling to raise her rebellious daughter ([[Jodie Foster]]) in [[Adrian Lyne]]'s ''[[Foxes (film)|Foxes]]'' (1980); Martha, a six-times-married eccentric, in [[Bill Persky]]'s ''[[Serial (1980 film)|Serial]]'', and the silly-but-sophisticated Mrs. Liggett in [[Jack Smight]]'s ''[[Loving Couples (1980 film)|Loving Couples]]''. Her later roles included Mary, a child psychiatrist in a sadomasochistic relationship with a psychology professor (Stephen Lackman) after they meet by accident (literally) in Michael Grant's ''[[Head On (1980 film)|Head On]]'', and a 1920s socialite in [[Kirk Browning]]'s made-for-television film adaptation of [[Dorothy Parker]]'s 1929 short story ''Big Blonde'' (both 1980). From October 3 to November 15, 1980, Kellerman starred as Julia Seton in an [[Ahmanson Theatre]] production of [[Philip Barry]]'s ''[[Holiday (play)|Holiday]]'' (directed by [[Robert Allan Ackerman]]) with [[Kevin Kline]], [[Maurice Evans (actor)|Maurice Evans]], and [[Marisa Berenson]].<ref>{{cite web|title=1967–68 Premiere Season | url=http://www.centertheatregroup.org/Global/Press/PressKit/Ahmanson%20Theatre%20Production%20List%201-14.pdf|publisher=Center Theatre Group | url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140426201707/http://www.centertheatregroup.org/Global/Press/PressKit/Ahmanson%20Theatre%20Production%20List%201-14.pdf|archive-date=April 26, 2014}}</ref>

On February 7, 1981, Kellerman hosted ''[[Saturday Night Live]]'', appearing in four sketches ("Monologue", "The Audition", "Was I Ever Red", and "Lean Acres") and closing the show with [[Donna Summer]]'s "[[Starting Over Again (Donna Summer song)|Starting Over Again]]".<ref>{{cite web|title=Sally Kellerman performs "Starting Over Again"|date=October 8, 2018|url=http://snltranscripts.jt.org/80/80i.phtml|publisher=Saturday Night Live Transcripts}}</ref> Kellerman's next performances were in made-for-television films. She played the title character's first wife, Maxine Cates, in ''[[Dempsey (film)|Dempsey]]'' and a [[honky-tonk]] dance-hall proprietress in ''September Gun''. That year she also appeared in a stage production, [[Tom Eyen]]'s R-rated spoof of 1940s women's prison films ''Women Behind Bars''. Kellerman played Gloria, a tough inmate who controls the other prisoners.<ref>{{cite news|last=Buck|first=Jerry|page=12B|title=Kellerman portrays 'tough' roles, she portrays champ's wife|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1291&dat=19830925&id=3TtUAAAAIBAJ&pg=5282,6031182|newspaper=Boca Raton News|location=Boca Raton, Florida|date=September 25, 1983|via=Google News}} {{open access}}</ref>

Her next roles were a [[KGB]]-training-school warden in the made-for-television film, ''Secret Weapons'' (1985); the sadomasochistic Judge Nedra Henderson in ''[[Moving Violations]]'' (1985); [[Rodney Dangerfield]]'s love interest in [[Alan Metter]]'s comedy ''[[Back to School]]'' (1986); [[Julie Andrews]]' and [[Jack Lemmon]]'s eccentric neighbor in [[Blake Edwards]]' ''[[That's Life! (film)|That's Life]]'' (1986); a porn star trying to get into heaven in ''[[Meatballs III: Summer Job]]'' (1986); [[Kerri Green]]'s mother in ''[[Three for the Road (1987 film)|Three for the Road]]'' (1987), and an actress in [[Henry Jaglom]]'s ''[[Someone to Love (1987 film)|Someone to Love]]''. Late in the decade, Kellerman planned to release her second album, which would have included "It's Good to Be Bad, It's Bad to Be Good" from 1992's ''[[Boris and Natasha: The Movie]]'' (which she produced and starred in as [[Natasha Fatale]]); however, the album never was released.<ref>{{cite news|title=Sally Kellerman's Album|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1917&dat=19891215&id=CXchAAAAIBAJ&pg=5916,3981293|access-date=April 9, 2014|newspaper=Schenectady Gazette|date=December 15, 1989}}</ref>

==={{anchor|The 1990s}}1990s===
In 1992, there was a fourth collaboration between Kellerman and Altman in ''[[The Player (1992 film)|The Player]]'', in which she appeared as herself. Supporting roles followed in [[Percy Adlon]]'s ''[[Younger and Younger]]'' (1993), ''[[Murder She Wrote]]'' (1993) and ''Mirror, Mirror II: Raven Dance'' (1994), the sequel of the [[Yvonne De Carlo]] and [[Karen Black]] horror film ''[[Mirror, Mirror (1990 film)|Mirror, Mirror]]''. The actress appeared in another Altman film, ''[[Prêt-à-Porter (film)|Prêt-à-Porter]]'' (1994), as Sissy Wanamaker, editor-in-chief of ''[[Harper's Bazaar]]'', with [[Tracey Ullman]] and [[Linda Hunt]]. During filming, Altman flew Kellerman and co-star [[Lauren Bacall]] from Paris for his tribute at Lincoln Center.<ref>{{cite news|title=Lincoln center group to honor Altman|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1876&dat=19940418&id=WjcfAAAAIBAJ&pg=3892,1264932|newspaper=[[Spartanburg Herald-Journal|Herald-Journal]]|location=Spartanburg, South Carolina|via=Google News|date=April 18, 1994|page=B6}} {{open access}}</ref> From April 18 to May 21, 1995, Kellerman played the title role in the Maltz Jupiter Theatre production of ''[[Mame (musical)|Mame]]''.<ref name="Sheffield">{{cite news|last=Sheffield|first=Skip|title=Sally Kellerman: I Identify With Mame|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1290&dat=19950414&id=3DBUAAAAIBAJ&pg=4001,7236085|newspaper=Boca Raton News|location=Boca Raton, California|via=Google News|date=April 14, 1995}} {{open access}}</ref> Around this time, Kellerman appeared in back-to-back plays in Boston and Edmonton. In Boston, she played Martha in the [[Hasty Pudding Theatricals]] production of ''[[Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?]]'', and starred as Mary Jane Dankworth in a two-month, two-character production of ''Lay of the Land'' with [[Michael Hogan (Canadian actor)|Michael Hogan]] in Edmonton.<ref name=Kellerman2013/>{{rp|217}} That year Kellerman planned to release her second album, ''Something Kool'', featuring songs from the 1950s.<ref name="Sheffield"/>

In 1996, Kellerman played a calculating sister in an episode of ''[[The Naked Truth (TV series)|The Naked Truth]]'', "Sister in Sex Triangle with Gazillionaire!" A year later, she collaborated with Altman for the last time in "All the President's Women", an episode of the director's TV series ''[[Gun (TV series)|Gun]]''. The actress then co-produced and reprised her Canadian stage role in a film version of ''The Lay of the Land''.

In 1997, Kellerman was scheduled to play the title role in ''Mrs. Scrooge: A Slightly Different Christmas Carol'', a made-for-TV film version of [[Charles Dickens]]' [[A Christmas Carol|novella]]. In the film, Mrs. Scrooge is a homophobic widow whose late partner ([[Jacob Marley]]) and three other spirits awaken her to the reality of [[AIDS]]. Although it was never released, the actress told a reporter for ''[[The Advocate (LGBT magazine)|The Advocate]]'' why the project was more personal than professional: "My sister’s gay—and was gay before it was popular... My sister is a very loving person. So is her girlfriend. And my daughter is an amazing woman. They’re all heroic in my book."<ref name=advocate>{{cite news|title=Sally Scrooge|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lWMEAAAAMBAJ&q=sally+kellerman+mrs.+scrooge&pg=PT25|access-date=May 19, 2014|newspaper=[[The Advocate (LGBT magazine)|The Advocate]]|date=December 23, 1997|issn=0001-8996|publisher=[[Here Media]]}}</ref>

Kellerman appeared in the 1998 ''[[Columbo]]'' episode "[[Columbo (season 10)|Ashes to Ashes]]". On June 10, 1999, Kellerman joined actresses [[Kathleen Turner]] and [[Beverly Peele]] in a [[Planned Parenthood]] press conference supporting a proposed law introduced to the [[U.S. Congress]].<ref>{{cite journal|title=The Quarterly Call to Action of the Responsible Choices Action Agenda|journal=Planned Parenthood|year=1999|volume=1|issue=1|url=http://lobby.la.psu.edu/013_Contraceptive_Coverage/organizational_statements/Planned_Parenthood/Planned_Parenthood_PPFA_Pushes_Landmark_Legislation.htm|access-date=April 16, 2014|archive-date=April 17, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140417152438/http://lobby.la.psu.edu/013_Contraceptive_Coverage/organizational_statements/Planned_Parenthood/Planned_Parenthood_PPFA_Pushes_Landmark_Legislation.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==={{anchor|The 2000s}}2000s===
At the beginning of the century, Kellerman appeared in [[Ed Mirvish Theatre|Canon Theatre]]'s production of [[Eve Ensler]]'s ''[[The Vagina Monologues]]'' with [[Teri Hatcher]] and [[Regina Taylor]].<ref>{{cite news|last=Pfefferman|first=Naomi|title=Touchy Subjects Eve Ensler's 'Vagina Monologues' dares to discuss 'down there.'|url=http://www.jewishjournal.com/arts/article/touchy_subjects_20001124|newspaper=Jewish Journal|date=November 23, 2000}}</ref>
This was followed by a cabaret show at [[Michael Feinstein|Feinstein's at the Regency]], which opened with [[Helen Reddy]]'s "[[I Am Woman]]". Other songs ranged from [[Barbra Streisand]]'s "[[The Way We Were (song)|The Way We Were]]" to "[[We Shall Overcome]]" and "[[America the Beautiful]]".<ref>{{cite news|last=Holden|first=Stephen|title=Sally Kellerman: A Semi-Feminist Potpourri Ending in a Battle Hymn|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2001/01/26/arts/26KELL.html|access-date=April 11, 2014|newspaper=New York Times|date=January 26, 2001}}</ref> In March 2002, Kellerman performed in Los Angeles' ''What a Pair'', a benefit for [[breast cancer research]],<ref>{{cite web| last1=Levi DiSante | first1=Jo | last2=Stalford | first2=Ruth  | last3=Price | first3=Jody  |title=Background – The Evolution of What A Pair!|url=http://www.whatapair.org/pages/background.html|publisher=Whatapair.org|access-date=April 9, 2014|archive-date=April 13, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140413140707/http://www.whatapair.org/pages/background.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> joining singer-songwriter [[Julia Fordham]] for "Why Can't I". That year, the actress also played protagonist Judge Marcia Blackwell in the made-for-television film ''Verdict in Blood''. This was followed by another cabaret show, produced by [[Hal David]], at the [[Palmdale, California|Palmdale Playhouse]]. Songs included [[Etta James]]' "[[Sunday Kind of Love]]" and "Long Way From St. Louis". An album (''Body Parts'') was planned, but never released.<ref>{{cite news|title=Kellerman, David Team Together for Show|url=http://www.thefreelibrary.com/KELLERMAN,+DAVID+TEAM+TOGETHER+FOR+SHOW.-a0112501376|access-date=April 12, 2014|newspaper=Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)|date=January 23, 2004|archive-date=April 16, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140416175801/http://www.thefreelibrary.com/KELLERMAN,+DAVID+TEAM+TOGETHER+FOR+SHOW.-a0112501376|url-status=dead}}</ref>

In the summer of 2004, Kellerman played host Madame ZinZanni in ''[[Teatro ZinZanni]]''.<ref name="KellermanSFChron">{{cite web|url=http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2004/07/06/DDGLT7G6741.DTL|title=Actress and stage performer who's been there, done that still wants more|author=Jesse Hamlin|work=[[San Francisco Chronicle]]|date=July 6, 2004}}</ref><ref name="KellermanTalkinBroadway">{{cite web|url=http://www.talkinbroadway.com/regional/sanfran/s498.html|title=Sally Kellerman headlines Teatro ZinZanni|author= Richard Connema|work=TalkinBroadway.com|year=2004}}</ref> That year she also received the [[Susan B. Anthony]] "Failure is Impossible" Award, honoring women in the film industry who have overcome adversity, at the [[High Falls Film Festival]].<ref>{{cite web|title=The Susan B. Anthony Award Pin « High Falls Film Festival – Rochester, NY|url=http://highfallsfilmfestival.com/about-us/susan-b-anthony-award-pin|publisher=High Falls Film Festival|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130416050107/http://highfallsfilmfestival.com/about-us/susan-b-anthony-award-pin|archive-date=April 16, 2013}}</ref> Kellerman returned to the stage for a second ''What a Pair'' concert, joining actress [[Lauren Frost]] for "I'm Past My Prime".<ref>{{cite web| last1=Levi DiSante | first1=Jo | last2=Stalford | first2=Ruth  | last3=Price | first3=Jody  |title=What A Pair! :: Cast 2004 Los Angeles|url=http://www.whatapair.org/pages/cast2004.html|publisher=whatapair.org|access-date=April 9, 2014|archive-date=April 13, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140413131347/http://www.whatapair.org/pages/cast2004.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> The next year, she played Dolores Montoya in [[Blank Theatre Company]]'s Los Angeles revival of ''[[The Wild Party (LaChiusa musical)|The Wild Party]]'',<ref>{{cite web|title=Sally Kellerman Theatre Credits|url=http://www.broadwayworld.com/people/Sally-Kellerman/#.Uyn37KhdVN8|publisher=www.broadwayworld.com}}</ref> followed by the sexually-provocative Sandy in [[Susan Seidelman]]'s ''[[Boynton Beach Club]]''. Kellerman sang [[Cole Porter]]'s "[[My Heart Belongs to Daddy]]" with actress, singer and songwriter [[Kathleen York|Kathleen "Bird" York]] at her third (and final) ''What a Pair'' concert.<ref>{{cite web| last1=Levi DiSante | first1=Jo | last2=Stalford | first2=Ruth  | last3=Price | first3=Jody  |title=What A Pair! :: Cast 2005 Los Angeles|url=http://www.whatapair.org/pages/cast2005.html|publisher=whatapair.org|access-date=April 9, 2014|archive-date=April 13, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140413125205/http://www.whatapair.org/pages/cast2005.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> In 2006 the actress appeared as herself in the first episode of the [[IFC (U.S. TV network)|IFC's]] ''[[The Minor Accomplishments of Jackie Woodman]]'', "A Cult Classic".

[[File:Sally Kellerman at Boston University, 2009.jpg|thumb|upright|alt=Smiling blonde woman dressed in black, holding flowers|Kellerman at ''Robert Altman: Celebration of an American Icon'' in January 2010]]
In September 2008, Kellerman recorded a duet with [[Ray Brown Jr.]] (son of [[Ella Fitzgerald]] and [[Ray Brown (musician)|Ray Brown]]), "[[I Thought About You]]", for Brown's duet CD ''Friends and Family''.<ref>{{cite web|last=Attarian|first=Hrayr|title=Ray Brown Jr.: Friends and Family|date=September 7, 2009 |url=http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/article.php?id=34014#.U0IDKvldU6w|publisher=All About Jazz}}</ref> In 2009, Kellerman released a jazz and blues album, ''Sally'', her first since ''Roll with the Feelin{{'}}''. ''Sally'' featured interpretations of songs by [[Linda Ronstadt]], [[Kim Carnes]], [[Aerosmith]], [[Nina Simone]], [[the Motels]], [[Neil Diamond]], [[Jackson Browne]], [[Marvin Gaye]], [[Dolly Parton]], [[Jennifer Warnes]], and [[James Taylor]].<ref name="Polimedia Publishing"/> That year she also played Donette, owner of a small-town diner, in the made-for-television film ''The Wishing Well''.

==={{anchor|The 2010s}}2010s===
Kellerman starred with [[Ernest Borgnine]] and [[Mickey Rooney]] in ''[[Night Club (2011 film)|Night Club]]'' (2011). Her performance as a woman with [[Alzheimer's]] living in a retirement home won an Accolade Competition Award for Best Supporting Actress.<ref>{{cite web|title=Past Winners of the Accolade Competition|url=http://www.accoladecompetition.org/Past-Winners.html|website=Accolade Competition|no-pp=y|page=11/2011|access-date=May 29, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140109114227/http://www.accoladecompetition.org/Past-Winners.html|archive-date=January 9, 2014}}</ref> That year she played a recurring role as Lola (an eccentric artist) in [[Cinemax]]'s sexually explicit comedy-drama series ''[[Chemistry (TV series)|Chemistry]]'', followed by guest appearances on the [[The CW Television Network|CW]] teen drama series ''[[90210 (TV series)|90210]]'' as Marla, an aging [[Cinema of the United States|Hollywood]] actress with dementia who considers assisted suicide. On July 7, 2012, Kellerman appeared with [[Tito Ortiz]], [[Cary Elwes]], and [[Drake Bell]] in an episode of the [[Biography Channel]]'s ''[[Celebrity Ghost Stories]]''.

On April 30, 2013, the actress released her memoir, ''Read My Lips: Stories of a Hollywood Life'', published by [[the Weinstein Company|Weinstein Books]]. In the book, she remembered a close-knit, family-oriented past Hollywood and her triumphs and tribulations as an actress during the 1960s.<ref>{{cite web|title=Read My Lips: Stories of a Hollywood Life|url=http://sallykellerman.com/book.html|publisher=SALLYKELLERMAN.COM}}</ref> Kellerman made promotional book-signing appearances in Los Angeles, Santa Monica, Manhattan, and Jersey City.<ref>{{cite news|last=Stein|first=Ron|title=Sally Kellerman coming to Jersey City Landmark Loew's to talk about her new memoir|url=http://www.nj.com/jjournal-news/index.ssf/2013/05/sally_kellerman_coming_to_jers.html|access-date=April 16, 2014|newspaper=The Jersey Journal|date=May 3, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Sally Kellerman – Official Website – Upcoming Shows and Tour Dates – Music, concerts, book signings, and appearances here!|url=http://sallykellerman.com/tour.html|publisher=Sallykellerman.com|access-date=April 16, 2014}}</ref> Shortly afterward, she appeared as [[Marc Maron]]'s bohemian mother in the "Dead Possum" episode of his [[Maron (TV series)|comedy series]].

Kellerman later received a Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival (FLIFF) Lifetime Achievement Award at Cinema Paradiso in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. The ceremony, which included a montage of her work and an audience question-and-answer session, was moderated by film historian [[Foster Hirsch]].<ref name="Crandell">{{cite web|last=Crandell|first=Ben|title=Sally Kellerman book signing |location=Fort Lauderdale, Florida|url=http://www.southflorida.com/events/south-florida-events-go-guide-blog/sf-sally-kellerman-book-signing-fort-lauderdale-20130716,0,4589350.story|publisher=www.southflorida.com|access-date=March 18, 2014}}</ref> In September 2013 filmmaker Ellen Houlihan released a short film ''Joan's Day Out'', in which Kellerman played a grandmother who escapes from her assisted-living facility to bail her teenage granddaughter out of prison. The actress joined the ''Love Can Initiative'', a nonprofit organization dedicated to enriching the lives of low income families and their children, in February 2014.<ref>{{cite web|last=Tsagaris|first=Andy|title=Oscar Nominee Sally Kellerman Joins the Love Can Initiative in Support of the Love Can Tour for America's Children|url=http://www.sbwire.com/press-releases/oscar-nominee-sally-kellerman-joins-the-love-can-initiative-in-support-of-the-love-can-tour-for-americas-children-466088.htm|publisher=SBWire|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140413150347/http://www.sbwire.com/press-releases/oscar-nominee-sally-kellerman-joins-the-love-can-initiative-in-support-of-the-love-can-tour-for-americas-children-466088.htm|archive-date=April 13, 2014|date=February 24, 2014}}</ref> Kellerman made a return appearance in the second season of ''Maron'' in the episode "Mom Situation",<ref>{{cite web|last=Rohan|first=Virginia|title=Comic Marc Maron, a North Jersey native, returns in the second season of his IFC series 'Maron' |url=http://www.northjersey.com/arts-and-entertainment/tv/will-a-little-success-spoil-marc-maron-1.1011961|publisher=NorthJersey.com|access-date=May 8, 2014}}</ref> and as part of an [[Epix (TV network)|Epix Network]] documentary celebrating the life of Robert Altman on August 6, 2014.<ref>{{cite web|title=EPIX Presents the Life and Art of One of Cinema's Most Influential Filmmakers, Robert Altma|work=MarketWatch |url=http://www.marketwatch.com/story/epix-presents-the-life-and-art-of-one-of-cinemas-most-influential-filmmakers-robert-altman-2014-04-28|publisher=Marketwatch.com|access-date=May 9, 2014}}</ref>

In October 2014, TVLine announced that Kellerman had been cast in the mysterious role of Constance Bingham on the daytime soap opera ''[[The Young and the Restless]]''<ref>{{cite web|last1=Roots|first1=Kimberly|title=CBS' The Young & the Restless Taps Sally Kellerman for Mystery Role|url=http://tvline.com/2014/10/02/the-young-and-the-restless-cast-sally-kellerman-constance-bingham/|website=[[TVLine]]|publisher=[[Penske Media Corporation]]|access-date=October 2, 2014|date=October 2, 2014|archive-date=December 4, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141204163347/http://tvline.com/2014/10/02/the-young-and-the-restless-cast-sally-kellerman-constance-bingham/|url-status=dead}}</ref> and was nominated for a [[Daytime Emmy]] as Best Actress in a Guest Role. In 2016, she continued her recurring role on ''Maron'' and played in five episodes of the new series ''Decker''.

==Personal life==
In 1961, Kellerman underwent a [[Self-induced abortion|botched home abortion]], and went to a hospital for the first time (due to her Christian Science upbringing).<ref>{{cite web|title='M*A*S*H' Star's First Hospital Visit Was For Botched Home Abortion|url=http://live.huffingtonpost.com/r/archive/segment/51b167612b8c2a591c0003b6|publisher=HuffPost Life|access-date=May 22, 2014}}</ref> The relationship that had caused her terminated pregnancy was with bit actor William Duffy.<ref name=Kellerman2013/>{{rp|58}}

In the late 1960s, she was briefly involved with actor-screenwriter [[Lawrence Hauben]]. Hauben shot a documentary, ''Venus'', about their relationship, which received a very limited theatrical release in 1971.<ref name=Kellerman2013 /><ref name="Thomas">{{cite news |last1=Thomas |first1=Kevin |title='Venus' Collage of Images |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/102819502/ |work=The Los Angeles Times |date=29 May 1971|via=Newspapers.com|authorlink=Kevin Thomas (film critic)}}</ref>

After the release of ''MASH'', on December 17, 1970, Kellerman married ''[[Starsky & Hutch]]'' producer Rick Edelstein.
[[Anjanette Comer]], [[Joanne Linville]], and [[Luana Anders]] were among her bridesmaids.<ref name=Kellerman2013/>{{rp|194}} On March 6, 1972, Kellerman divorced Edelstein, citing irreconcilable differences.<ref>{{cite news|last=Prince|first=Lucille|title=Sally Kellerman, husband separate|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1842&dat=19720307&id=Ew0sAAAAIBAJ&pg=4218,1336092|newspaper=[[TimesDaily]]|location=Florence, Alabama|page=10|via=Google News|date=March 7, 1972}} {{open access}}</ref> "We've fought every day since we've met," she said at the time.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/sally-kellerman-dead-hot-lips-houlihan-mash-1235099282/|title = Sally Kellerman, Hot Lips Houlihan in 'M*A*S*H,' Dies at 84|website = [[The Hollywood Reporter]]|date = February 24, 2022}}</ref>

In 1967, Kellerman's sister [[coming out of the closet|came out]] as a lesbian and separated from her husband, Ian Charles Cargill Graham, who took full custody of the couple's daughter. After she moved to France with her partner, she did not communicate with her daughter for eight years.<ref name=advocate/> Sally adopted her sister's daughter, and three months later, Ian Graham died in [[Edinburgh]], Scotland.

For a time in the mid-1970s, Kellerman was involved with [[Mark Farner]] of the rock group [[Grand Funk Railroad]]. He wrote the song "Sally", from the 1976 album ''[[Born to Die (Grand Funk Railroad album)|Born to Die]]'', as an ode to their relationship.<ref name=":0" /> She also dated screenwriters [[David Rayfiel]] and [[Charles Shyer]], as well as journalist [[Warren Hoge]], producer [[Jon Peters]], and actor [[Edd Byrnes]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ibtimes.sg/who-were-sally-kellermans-husbands-mash-star-dies-after-battle-dementia-84-62979|title = Who were Sally Kellerman's Husbands? 'MASH' Star Dies After a Battle with Dementia at 84| work=International Business Times, Singapore Edition |date = February 25, 2022 | last1=Pal | first1=Pragati }}</ref> In her autobiography, Kellerman made a point to note that her romance with Byrnes was never consummated.<ref name=Kellerman2013/>{{rp|55}}

On May 11, 1980, Kellerman married producer [[Jonathan D. Krane]] in a private ceremony at [[Jennifer Jones]]'s Malibu home.<ref>{{cite news|title=Actress is wed|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1298&dat=19800513&id=f_pNAAAAIBAJ&pg=3073,2150300|newspaper=[[The Free-Lance Star]]|location=Fredericksburg, Virginia|via=Google News|date=May 13, 1980|page=17}}</ref> The couple adopted newborn twins.<ref name=king>{{cite web|work=[[Los Angeles Times]]|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2013-apr-28-la-et-mn-sally-kellerman-classic-hollywood-20130429-story.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130528060714/http://articles.latimes.com/2013/apr/28/entertainment/la-et-mn-sally-kellerman-classic-hollywood-20130429|url-status=live|archive-date=May 28, 2013|title=Classic Hollywood: Sally Kellerman tells starry tales|last=King|first=Susan|date=April 28, 2013}}</ref> The family relocated to [[Jupiter, Florida]] in 1991.<ref>"Sally Kellerman, hubby move to Jupiter". ''The Palm Beach Post''. July 3, 1991.</ref> After encountering financial difficulties, they sold their condo there in 2008 and moved back to Hollywood.<ref>"It's a wrap for Jupiter film buff's plans". ''The Palm Beach Post''. February 22, 2008.</ref>

Jonathan Krane died of a heart attack on August 1, 2016, aged 64.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/jonathan-krane-dead-look-whos-917877|title=Jonathan Krane Dead: 'Look Who's Talking' Producer Was 64|work=hollywoodreporter.com|date=August 7, 2016|access-date=August 9, 2016}}</ref> Their adopted daughter died less than four months later.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Kellerman |first1=Sally |title=So sorry to report the sudden and unexpected passing of my beloved daughter |url=https://www.facebook.com/sally.kellerman/photos/so-sorry-to-report-the-sudden-and-unexpected-passing-of-my-beloved-daughter-hann/1354884497875172/ |website=m.facebook.com |publisher=[[Facebook]] by Sally Kellerman |access-date=6 July 2025}}</ref>

Kellerman and Krane separated twice during their 36-year marriage, first for a few months in 1994, then again during 1997–98 over Krane's public affair with [[Nastassja Kinski]].<ref>''New York Daily News'', January 7, 1998</ref> As Kellerman had dated married men in the past, she forgave her husband for the affair.<ref name=Kellerman2013/>{{rp|216}}

Kellerman died from [[heart failure]] at a care facility in [[Woodland Hills, Los Angeles]], on February 24, 2022, at the age of 84.<ref>{{cite news|url = https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/24/movies/sally-kellerman-dead.html|title = Sally Kellerman, Oscar-Nominated 'MASH' Actress, Is Dead at 84|work = [[The New York Times]]|date = February 24, 2022|accessdate = February 25, 2022|last = Chung|first = Christine|url-access = limited}}</ref> At the time of her death, she had [[dementia]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Sally Kellerman, Hot Lips Houlihan in 'M*A*S*H,' Dies at 84 |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/sally-kellerman-dead-hot-lips-houlihan-mash-1235099282/ |access-date=February 24, 2022 |work=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]|last = Cheng|first = Cheryl|date=February 24, 2022}}</ref>

==Filmography==
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{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
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! Title
! width="180px"|Role
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|-
| 1957
| ''[[Reform School Girl]]''
| Marcia
|
|-
| 1962
| ''[[Hands of a Stranger]]''
| Sue
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|-
| 1965
| data-sort-value="Third Day, The" | ''[[The Third Day (1965 film)|The Third Day]]''
| Holly Mitchell
|
|-
| 1968
| data-sort-value="Boston Strangler, The" | ''[[The Boston Strangler (film)|The Boston Strangler]]''
| Dianne Cluny
|
|-
| 1969
| data-sort-value="April Fools, The" | ''[[The April Fools]]''
| Phyllis Brubaker
|
|-
| rowspan=2 | 1970
| ''[[M*A*S*H (film)|M*A*S*H]]''
| [[Margaret Houlihan|Major Margaret 'Hot Lips' Houlihan]]
|
|-
| ''[[Brewster McCloud]]''
| Louise
|
|-
|1971
|''Venus''
|Self
|Documentary
|-
| rowspan=2 | 1972
| ''[[Last of the Red Hot Lovers (film)|Last of the Red Hot Lovers]]''
| Elaine Navazio
|
|-
| data-sort-value="Reflection of Fear, A" | ''[[A Reflection of Fear]]''
| Anne
|
|-
| rowspan=2 | 1973
| ''[[Slither (1973 film)|Slither]]''
| Kitty Kopetzky
|
|-
| ''[[Lost Horizon (1973 film)|Lost Horizon]]''
| Sally Hughes
|
|-
| 1975
| ''[[Rafferty and the Gold Dust Twins]]''
| Mackinley Beachwood
|
|-
| rowspan=2 | 1976
| data-sort-value="Big Bus, The" | ''[[The Big Bus]]''
| Sybil Crane
|
|-
| ''[[Welcome to L.A.]]''
| Ann Goode
|
|-
| 1977
| data-sort-value="Mouse and His Child, The" | ''[[The Mouse and His Child (film)|The Mouse and His Child]]''
| The Seal
| Voice
|-
| 1979
| data-sort-value="Little Romance, A" | ''[[A Little Romance]]''
| Kay King
|
|-
| rowspan=4 | 1980
| ''[[Foxes (film)|Foxes]]''
| Mary
|
|-
| ''[[It Rained All Night the Day I Left]]''
| The Colonel
|
|-
| ''[[Serial (1980 film)|Serial]]''
| Martha
|
|-
| ''[[Head On (1980 film)|Head On]]''
| Michelle Keys
|
|-
| rowspan=3 | 1985
| ''[[Sesame Street Presents: Follow That Bird]]''
| Miss Finch
| Voice
|-
| ''[[Moving Violations]]''
| Judge Nedra Henderson
|
|-
| ''[[KGB: The Secret War]]''
| Fran Simpson
|
|-
| rowspan=3 | 1986
| ''[[Back to School]]''
| Dr. Diane Turner
|
|-
| ''[[That's Life! (film)|That's Life!]]''
| Holly Parrish
|
|-
| ''[[Meatballs III: Summer Job]]''
| Roxy Dujour
|
|-
| rowspan=2 | 1987
| ''[[Three for the Road (1987 film)|Three for the Road]]''
| Blanche
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|-
| ''[[Someone to Love (1987 film)|Someone to Love]]''
| Edith Helm
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|-
| 1988
| ''[[You Can't Hurry Love (film)|You Can't Hurry Love]]''
| Kelly Bones
|
|-
| rowspan=3 | 1989
| ''{{Sortname|The|Secret of the Ice Cave|nolink=1}}''
| Dr. Valerie Ostrow
|
|-
| ''[[All's Fair (film)|All's Fair]]''
| Florence
|
|-
| ''[[Happily Ever After (1989 film)|Happily Ever After]]''
| Sunburn
| Voice
|-
| rowspan=2 | 1993
| ''[[Doppelganger (1993 film)|Doppelganger]]''
| Sister Jan
|
|-
| ''[[Younger and Younger]]''
| 'Zig-Zag' Lilian
|
|-
| rowspan=2 | 1994
| ''[[Mirror, Mirror 2: Raven Dance]]''
| Roslyn
|
|-
| ''[[Prêt-à-Porter (film)|Prêt-à-Porter]]''
| Sissy Wanamaker
|
|-
| 1996
| ''[[It's My Party (film)|It's My Party]]''
| Sara Hart
|
|-
| 1997
| data-sort-value="Lay of the Land, The" | ''[[The Lay of the Land (film)|The Lay of the Land]]''
| Mary Jane Dankworth
|
|-
| 1999
| ''[[American Virgin (2000 film)|American Virgin]]''
| Quaint
|
|-
| 2001
| ''Women Of The Night''
| Mary
|
|-
| 2004
| ''[[Open House (2004 film)|Open House]]''
| Marjorie Milford
|
|-
| 2005
|''[[Boynton Beach Club]]''
| Sandy
|
|-
| 2006
| ''[[Payback (1999 film)|Payback]]''
| Miss Bronson
| Voice; Director's Cut
|-
|2008
| ''[[Delgo]]''
| Narrator
| Voice 
|-
| 2011
| ''[[Night Club (2011 film)|Night Club]]''
| Dorothy
|
|-
| 2013
| ''Joan's Day Out''
| Joan
| Short film
|-
| rowspan=3 | 2014
| ''[[Reach Me]]''
| Florence 'Flo'
|
|-
| ''When Bette Met Mae''
| Narrator
| Documentary
|-
| data-sort-value="Place for Heroes, A" | ''A Place for Heroes''
| Maureen
|
|-
| rowspan=3 | 2016
| ''[[His Neighbor Phil]]''
| Bernadette
|
|-
| data-sort-value="Remake, The" | ''The Remake''
| Aunt Peg
|
|-
| ''Flycatcher''
| Thelma
|
|}

===Television===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! width="20px"|Year
! Title
! width="180px"|Role
! class="unsortable"| Notes
|-
| 1962
| ''[[Cheyenne (TV series)|Cheyenne]]''
| Lottie Durango
| Episode: "The Durango Brothers"
|-
| rowspan=2 | 1963–1964
| rowspan=2 data-sort-value="Outer Limits, The" | ''[[The Outer Limits (1963 TV series)|The Outer Limits]]''
| Ingrid Larkin
| Episode: "[[The Human Factor (1963 The Outer Limits)|The Human Factor]]"
|-
| Judith Bellero
| Episode: "[[The Bellero Shield]]"
|-
| rowspan=3 | 1963
| data-sort-value="Twilight Zone, The" | ''[[The Twilight Zone (1959 TV series)|The Twilight Zone]]''
| Office Worker
| Episode: "[[Miniature (The Twilight Zone)|Miniature]]"
|-
| data-sort-value="Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet, The" | ''[[The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet]]''
| Miss Winters
| Episode: "Redecorating Dave's Office"
|-
| ''[[My Three Sons]]''
| Helga Willamsen
| Episode: "Steve and the Viking"
|-
| 1964–1965
| ''[[12 O'Clock High (TV series)|12 O'Clock High]]''
| Lieutenant Libby MacAndrews
| Episodes: "The Men and the Boys" <br /> "Those Who Are About to Die"
|-
| rowspan=3 | 1965
| data-sort-value="Rogues, The" | ''[[The Rogues (TV series)|The Rogues]]''
| Elsa Huntington
| Episode: "God Bless You, G. Carter Huntington"
|-
| data-sort-value="Alfred Hitchcock Hour, The" | ''[[The Alfred Hitchcock Hour]]''
| Sally Benner
| Episode: "[[List of The Alfred Hitchcock Hour episodes|Thou Still Unravished Bride]]"
|-
| ''[[Seaway (TV series)|Seaway]]''
| Aline Svenson
| Episodes: "Bonhomme Richard"
|-
| rowspan=3 | 1966
| ''[[Star Trek: The Original Series|Star Trek]]''
| Dr. Elizabeth Dehner
| S1:E3, "[[Where No Man Has Gone Before]]"
|-
| ''[[Bonanza]]''
| Kathleen Walker
| Episode: "A Dollar's Worth of Trouble"
|-
| ''[[That Girl]]''
| Sandy Stafford
| Episode: "Break a Leg"
|-
| 1967
| data-sort-value="Invaders, The" | ''[[The Invaders]]''
| Laura Crowell
| Episode: "Labyrinth"
|-
| 1969
| ''[[Mannix]]''
| Diana Walker
| Episode: "The Solid Gold Web"
|-
| 1970
| ''[[Bonanza]]''
| Lotta Crabtree
| Episode: "Return Engagement"
|-
| 1978
| ''[[She'll Be Sweet]]'' (aka ''Magee and the Lady'')
| Veronica Stirling
| TV film
|-
| 1978–1979
| ''[[Centennial (miniseries)|''Centennial'']]''
| Lise Bockweiss Pasquinnel
| Miniseries
|-
| 1980
| ''Big Blonde''
| Hazel
| TV film
|-
| 1981
| ''[[Saturday Night Live]]''
| Herself (host)
| Episode: "Sally Kellerman/Jimmy Cliff"
|-
| 1982
| ''For Lovers Only''
| Emmy Pugh
| rowspan="3" | TV film
|-
| rowspan=2 | 1983
| ''[[Dempsey (film)|Dempsey]]''
| Maxine Cates
|-
| ''September Gun''
| Mama Queen
|-
| 1984
| ''[[Hotel (American TV series)|Hotel]]''
| Lauren Webb
| Episode: "Lifelines"
|-
| 1985
| ''Secret Weapons''
| Vera Malevich
| TV film
|-
| 1986
| ''[[Tall Tales & Legends]]''
| Lucy
| Episode: "Ponce de Leon"
|-
| rowspan=2 | 1990
| data-sort-value="Ray Bradbury Theater, The" | ''[[The Ray Bradbury Theater]]''
| Clara Goodwater
| Episode: "Excorcism"
|-
| ''[[Evening Shade]]''
| Shelley Darling
| Episode: "Hooray for Wood"<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0935372/fullcredits?ref_=tt_cl_sm#cast|title="Evening Shade" Hooray for Wood (TV Episode 1990) - IMDb|website=[[IMDb]]}}</ref>
|-
| 1991
| ''Victim of Beauty''
| Evelyn Ash
| rowspan="2" | TV film
|-
| 1992
| ''[[Boris and Natasha: The Movie]]''
| [[Natasha Fatale]]
|-
|1993
|''[[Murder She Wrote]]''
|Junie Cobb
|Episode: “The Petrified Florist”
|-
| 1994
| ''[[Dream On (TV series)|Dream On]]''
| Tracy
| Episode: "Blinded by the Cheese"
|-
| 1994, 1998
| ''[[Diagnosis: Murder]]''
| Irene Stanton / Adele Botsford
| Episodes: "Woman Trouble"<br /> "Drill for Death"
|-
| 1995
| ''Kill Shot''
| Counsellor
| TV film
|-
| 1997
| ''[[Gun (TV series)|Gun]]''
| Frances
| Episode: "All the President's Women"
|-
| 1998
| ''[[Columbo]]''
| Liz Houston
| Episode: "Ashes to Ashes"
|-
| rowspan=2 | 1999
| ''[[The Norm Show|Norm]]''
| Kim
| Episode: "Norm vs. Denby"
|-
| [[Not for Ourselves Alone|''Not for Ourselves Alone: The Story of Elizabeth Cady Stanton & Susan B. Anthony'']]
| Narrator
| TV documentary
|-
| 2000
| ''[[Bar Hopping]]''
| Cassandra
| rowspan="2" | TV film
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2002
| ''Verdict in Blood''
| Judge Marcia Blackwell
|-
| ''Trail of the Cougar''
| Narrator
| Television Documentary
|-
| 2006–2007
| data-sort-value="Minor Accomplishments of Jackie Woodman, The" | ''[[The Minor Accomplishments of Jackie Woodman]]''
| Herself
| Episodes: "A Cult Classic" <br /> "Yoga Brain"
|-
| 2009
| data-sort-value="Wishing Well, The" | ''[[The Wishing Well (film)|The Wishing Well]]''
| Donette
| TV film
|-
| rowspan=2 | 2011
| ''[[90210 (TV series)|90210]]''
| Marla Templeton
| Episodes: "Nerdy Little Secrets" <br /> "Women on the Verge"
|-
| ''[[Chemistry (TV series)|Chemistry]]''
| Lola Marquez
| 12 episodes
|-
| 2012
| ''[[Unsupervised]]''
| Principal Stark (voice)
| 8 episodes
|-
| rowspan=4 | 2013
| ''[[Workaholics]]''
| Peggy
| Episode: "The Worst Generation"
|-
| data-sort-value="High Fructose Adventures of Annoying Orange, The" | ''[[The High Fructose Adventures of Annoying Orange]]''
| Romaine Empress / Marshmallow Queen (voice)
| 2 episodes
|-
| ''[[Deadtime Stories (TV series)|Deadtime Stories]]''
| Grandma Grussler
| Episode: "Little Magic Shop of Horrors"
|-
| ''[[High School USA!]]''
| Dolores Barren (voice)
| 3 episodes
|-
| 2013–2016
| ''[[Maron (TV series)|Maron]]''
| Toni Maron
| Recurring role
|-
| 2014
| ''[[On Cinema]]''
| Herself
| Episode: "Second Oscar Special"
|-
| 2014–2015
| data-sort-value="Young and the Restless, The" | ''[[The Young and the Restless]]''
| Constance Bingham
| 10 episodes<br />Emmy nomination for Best Actress
|-
| 2015
| ''[[Comedy Bang! Bang! (TV series)|Comedy Bang! Bang!]]''
| [[Hera]]
| Episode: "Stephen Merchant Wears a Checkered Shirt and Rolled Up Jeans"
|-
| 2016–2017
| ''[[Decker (TV series)|Decker]]''
| Janet Davidson
| 7 episodes
|-
| 2017
| ''[[Difficult People]]''
| Joan Gentile
| Episode: "The Silkwood"
|}

==Awards and nominations==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! width="20px"|Year
! width="180px"|Work
! width="180px"|Award
! class="unsortable"| Category
! class="unsortable"| Result
|-
|1970
| rowspan="5" |''[[MASH (film)|M*A*S*H]]''
|KCFCC Award
|Best Supporting Actress
|{{won}}
|-
|rowspan=4|1971
|[[National Society of Film Critics Awards|NSFC Award]]
|[[National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Supporting Actress|Best Supporting Actress]]
|{{nom}}
|-
|[[Golden Globe Award]]
|[[Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture|Best Supporting Actress]]
|{{nom}}
|-
|[[Laurel Awards|Golden Laurel]]
|[[Laurel Awards|Best Supporting Actress]]
|{{won}}
|-
|[[Academy Award]]
||[[Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress|Best Supporting Actress]]
|{{nom}}
|-
|1980
|''It Rained All Night the Day I Left''
|[[Gemini Awards|Genie Award]]
|[[Genie Award for Best Performance by a Foreign Actress|Best Performance by a Foreign Actress]]
|{{nom}}
|-
|2004
|
|[[High Falls Film Festival|The Susan B. Anthony "Failure is Impossible" Award]]
|Honoree (shared with actress [[Joan Allen]] and publicist Lois Smith)
|{{won}}
|-
|2011
|''Night Club''
| Award of Excellence
|Best Supporting Actress
|{{won}}
|-
|2013
|
|Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival/Cinema Paradiso
| Lifetime Achievement Award<ref name="Crandell"/>
|{{won}}
|-
|2015
|''[[The Young and the Restless]]''
|[[Daytime Emmy Award]]
|[[Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Special Guest Performer in a Drama Series|Outstanding Special Guest Performer in a Drama Series]]<ref name="NATAS 2015">{{cite web|title=The 42nd Annual Daytime Emmy Award Nominations|url=http://cdn.emmyonline.org/day_42nd_nominations.pdf|publisher=emmyonline.org and [[National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences]]|access-date=March 31, 2015|date=March 31, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402093445/http://cdn.emmyonline.org/day_42nd_nominations.pdf|archive-date=April 2, 2015|location=New York City|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|{{nom}}
|}

Source:<ref>{{cite web|title=Sally Kellerman|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001419/ |publisher=IMDb|access-date=March 22, 2014}}</ref>{{better source needed|date=February 2022}}

==Discography==
* ''Roll with the Feelin''' ([[Decca Records|Decca]], 1972)
* ''Sally'' (The Music Force, 2009)

==Bibliography==
* Kellerman, Sally (2013). ''Read My Lips: Stories of a Hollywood Life''. [[Weinstein Books]]. {{ISBN|978-1-60286-167-1}}.

==References==
{{reflist|30em}}

==Sources==
* {{cite book|first=David |last=Garfield|title=A Player's Place: The Story of The Actors Studio|url=https://archive.org/details/playersplacestor00garf|url-access=registration|year=1980|publisher=Macmillan|location=New York|isbn=0-02-542650-8|chapter=Appendix: Life Members of The Actors Studio as of January 1980}}
* {{cite book|last=Kellerman|first=Sally|title=Read My Lips: Stories of a Hollywood Life|year=2013|publisher=Weinstein Books|location=New York|isbn=978-1-60286-167-1}}
* {{cite book|last=Weaver|first=Tom|year=2006|title=Science Fiction Stars and Horror Heroes: Interviews with Actors, Directors, Producers and Writers of the 1940s Through 1960s|location=Jefferson, North Carolina|publisher=McFarland|isbn=978-0-786-42857-1}}

==External links==
* {{AFI person | 137633-Sally-Kellerman }}
* {{IMDb name}}
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* {{Memory Alpha}}
* {{discogs artist|Sally Kellerman}}
* [https://www.facebook.com/sally.kellerman Sally Kellerman] on Facebook

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