ACTOR

Sally Kellerman

1937 - 2022

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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 Major Margaret "Hot Lips" Houlihan in Robert Altman's film M*A*S*H (1970) earned her an Academy Award nomination for Best Actress in a Supporting Role. 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), and Prêt-à-Porter (1994), and the short-lived anthology TV series Gun (1997). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Sally Kellerman has received more than 3,486,574 page views. Her biography is available in 40 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 38 in 2019). Sally Kellerman is the 3,740th most popular actor (down from 1,608th in 2019), the 5,597th most popular biography from United States (down from 2,759th in 2019) and the 1,690th most popular American Actor.

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  • 3.5M

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  • 49.70

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 40

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.81

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.56

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Sally Kellerman ranks 3,740 out of 13,578. Before her are Nadezhda Rumyantseva, Sabu Dastagir, Ruth Leuwerik, Frances Lee McCain, John Dall, and Branscombe Richmond. After her are Ron Silver, Stanislav Lyubshin, Peppino De Filippo, Ernst Deutsch, Billie Whitelaw, and Ólafur Darri Ólafsson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1937, Sally Kellerman ranks 300. Before her are Anita Traversi, Glen A. Larson, Pino Puglisi, Jeannot Szwarc, Irina Solovyova, and Clodovil Hernandes. After her are Merle Haggard, Jennifer Welles, Brian G. Marsden, Nikolay Drozdov, Moacyr Scliar, and Galimzyan Khusainov. Among people deceased in 2022, Sally Kellerman ranks 291. Before her are Herbert Mullin, Clarence Gilyard, Sonny Barger, Mark Forest, Joseph Raz, and Juan Diego. After her are Fernando Chalana, Vesa-Matti Loiri, Robert Durst, Agostino Cacciavillan, Roger E. Mosley, and Jean-Claude Mézières.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Sally Kellerman ranks 5,597 out of 20,380. Before her are Joan Feynman (1927), Lou Gramm (1950), Frances Lee McCain (1943), John Dall (1920), Branscombe Richmond (1955), and Lee Radziwill (1933). After her are Jean Bartik (1924), Luther Vandross (1951), Seth Neddermeyer (1907), Ron Silver (1946), Merle Haggard (1937), and Joseph Augustus Zarelli (1953).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Sally Kellerman ranks 1,690. Before her are David Proval (1942), Victor Sen Yung (1914), Sylvia Miles (1924), Frances Lee McCain (1943), John Dall (1920), and Branscombe Richmond (1955). After her are Ron Silver (1946), Ólafur Darri Ólafsson (1973), Jobyna Ralston (1899), L. Scott Caldwell (1950), Michael Gross (1947), and John Diehl (1950).

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Television and Movie Roles

M*A*S*H
Maj. Margaret 'Hot Lips' O'Houlihan
The staff of a Korean War field hospital use humor and hijinks to keep their sanity in the face of the horror of war. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in partnership with Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation in 2000.
Feb 18o 19707 / 10
Back to School
Diane
Self-made millionaire Thornton Melon decides to get a better education and enrolls at his son Jason's college. While Jason tries to fit in with his fellow students, Thornton struggles to gain his son's respect, giving way to hilarious antics.
Jun 13o 19866.334 / 10
Brewster McCloud
Louise
Brewster is an owlish, intellectual boy who lives in a fallout shelter of the Houston Astrodome. He has a dream: to take flight within the confines of the stadium. Brewster tells those he trusts of his dream, but displays a unique way of treating others who do not fit within his plans.
Dec 5o 19706.3 / 10