Hedda Hopper

She died in and was interred in Altoona, Pennsylvania. They separated in 1997. She also briefly appeared as herself in the 1950 film Sunset Boulevard. In 1980 she married Jonathan Krane. She also had several acting roles during the latter part of her career, and made a cameo appearance in the 1950s television show I Love Lucy. She married director Rick Edelstein in 1970 but subsequently divorced. She remained active as a writer until her death, producing six daily columns and a Sunday column for the Chicago Tribune syndicate, as well as writing for celebrity magazines like Photoplay. Kellerman supplements her ongoing film career with stints as a nightclub singer, television and radio narrator and voice-overs.

In 1937 she started a career as a gossip columnist, and in 1939 The Hedda Hopper Show debuted with Hopper as host, running until 1951. Altman said that her attitude and passion was exactly what he was looking for in the character. She made her screen debut in 1916 with Battle of Hearts and appeared in supporting roles in dozens of films through the early 1930s, usually portraying society women. She was incensed about the way her would be character, "Hot Lips," was humiliated. She was active on the stage before her marriage in 1913 to matinee idol DeWolf Hopper, whom she divorced in 1921. She had an argument with M*A*S*H director Robert Altman after reading the script. Hedda Hopper was born Elda Furry in Hollidaysburg, Pennsylvania. She reportedly almost talked herself out of her most famous role.

Hedda Hopper (May 2, 1885 - February 1, 1966) was an American actress and newspaper gossip columnist. Kellerman made her film debut in Reform School Girl (1959). As a singer, Kellerman already had a recording contract with Verve Records when she was 18. 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. Sally Claire Kellerman (born June 2, 1936 in Long Beach, California) is an American actress and singer most famous for her role as Major Margaret "Hot Lips" O'Houlihan in the film M*A*S*H (1970) for which she was nominated for an Oscar for Best Actress in a Supporting Role.

"Hotter than ever" (http://www.pasadenaweekly.com/arspopuli/music/music.html), article in the Pasadena Weekly. Sally Kellerman (http://movies.yahoo.com/shop?d=hc&id=1800015771&cf=biog&intl=us) at Yahoo! Movies. Sally Kellerman (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm001419/) at the Internet Movie Database. Reform School Girl (1959).

Star Trek: "Where No Man Has Gone Before" (1966) (TV). The Boston Strangler (1968). M*A*S*H (1970). Lost Horizon (1973).

It Rained All Night the Day I Left (1980). Back to School (1986). That's Life! (1986).