Sally Kellerman

They separated in 1997. She was interred in Desert Memorial Park Cemetery in California. In 1980 she married Jonathan Krane. A resident of the city for many years, she is remembered as one of its prominent citizens with a star on their "Walk of Fame". She married director Rick Edelstein in 1970 but subsequently divorced. Andrea Leeds died from cancer in Palm Springs, California. Kellerman supplements her ongoing film career with stints as a nightclub singer, television and radio narrator and voice-overs. It was her only marriage, and produced two children, one of whom predeceased her.

Altman said that her attitude and passion was exactly what he was looking for in the character. With her husband she became a successful horse breeder, and after his death ran a jewellery business. She was incensed about the way her would be character, "Hot Lips," was humiliated. These films were relatively successful and Leeds remained a popular actress, however she had married in 1939 and decided to leave films to devote herself to raising a family. She had an argument with M*A*S*H director Robert Altman after reading the script. Her final film, Earthbound (1940), was a fantasy murder mystery in which Leeds' character solves the murder of her husband aided by his ghost. She reportedly almost talked herself out of her most famous role. She continued to play the romantic female lead in the western The Real Glory opposite Gary Cooper and David Niven, and with Don Ameche in the biography of Stephen Foster, Swanee River (1939).

Kellerman made her film debut in Reform School Girl (1959). She next appeared in two films opposite Joel McCrea, in Youth Takes a Fling (1938) and They Shall Have Music (1939), for the first time playing the lead female role in films. As a singer, Kellerman already had a recording contract with Verve Records when she was 18. The film was not a success and received poor reviews. 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. Her wholesome quality led to her being cast in The Goldwyn Follies (1938) playing "Miss Humanity" - a woman considered by a jaded Hollywood executive to represent the ideal American woman. 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. As part of a cast of highly regarded actresses including Katharine Hepburn, Ginger Rogers, Lucille Ball and Eve Arden, Leeds was singled out by many critics and received widespread acclaim.

"Hotter than ever" (http://www.pasadenaweekly.com/arspopuli/music/music.html), article in the Pasadena Weekly. She received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her next role, as an unsuccessful, aspiring actress in Stage Door (1937). Sally Kellerman (http://movies.yahoo.com/shop?d=hc&id=1800015771&cf=biog&intl=us) at Yahoo! Movies. As Andrea Leeds she played her first substantial role in the 1936 film Come and Get It and achieved another success with her next film It Could Happen to You (1937). Sally Kellerman (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm001419/) at the Internet Movie Database. Born Antoinette Lees in Butte, Montana, she began her film career in 1934 playing bit parts and using her given name. Reform School Girl (1959). Andrea Leeds (August 14, 1914 – May 21, 1984) was an American film actress.

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).