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Sally Claire Kellerman (born June 2, 1937) is an American actress and singer known for her role as Major Margaret "Hot Lips" Houlihan in the film MASH (1970), for which she was nominated for an Oscar for Best Actress in a Supporting Role. Kellerman was born in Long Beach, California to Edith Baine (née Vaughn) and John Helm Kellerman. She attended Hollywood High School, where she was "bitten by the acting bug" and went on to Los Angeles City College. She also studied at the Actor`s Studio in New York City with Jeff Corey and famous classmates: Shirley Knight, Jack Nicholson, Dean Stockwell and Robert Blake. Kellerman already had a recording contract with Verve Records when she was eight. After giving another signature performance in Robert Altman`s Brewster McCloud, she cut her first demo with Lou Adler then jumped straight into the recording studio with arranger/producer Gene Paige to record Roll With The Feelin, an album by Decca Records.

Kellerman was married to director Rick Edelstein from 1970-1971, and from 1980 to producer Jonathan D. Krane. She has one daughter, Claire, her niece she adopted in 1976, when Sally`s sister, Claire`s birth mother, moved to France and Claire`s father died two days after giving permission for the adoption. She is a mother to adopted twins with Krane. Krane also adopted Claire in 1987.

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