Sally Kellerman was an American actress, voice-artist, author, singer, producer and activist. She arrived in the entertainment industry in the late 1950s, and since then she appeared in over fifty films and several television programs. She first shot to fame in 1970, when she played Major Margaret Houlihan in Robert Altman's comedy war flick ‘M*A*S*H’ and earned an Oscar nomination for her performance. Kellerman garnered further attention with the movies and TV series ‘Back to School’, ‘The Twilight Zone’, ‘Star Trek’, ‘90210’ and ‘Maron’. As a singer, she had released a few albums and had also contributed to a number of soundtracks for movies. Born to a piano teacher and a company executive, she grew up as a shy personality and made only a few friends in school. Her passion for acting motivated her to enrol in Jeff Corey's acting class. Within a year, she started acting in stage productions and eventually ventured into the film and television industries as well. Kellerman married twice and had three children.