Sally Kellerman (1937-2022) was an actress who received an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress as Major Margaret "Hot Lips" Houlihan in the 1970 film M*A*S*H. She lent similar authority and her distinctive husky voice to Miss Finch in Follow That Bird and in the 1990s did a guest voice on Dinosaurs.
Kellerman began on TV in the 1950s and 1960s in guest roles (including the third aired episode of Star Trek) before her breakout role in M*A*S*H. She worked with Robert Altman again in Brewster McCloud and decades later in 1994's Prêt-à-Porter, while other movies varied from the film of Last of the Red Hot Lovers to the musical remake of Lost Horizon. Comedy was often at the forefront, including Slither, James Frawley's disaster spoof The Big Bus, and the Rodney Dangerfield vehicle Back To School (as Dr. Diane Turner).
Muppet Credits[]
- Follow That Bird: Miss Finch (voice)
- Dinosaurs: Pteranodon (voice) ("Nature Calls")