Sally Kellerman

They separated in 1997. The author Jacqueline Susann and Landis had worked together during the early forties and became friends. In 1980 she married Jonathan Krane. The character of Jennifer North in the novel Valley of the Dolls and played by Sharon Tate in the film of the same name, was based partly on Carole Landis. She married director Rick Edelstein in 1970 but subsequently divorced. She was honoured with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for her contribution to Motion Pictures, at 1765 Vine St. Kellerman supplements her ongoing film career with stints as a nightclub singer, television and radio narrator and voice-overs. Carole Landis was interred in the Forest Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery in Glendale, California in the "Everlasting Love" section.

Altman said that her attitude and passion was exactly what he was looking for in the character. There was a scandal, however his career resumed with relative ease. She was incensed about the way her would be character, "Hot Lips," was humiliated. Her final night alive had been spent with Harrison and it was Harrison who found her body the next morning. She had an argument with M*A*S*H director Robert Altman after reading the script. Landis was reported to be crushed when Harrison refused to divorce his wife in her favour and unable to cope any longer, she committed suicide by taking an overdose of barbiturates. She reportedly almost talked herself out of her most famous role. By 1948 her career had faded, she had health problems, and with three divorces and several failed romances behind her, she entered into a romance with the actor Rex Harrison who was at the time married to the actress Lilli Palmer.

Kellerman made her film debut in Reform School Girl (1959). She starred in the film that was made about this tour, Four Jills and a Jeep but the response from the public was lukewarm, and Landis's career seemed to stall. As a singer, Kellerman already had a recording contract with Verve Records when she was 18. Landis too became a popular pin-up with servicemen during World War II and toured with the USO in England and North Africa. 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. She had two roles playing opposite the pin-up Betty Grable in Moon Over Miami and I Wake Up Screaming both 1941. 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. In a time when many actresses were dubbed in their singing roles, Landis' own voice was considered good enough and was used in her few musical roles.

"Hotter than ever" (http://www.pasadenaweekly.com/arspopuli/music/music.html), article in the Pasadena Weekly. Tall, lean, blonde and glamorous, and with a strong singing voice, Landis appeared in a string of films in the early forties, usually as the second female lead. Sally Kellerman (http://movies.yahoo.com/shop?d=hc&id=1800015771&cf=biog&intl=us) at Yahoo! Movies. Her first starring role as a cave girl in One Million B.C. attracted a lot of attention and made her a celebrity if not a star. Sally Kellerman (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm001419/) at the Internet Movie Database. She continued appearing in uncredited bit parts until being signed to a contract in 1940. Reform School Girl (1959). She worked as a nightclub singer and hula dancer before her 1937 film debut as an extra in A Star Is Born.

Star Trek: "Where No Man Has Gone Before" (1966) (TV). By the age of 15, Landis had married and left high school, but this marriage was annulled and she set herself on a path towards a career in show business. The Boston Strangler (1968). Born Frances Lillian Mary Ridste in Fairchild, Wisconsin to a Norwegian father and Polish mother, her early life was a struggle as her father abandoned the family and left them to fend for themselves. M*A*S*H (1970). Carole Landis (January 1, 1919 - July 5, 1948) was an American film actress. Lost Horizon (1973).

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