European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 30, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse Sally Kellerman Whan Lite has la tips and Downs aha remains an Optimist. Sally Kellerman on the Crest of a career Hill by Vernon Scott United press International few actresses know Tael Lei than Sally Kellerman thai movie acting is a perilous life of ups and Downs that can Shaller an ego quicker than a Don pickles quip right now Kellerman is hoi in the business she has three new movies coming out m the next few months. Back to school. Thai s or Mcand Valentine All produced within Iho past year so Kellerman 12 on the Crest of one of he Carnef Hills bul still concerned lest site f my Lier of. 11 zooming Bach into a Valley of Unzem Toymon i tall. . Blonde Kellerman became an install Star 16 years ago in lie movie rom a playing my hot lips Hohohan Lor which she won an Oscar nomination she Mir it have gone Inlo Iho to version of Hie Hil film and Boorne ,1 multimillionaire during its 10-year run bul Adlerman was 1 Inlet sled Lorella soil look the role and became a Star herself Kul Lorman Tinl on to Apponi in a siring of movies Many of Ali rom Good but none very successful at Tho by a office Ollon Between screen assignment Kellerman. Who never blamed super stardom found herself Oul of work ind unhappy Aboul in i be Hall my share of hoi and cold spells she said and i m com re what i can to Koep this hoi spoil going to give my career More Conli Noily you never know when you re going to Hil another Valley. The main thing that keeps a career going is a Tew Box of lice successes along Tho Way critical Success does t count that much. I be been in several almost hits bul Only Mash was a real one some of my near misses were a Tewster Mcclaud last of no Rod hot Loveis a Little Romanes slither and Loving couples but it icy worn i smashes and that s what in takes i m still an Optimist i remember Henry Fonda helping me Early in my career. To told me to was always haunted by feelings that to would never work Ogain " dealing with the despair and rejection of unemployment Hal befall All Hollywood film actors is no Light Mailer often it brings an deep depression and other psychological and emotional disorders Kellerman said in is absolutely necessary to develop an inner Sla bitty and a Strong private life to rely on when things Are dreary professionally you must have enough other things going Lor you so the world does t come to an end in you re not she said you build a lilo Wilh you husband and kids Stic has one grown daughter i was 1 born a Model of menial health. Bul i have to got it together when i m not working never stay Down Loo Long because i m Busy figuring How to get Oul of the Hole " Kellerman beats the blues by appearing in at least one play every year in recent years she Nas starred in Holiday. Women bars and Bell. Book and Candle she also involves herself with music. I be had a spotty bul interesting music career she said laughing. I be Cut iwo half albums. Thai Means they were never completed along Wilh some singles but i love to sing whether anyone else hears me or not i enjoy doing Kellerman has gone As Long As two years Wilhoi a film assignment. During those dry spells she has come to rely on her husband producer Jonathan Krano. Lor emotional support this is a least or famine she said and performers Are Lunny people when we be got a Job All we do is complain Aboul How hard to work when we re nol working we complain How scarce Good roles Are 1 no actor or actress has such a thing As a steady of i Vocke up one Day and discovered this is a business so i put a Deal together with lbs and wrote a treatment with Jonathan Lor a two hour movie Hal they Are now considering i be done a a Mijenes and some to movies but i never was interested in doing a series including a a a h. in those Days an actress us1 did t do both movies and to 1 a in re run rung television series is the Best solution fur avoiding unemployment. There Aren l any new movie parts on the horizon for me right now. So a series May be Iho Ideal Way Lor Molo go i us finished a network Pilot for a Hall hour Situ Ahon comedy it s listed Sisters and co stars Gail Striclland ii s truly funny and i m keeping my fingers crossed to can have its up and Downs too you Erma Bombeck Iguess you heard Bally Crocker had another face s had six of them now she s also using mousse on her hair and had her ears pierced a spokesperson Lor Genera Mills was quoted As saying. She s been a Little too grand Motherly looking " holy Dick Clark we can i have that happening Gorf forbid to should see a wrinkle on a 65-year-old woman for women a wrinkle is the end of the line. Ask any Man whose wife i urns 50 and he grades her in for iwo twenties and asks for change Good old Uncle Ben is Bald and he still Hustles Rice. The Quaker gentleman on Quaker oals has had a set of chins Loi couple of decades or so and no one gels excited. And did anyone even suggest Hal or. Klan got a Rug no on your Sweel corporate image thay did t. But women get a wring to and you can t even sell a Box of prunes. You know what happened to poor aunt Jomima physical illness came in and she dropped 60 pounds her complexion also Gol lighter than her pancakes i Don i know Why women Are not allowed to age gracefully. People look at Walter Cronkite As a Man whose weathered lace reflects Trust. Experience Wisdom honesty and integrity there is no feminine counterpart ii you were to Pul a 70-Yearold woman in front of the camera. The world would adjust their sets ii s a double Standard. A mature Man is pensive a mature woman has nothing to say a a lure Man weighs decisions carefully before speaking a mature woman is accused of not remembering the question. A mature Man looks interesting " with his Pouch and sagging jowls a mature woman is described As letting it All go to a Good Case in Point is the statue of Liberty. The woman is nearly a Hundred years old Lor crying out loud and was marched in or a $56 million face lift. Then someone Gol Benl out of shape because her left Cheek neck and Arm Are blemished by pollution from Manhattan they say cleaning would expose the Copper to corrosion and could destroy her hey those Are the risks. There Are no guarantees. You want Chansl Brinkley standing in the Harbor talk to her agent. It won i Stop Wilh cake mixes or Pancake flour. Any Day now i expect to see the famous grand Wood painting of the couple who posed for the american gothic brought up to Date the Man will still have a Bald head and hold a Pitchfork but his wife will have Punk red hair hoop earrings Down to her shoulders and new nose Job. I know my Days Are numbered. To tiled lips and pearls new Box dimpled Knees Gol the Campbell kids a new can. It s Only a Mailer of Lime before mrs Butterworth gels Contact lenses. Somehow i d thought i d have a longer shelf Lile. A jobs Loi anu.1" Ali s monday june 30, 1986 the stars and stripes Paga 17
