Kellye Nakahara, Nurse Kellye on "M*A*S*H", has passed away at 72 (1 Viewer)

[Adam Lenhardt]

The cause was cancer.

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/kellye-nakahara-wallett-dead-actress-mash-dies-at-72-1279682

 

[Josh Steinberg]

So sorry to hear that.

Her portrayal of Nurse Kellye was fantastic. I can’t help but see Alan Alda whenever I see him in a role, but because of talents like hers, the world of M*A*S*H seemed more real than a 70s television show had any right to be. By the later seasons when the supporting players were finally given bigger bits of business, she became an indispensable character and one I looked forward to seeing. She’s part of a talented group that turned what could have been a short lived folly into a timeless masterpiece that’s in many ways the American TV version of “No Exit”.

 

[TravisR]

She'll always be the Cook in Clue to me.

 

[Jeffrey D]

Very sad. RIP, Kelly. She was a good supporting character in MASH.

 

[Clinton McClure]

She'll always be the Cook in Clue to me.

Clue is one of my favorite movies but I never realized that was her.