Kellye Nakahara
Encyclopedia
Kellye Nakahara is an American actress, best known for playing Nurse Kellye in 165 episodes of the television
comedy
M*A*S*H.
. She married David Wallett, and moved to Los Angeles
to try acting
. Other than M*A*S*H, she has had small roles and guest spots on several other television shows, had a small part in the films Clue
(1985) as the domestic cook
, and in the 1996 film Black Day Blue Night
. Along with several other M*A*S*H cast members, was a spokesperson for IBM
.
Nakahara still occasionally works as an actress, as well as working as a watercolor artist
who paints and exhibits under her married name, Kellye Wallett. She has two children.
Television
Television is a telecommunication medium for transmitting and receiving moving images that can be monochrome or colored, with accompanying sound...
comedy
Comedy
Comedy , as a popular meaning, is any humorous discourse or work generally intended to amuse by creating laughter, especially in television, film, and stand-up comedy. This must be carefully distinguished from its academic definition, namely the comic theatre, whose Western origins are found in...
M*A*S*H.
Biography
Nakahara was born in Oahu, Hawaii. Before becoming an actress, Nakahara moved from Hawaii to San Francisco to pursue a career in artArt
Art is the product or process of deliberately arranging items in a way that influences and affects one or more of the senses, emotions, and intellect....
. She married David Wallett, and moved to Los Angeles
Los Ángeles
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to try acting
Acting
Acting is the work of an actor or actress, which is a person in theatre, television, film, or any other storytelling medium who tells the story by portraying a character and, usually, speaking or singing the written text or play....
. Other than M*A*S*H, she has had small roles and guest spots on several other television shows, had a small part in the films Clue
Clue (film)
Clue is a 1985 comedy mystery film based on the board game of the same name . The film is a murder mystery set in a Gothic Revival mansion, and is styled after Murder by Death and other various murder/dinner parties of mystery...
(1985) as the domestic cook
Cook (servant)
A cook is a household staff member responsible for food preparation. The term can refer to the head of kitchen staff in a great house or to the cook-housekeeper, a far less prestigious position involving more physical labour....
, and in the 1996 film Black Day Blue Night
Black Day Blue Night
- Plot :A wife's husband is cheating on her. She decides to go on a road trip with her husband's other woman. While driving the two women pick up a hitchhiker. The man they pick up may be a robber and murderer on the run from the cops...
. Along with several other M*A*S*H cast members, was a spokesperson for IBM
IBM
International Business Machines Corporation or IBM is an American multinational technology and consulting corporation headquartered in Armonk, New York, United States. IBM manufactures and sells computer hardware and software, and it offers infrastructure, hosting and consulting services in areas...
.
Nakahara still occasionally works as an actress, as well as working as a watercolor artist
Artist
An artist is a person engaged in one or more of any of a broad spectrum of activities related to creating art, practicing the arts and/or demonstrating an art. The common usage in both everyday speech and academic discourse is a practitioner in the visual arts only...
who paints and exhibits under her married name, Kellye Wallett. She has two children.