![]() ![]() So I would have a great time with the writers and talk to them and the crew, who I loved. Once that was settled, the actress told NPR, "I just was so thrilled to be on that set. At some point, Alan said he couldn't keep calling me 'Nurse 1.' 'You're Kellye. All of a sudden, I was being written in as Nurse 123 and then Nurse Able, Baker and Charlie. She told The Hollywood Reporterin 2018, "Gene and Alan liked me. And all of the things that I really was off-screen, they put into my character."īeyond fleshing out her onscreen persona, Nakahara also sparked friendships that ensured Nurse Kellye stuck around. The crew noticed her antsy antics and the next thing she knew, Nakahara told NPRin 2016, the character started being shaped to be more and more like her authentic self: "One of the scenes is me tap dancing, and it was really hilarious because I would think I was tap dancing and trying to practice tap dancing – which was awful – in my boots all the time while waiting for a scene to start. Soon, she landed a bit part on M*A*S*H as Nurse #1.Įven though Nakahara was in such a minor role, it was her first experience as a hired actor, and she worked out her nerves on set by doing silly things like tap-dancing to shake them out. ![]() That’s where she met her husband, David Wallett, who swept her away to Los Angeles and encouraged her to try acting. Nakahara was from Hawaii, but as a young artist, she’d recently moved to San Francisco. Understanding how the character got added to the cast all starts with looking a little closer at the actress Nakahara. Today, it’s time to salute the 4077th’s most understated but ever-cheerful cast member Nurse Kellye. Played by Kellye Nakahara in her first-ever acting role, Nurse Kellye appeared in 167 episodes, just 10 shy of Gary Burghoff’s Radar, but because her quirky character had few lines, it’s easy for her to slip into the background of the show’s history, if you let her. Dish, Nurse Kellye arguably brought the most sunshine. Of all of M*A*S*H’s many nurses, from head nurse Margaret Houlihan to Hawkeye's original sweetie Lt.
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