Kellye Nakahara

Kellye Nakahara Watson (January 16, 1948 – February 16, 2020) was an American actress, best known for playing Nurse Kellye in 167 episodes of the television comedy series M*A*S*H.

Nakahara was born in Honolulu.

Before becoming an actress, Nakahara moved to San Francisco to pursue a career in art.

In 1967, she married David Wallett and moved to Los Angeles where she began a career as an actress.

Halfway through the first season of M*A*S*H, she landed the part of Nurse Kellye; she appeared in 167 episodes of the long-running series.

Following the series finale of M*A*S*H, Nakahara appeared in television commercials as a spokesperson for IBM.

Additionally, she appeared in several other television shows, had a small part in the films Clue (1985) as Mrs. Ho, the domestic cook, and in 1995's Black Day Blue Night.

She also played a labor and delivery nurse in the 1988 John Hughes film She's Having a Baby.

Nakahara was also a watercolor artist, who painted and exhibited under her married name, Kellye Wallett.

Nakahara died from cancer at her home in Pasadena, California, on February 16, 2020.