Kellerman began the decade as Mary, a divorced middle-aged suburban mother struggling to raise her rebellious daughter (Jodie Foster) in Adrian Lyne's "Foxes" (1980); Martha, a six-times-married eccentric, in Bill Persky's "Serial", and the silly-but-sophisticated Mrs. Liggett in Jack Smight's "Loving Couples". Later roles included Mary, a child psychiatrist in a sadomasochistic relationship with a psychology professor (Stephen Lackman) after they meet by accident (literally) in Michael Grant's "Head On", and a 1920s socialite in Kirk Browning's made-for-television film adaptation of Dorothy Parker's 1929 short story "Big Blonde" (both 1980). From October 3 to November 15, 1980, Kellerman starred as Julia Seton in an Ahmanson Theatre production of Philip Barry's "Holiday" (directed by Robert Allan Ackerman) with Kevin Kline, Maurice Evans and Marisa Berenson.