
Teri Garr
Born December 11, 1944 · Lakewood, Ohio, USA
Teri Ann Garr (December 11, 1944 – October 29, 2024) was an American actress, dancer and singer. She frequently appeared in comedic roles throughout her career, which spanned four decades and includes over 140 credits in film and television. Her accolades include one Academy Award nomination, a BAFTA Award nomination, and one National Board of Review Award. Born in Lakewood, Ohio, Garr was raised in North Hollywood. She was the third child of a comedic-actor father and a studio costumer mother. In her youth, Garr trained in ballet and other forms of dance. She began her career as a teenager with small roles in television and film in the early 1960s, including appearances as a dancer in six Elvis Presley musicals. After spending two years attending college, Garr left Los Angeles and studied acting at the Lee Strasberg Institute in New York City. Her self-described "big break" as an actress was landing a role in the Star Trek episode "Assignment: Earth," after which she said, "I finally started to get real acting work." Garr had a supporting role in Francis Ford Coppola's thriller "The Conversation" (1974) before having her film breakthrough as Inga in "Young Frankenstein" (1974). In 1977, she was cast in a high-profile role in Steven Spielberg's "Close Encounters of the Third Kind." Garr continued to appear in various high-profile roles throughout the 1980s, including supporting parts in the comedies "Tootsie" (1982), for which she was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role of Sandra Lester, and then appearing opposite Michael Keaton the next year in "Mr. Mom" (1983). She reunited with Coppola the same year, appearing in his musical "One from the Heart" (1982), followed by a supporting part in Martin Scorsese's black comedy "After Hours" (1985). Her quick banter led to Garr being a regular guest on "The Tonight Show" starring Johnny Carson and "Late Night with David Letterman." In the 1990s, she appeared in two films by Robert Altman: "The Player" (1992) and "Prêt-à-Porter" (1994), followed by supporting roles in "Michael" (1996) and "Ghost World" (2001). She also appeared on television as Phoebe Abbott in three episodes of the sitcom "Friends" (1997–98). In 2002, Garr announced that she had been diagnosed with multiple sclerosis, the symptoms of which had negatively affected her ability to perform beginning in the 1990s. After years of declining health, she passed away on October 29, 2024.
Movies

Dumb and Dumber

Close Encounters of the Third Kind

The Conversation

Young Frankenstein

After Hours

Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker

The Player

Tootsie

Ghost World

Unaccompanied Minors

Prêt-à-Porter

Aloha Scooby-Doo!

Mr. Mom

Batman Beyond: The Movie

Michael

One from the Heart

What a Way to Go!

The Black Stallion

A Simple Wish

Viva Las Vegas

Dick

Let It Ride

Casper Meets Wendy

Roustabout

Night of 100 Stars II

Clambake

Head

Pajama Party

Mom and Dad Save the World

Short Time

The Sky is Falling

Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood

Kissin' Cousins

Firstborn

Oh, God!

Doctor Franken

Life Without Dick

Kabluey

Waiting for the Light

The Black Stallion Returns

Honky Tonk Freeway

Fun in Acapulco

John Goldfarb, Please Come Home!

Full Moon in Blue Water

Mr. Mike's Mondo Video

To Catch a King

Mel Brooks: Make a Noise

The Making of 'Close Encounters of the Third Kind'

The T.A.M.I. Show

Double Jeopardy
TV Shows

Friends

King of the Hill

Frasier

Golden Globe Awards

ER

The Merv Griffin Show

Star Trek

Sabrina, the Teenage Witch

M*A*S*H

The Andy Griffith Show

Dr. Kildare

Strong Medicine

Wogan

Batman

Batman Beyond

The Odd Couple

Intimate Portrait

Murphy Brown

Tales from the Crypt

The Larry Sanders Show

Felicity

Barnaby Jones

The Bob Newhart Show

What's New, Scooby-Doo?

McCloud

Duckman

That Girl

Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist

Faerie Tale Theatre

Dream On

Shindig!

It Takes a Thief

Legends

Mayberry R.F.D.

Life with Bonnie

The Mothers-in-Law

Adventures in Wonderland

The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour

Men Behaving Badly

The New Dick Van Dyke Show

The Rosie O'Donnell Show

The American Film Institute Salute to ...

Good Advice

Banyon

The Weird Al Show

Women of the House

Fresno

The Girl with Something Extra

Good & Evil

Crumbs
More Movies

The Best of Disney: 50 Years of Magic

NightScream

Mother Goose Rock 'n' Rhyme

Out Cold

The Sting II

Paul Reiser: Out on a Whim

The Moonshine War

Steve Martin Live!

Fugitive Nights: Danger in the Desert

A Quiet Little Neighborhood, a Perfect Little Murder

The Escape Artist

The Tale of the Frog Prince

Rolling Stone Magazine: The 10th Anniversary

The History of White People in America

Do It Debbie's Way

Deliver Them from Evil: The Taking of Alta View

Aliens for Breakfast

A Colder Kind of Death

A Better Man: The Making of 'Tootsie'

Ronnie and Julie

Rendez-Vous Video Magazine

Once Upon a Brothers Grimm

Red Line 7000

The Cool Ones

Inside the Coppola Personality

Expired

The Winter of Our Discontent

Half a Dozen Babies

The Making of 'Tootsie'

Robert Altman's Players

Stranger in the Family

The Absent-Minded Waiter

Searching for Debra Winger

Miracles

Witches' Brew

Maryjane

Murder Live!

Pack of Lies

Making Frankensense of Young Frankenstein

Perfect Alibi

Prime Suspect

Summertree

For Pete's Sake

Changing Habits

Mel Brooks: Unwrapped

You Haven't Changed a Bit

The Dream Studio

The Definite Maybe

Law and Order

Martin Mull Live from North Ridgeville, Ohio

Where's the Bus?

Kill the Man

A Taste Of Jupiter

A Swingin' Affair

Flapjack Floozie

Changes

Intimate Strangers




