Teri Garr
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
168
Gender
Female
Birthday
1944-12-11
Day of death
2024-10-29 (79 years old)
Place of Birth
Lakewood, Ohio, USA
Teri Garr
Biography
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.
Known For
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Friends
The Mike Douglas Show
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Saturday Night Live
Saturday Night Live
Saturday Night Live
Golden Globe Awards
ER
Frasier
Star Trek
King of the Hill
The Andy Griffith Show
Batman
Strong Medicine
M*A*S*H
Sabrina, the Teenage Witch
Wogan
Batman Beyond
The Merv Griffin Show
The Tony Danza Show
Intimate Portrait
Faerie Tale Theatre
Faerie Tale Theatre
Felicity
Duckman
What's New, Scooby-Doo?
The Larry Sanders Show
The Odd Couple
Tales from the Crypt
Murphy Brown
Barnaby Jones
McCloud
Dumb and Dumber
That Girl
Michael
The Bob Newhart Show
Short Time
Clambake
Double Jeopardy
Mr. Mom
Oh, God!
Life with Bonnie
Witches' Brew
It Takes a Thief
The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour
Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist
Dream On
Firstborn
Head
Maryjane
Mayberry R.F.D.
Aloha Scooby-Doo!
The Mothers-in-Law
Doctor Franken
Legends
Young Frankenstein
The Player
Kabluey
Let It Ride
NightScream
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
Miracles
Good Advice
After Hours
The New Dick Van Dyke Show
Prêt-à-Porter
Kissin' Cousins
Summertree
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
Men Behaving Badly
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
Flapjack Floozie
Please Turn the Page
Expired
Banyon
The Girl with Something Extra
The Weird Al Show
Pajama Party
The Conversation
Women of the House
Life Without Dick
Adventures in Wonderland
Shindig!
Tootsie
Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker
Ronnie and Julie
Law and Order
The Best of Disney: 50 Years of Magic
Waiting for the Light
Dick
Unaccompanied Minors
Ghost World
The Dream Studio
The Black Stallion
Fresno
Mr. Mike's Mondo Video
Batman Beyond: The Movie
One from the Heart
Casper Meets Wendy
Crumbs
Half a Dozen Babies
A Simple Wish
What a Way to Go!
Robert Altman's Players
Do It Debbie's Way
Good & Evil
Night of 100 Stars II
Viva Las Vegas
The Black Stallion Returns
Fun in Acapulco
Prime Suspect
Red Line 7000
Honky Tonk Freeway
The Sting II
Rolling Stone Magazine: The 10th Anniversary
Roustabout
The Escape Artist
The Winter of Our Discontent
Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood
Searching for Debra Winger
Fugitive Nights: Danger in the Desert
Mom and Dad Save the World
Out Cold
Full Moon in Blue Water
The Cool Ones
Steve Martin Live!
The Moonshine War
Mel Brooks: Make a Noise
The Sky is Falling
John Goldfarb, Please Come Home!
Mother Goose Rock 'n' Rhyme
Making Frankensense of Young Frankenstein
Perfect Alibi
Murder Live!
Mel Brooks: Unwrapped
A Better Man: The Making of 'Tootsie'
The Hardy Boys: The Mystery of the Chinese Junk
Stranger in the Family
Paul Reiser: Out on a Whim
The Tale of the Frog Prince
Once Upon a Brothers Grimm
The Absent-Minded Waiter
Aliens for Breakfast
The T.A.M.I. Show
Changing Habits
The Making of 'Close Encounters of the Third Kind'
Changes
Pack of Lies
Jackie Gleason: The Great One
The Wiki-Tiki Tail of Aloha Scooby-Doo
Kill the Man
A Quiet Little Neighborhood, a Perfect Little Murder
Deliver Them from Evil: The Taking of Alta View
To Catch a King
The History of White People in America
Rendez-Vous Video Magazine
Intimate Strangers
A Colder Kind of Death
For Pete's Sake
The Definite Maybe
Inside the Coppola Personality
A Taste Of Jupiter
Java Junkie
Shining Time Station: One of the Family
You Haven't Changed a Bit
A Swingin' Affair
Where's the Bus?
