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Teri Garr

Teri Garr

Actor · 1944 – 2024 · 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.

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  • Movie6.7

    Dumb and Dumber

    1994 · 6.9K votes

  • Movie7.4
  • Movie7.5

    The Conversation

    1974 · 2.1K votes

  • Movie7.9

    Young Frankenstein

    1974 · 3.5K votes

  • Movie7.5

    After Hours

    1985 · 1.8K votes

  • Movie7.3
  • Movie7.2

    The Player

    1992 · 987 votes

  • Movie7.2

    Tootsie

    1982 · 2K votes

  • Movie7.1

    Ghost World

    2001 · 1.6K votes

  • Movie6.0

    Unaccompanied Minors

    2006 · 333 votes

  • Movie5.2

    Prêt-à-Porter

    1994 · 234 votes

  • Movie7.1

    Aloha Scooby-Doo!

    2005 · 470 votes

  • Movie6.6

    Mr. Mom

    1983 · 363 votes

  • Movie7.2

    Batman Beyond: The Movie

    1999 · 208 votes

  • Movie5.7

    Michael

    1996 · 704 votes

  • Movie5.9

    One from the Heart

    1982 · 216 votes

  • Movie7.1

    What a Way to Go!

    1964 · 109 votes

  • Movie7.1

    The Black Stallion

    1979 · 341 votes

  • Movie5.5

    A Simple Wish

    1997 · 179 votes

  • Movie6.1

    Viva Las Vegas

    1964 · 163 votes

  • Movie6.0

    Dick

    1999 · 307 votes

  • Movie6.3

    Let It Ride

    1989 · 103 votes

  • Movie5.9

    Casper Meets Wendy

    1998 · 425 votes

  • Movie6.0

    Roustabout

    1964 · 59 votes

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  • TV7.5
  • TV8.0
  • TV6.9

    Saturday Night Live

    1975 · 527 votes

  • TV5.8

    The Mike Douglas Show

    1961 · 11 votes

  • TV8.4

    Friends

    1994 · 9.4K votes

  • TV7.4

    King of the Hill

    1997 · 699 votes

  • TV7.7

    Frasier

    1993 · 936 votes

  • TV7.0

    Golden Globe Awards

    1944 · 20 votes

  • TV7.8

    ER

    1994 · 966 votes

  • TV6.8

    The Merv Griffin Show

    1962 · 12 votes

  • TV8.0

    Star Trek

    1966 · 1.6K votes

  • TV7.8

    Sabrina, the Teenage Witch

    1996 · 1.3K votes

  • TV7.9

    M*A*S*H

    1972 · 770 votes

  • TV7.6

    The Andy Griffith Show

    1960 · 175 votes

  • TV5.7

    Dr. Kildare

    1961 · 19 votes

  • TV7.4

    Strong Medicine

    2000 · 17 votes

  • TV5.3

    Wogan

    1982 · 7 votes

  • TV7.3

    Batman

    1966 · 617 votes

  • TV8.2

    Batman Beyond

    1999 · 635 votes

  • TV7.8

    The Odd Couple

    1970 · 69 votes

  • TV4.5

    Intimate Portrait

    1993 · 5 votes

  • TV6.4

    The Tony Danza Show

    2004 · 8 votes

  • TV6.5

    Murphy Brown

    1988 · 93 votes

  • TV8.0

    Tales from the Crypt

    1989 · 1K votes