Teri Garr

Acting · 1.5 popularity

Age

Movies

112

Born: December 11, 1944 – October 29, 2024
From: Lakewood, Ohio, USA

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.

Works

112 films

Dumb and Dumber

19946.7

Close Encounters of the Third Kind

19777.4

After Hours

19857.5

Young Frankenstein

19747.9

The Player

19927.2

The Conversation

19747.5

Tootsie

19827.2

Mr. Mom

19836.5

Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker

20007.3

Ghost World

20017.1

Clambake

19675.9

Prêt-à-Porter

19945.2

Michael

19965.7

Casper Meets Wendy

19985.9

The Black Stallion

19797.0

Dick

19996.0

Aloha Scooby-Doo!

20057.1

Unaccompanied Minors

20066.0

Let It Ride

19896.3

A Simple Wish

19975.5

Batman Beyond: The Movie

19997.2

Viva Las Vegas

19646.1

Oh, God!

19776.4

Waiting for the Light

19906.7

The Black Stallion Returns

19836.6

One from the Heart

19826.0

Searching for Debra Winger

20026.4

What a Way to Go!

19647.1

Short Time

19906.5

The Sting II

19834.7

Kabluey

20076.1

Double Jeopardy

19965.7

Out Cold

19895.9

Night of 100 Stars II

19856.8

Mr. Mike's Mondo Video

19795.3

Pajama Party

19644.8

Head

19686.2

Roustabout

19646.0

NightScream

19974.0

Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood

19764.3

Fun in Acapulco

19635.9

Mel Brooks: Make a Noise

20138.2

Firstborn

19846.2

Mom and Dad Save the World

19924.9

John Goldfarb, Please Come Home!

19653.8

Steve Martin Live!

19846.9

A Colder Kind of Death

20017.0

Life Without Dick

20023.7

Paul Reiser: Out on a Whim

19878.0

Kissin' Cousins

19644.7

You Haven't Changed a Bit

1970

Full Moon in Blue Water

19886.1

Robert Altman's Players

19927.0

Red Line 7000

19655.4

Honky Tonk Freeway

19815.3

The Escape Artist

19826.2

Do It Debbie's Way

198310.0

Mother Goose Rock 'n' Rhyme

19905.0

Maryjane

19683.8

The Winter of Our Discontent

19835.3

The Cool Ones

19675.4

The Best of Disney: 50 Years of Magic

19917.7

Once Upon a Brothers Grimm

19779.0

The T.A.M.I. Show

19647.9

The Sky is Falling

20018.3

Pack of Lies

19876.8

The Moonshine War

19705.7

Summertree

19716.2

The Absent-Minded Waiter

19776.6

Fugitive Nights: Danger in the Desert

19936.3

The Making of 'Close Encounters of the Third Kind'

20017.1

Inside the Coppola Personality

19817.5

The Making of 'Tootsie'

19826.0

To Catch a King

19847.0

The History of White People in America

19856.4

Half a Dozen Babies

19997.8

A Quiet Little Neighborhood, a Perfect Little Murder

19906.3

Deliver Them from Evil: The Taking of Alta View

199210.0

Murder Live!

19976.4

Rolling Stone Magazine: The 10th Anniversary

19778.0

Jackie Gleason: The Great One

19888.0

Ronnie and Julie

19974.5

Kill the Man

19995.7

The Definite Maybe

19974.5

Perfect Alibi

19954.0

Shining Time Station: One of the Family

1995

Rendez-Vous Video Magazine

19815.0

Law and Order

19768.0

A Better Man: The Making of 'Tootsie'

20086.0

Prime Suspect

19826.7

The Wiki-Tiki Tail of Aloha Scooby-Doo

2005

Expired

20075.9

Mel Brooks: Unwrapped

20186.4

Flapjack Floozie

1988

Witches' Brew

19804.9

Changes

19696.3

The Tale of the Frog Prince

19825.8

Changing Habits

19972.6

Doctor Franken

19806.0

Making Frankensense of Young Frankenstein

19968.3

A Swingin' Affair

19637.3

Stranger in the Family

19915.4

A Taste Of Jupiter

20054.2

Miracles

19864.6

For Pete's Sake

19667.5

The Hardy Boys: The Mystery of the Chinese Junk

19676.3

Aliens for Breakfast

19945.5

Intimate Strangers

19869.0

Where's the Bus?

1966

Martin Mull Live from North Ridgeville, Ohio

19878.0

The Dream Studio

200410.0

Java Junkie

19798.0