Teri Garr
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.
169 acting credits
Acting · 169
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
Friends
1994
Saturday Night Live
1975
ER
1994
Frasier
1993
King of the Hill
1997
The Mike Douglas Show
1961
Golden Globe Awards
1944
The Andy Griffith Show
1960
Star Trek
1966
M*A*S*H
1972
Batman
1966
Strong Medicine
2000
Sabrina, the Teenage Witch
1996
Dr. Kildare
1961
The Merv Griffin Show
1962
Wogan
1982
The Odd Couple
1970
Tales from the Crypt
1989
Felicity
1998
Barnaby Jones
1973
Batman Beyond
1999
Duckman
1994
The Larry Sanders Show
1992
Intimate Portrait
1993
Murphy Brown
1988
That Girl
1966
What's New, Scooby-Doo?
2002
The Tony Danza Show
2004
McCloud
1970
The Bob Newhart Show
1972
Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist
1995
Faerie Tale Theatre
1982
Mayberry R.F.D.
1968
Dream On
1990
It Takes a Thief
1968
The Mothers-in-Law
1967
Dumb and Dumber
1994
Adventures in Wonderland
1992
Legends
2006
Life with Bonnie
2002
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
1973
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
1977
Men Behaving Badly
1996
Good Advice
1993
The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour
1971
Banyon
1972
Shindig!
1964
Please Turn the Page
1977
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
1996
The New Dick Van Dyke Show
1971
Young Frankenstein
1974
The Player
1992
Women of the House
1995
Fresno
1986
Crumbs
2006
The Weird Al Show
1997
Michael
1996
After Hours
1985
The Conversation
1974
The Girl with Something Extra
1973
Tootsie
1982
Prêt-à-Porter
1994
Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker
2000
Ghost World
2001
Night of 100 Stars II
1985
Dick
1999
Good & Evil
1991
A Simple Wish
1997
The Black Stallion
1979
Unaccompanied Minors
2006
Aloha Scooby-Doo!
2005
Casper Meets Wendy
1998
Batman Beyond: The Movie
1999
Searching for Debra Winger
2002
Mr. Mom
1983
One from the Heart
1982
Clambake
1967
Roustabout
1964
What a Way to Go!
1964
Let It Ride
1989
Short Time
1990
The Escape Artist
1982
Mom and Dad Save the World
1992
Red Line 7000
1965
Viva Las Vegas
1964
John Goldfarb, Please Come Home!
1965
The Sting II
1983
Head
1968
Paul Reiser: Out on a Whim
1987
Firstborn
1984
Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood
1976
Fun in Acapulco
1963
Mother Goose Rock 'n' Rhyme
1990
Great Drives
1996
The Best of Disney: 50 Years of Magic
1991
The Black Stallion Returns
1983
Oh, God!
1977
Kabluey
2007
The Moonshine War
1970
Out Cold
1989
Rolling Stone Magazine: The 10th Anniversary
1977
Fugitive Nights: Danger in the Desert
1993
The Cool Ones
1967
A Colder Kind of Death
2001
Waiting for the Light
1990
Pajama Party
1964
Mr. Mike's Mondo Video
1979
Honky Tonk Freeway
1981
Full Moon in Blue Water
1988
Doctor Franken
1980
The History of White People in America
1985
Making Frankensense of Young Frankenstein
1996
Life Without Dick
2002
The Sky is Falling
2001
Prime Suspect
1982
The T.A.M.I. Show
1964
A Quiet Little Neighborhood, a Perfect Little Murder
1990
Kissin' Cousins
1964
Summertree
1971
The Absent-Minded Waiter
1977
The Definite Maybe
1997
Perfect Alibi
1995
Miracles
1986
Pack of Lies
1987
Steve Martin Live!
1984
The Making of 'Close Encounters of the Third Kind'
2001
Maryjane
1968
Murder Live!
1997
NightScream
1997
The Winter of Our Discontent
1983
Law and Order
1976
The Tale of the Frog Prince
1982
Mel Brooks: Make a Noise
2013
Expired
2007
Changes
1969
The Hardy Boys: The Mystery of the Chinese Junk
1967
Aliens for Breakfast
1994
Kill the Man
1999
Shining Time Station: One of the Family
1995
To Catch a King
1984
Intimate Strangers
1986
Deliver Them from Evil: The Taking of Alta View
1992
Witches' Brew
1980
Double Jeopardy
1996
Jackie Gleason: The Great One
1988
Once Upon a Brothers Grimm
1977
Changing Habits
1997
Stranger in the Family
1991
A Better Man: The Making of 'Tootsie'
2008
Rendez-Vous Video Magazine
1981
Mel Brooks: Unwrapped
2018
Do It Debbie's Way
1983
Half a Dozen Babies
1999
The Wiki-Tiki Tail of Aloha Scooby-Doo
2005
Java Junkie
1979
Inside the Coppola Personality
1981
Flapjack Floozie
1988
The Dream Studio
2004
For Pete's Sake
1966
Robert Altman's Players
1992
Ronnie and Julie
1997
Martin Mull Live from North Ridgeville, Ohio
1987
The Making of 'Tootsie'
1982
A Swingin' Affair
1963
You Haven't Changed a Bit
1970
Where's the Bus?
1966
A Taste Of Jupiter
2005