Teri Garr

Acting · 1.9 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

Clambake

19675.9

Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker

20007.3

Prêt-à-Porter

19945.2

Mr. Mom

19836.5

Ghost World

20017.1

Michael

19965.7

The Black Stallion

19797.0

Casper Meets Wendy

19985.9

A Simple Wish

19975.5

Let It Ride

19896.3

Unaccompanied Minors

20066.0

Aloha Scooby-Doo!

20057.1

Dick

19996.0

Batman Beyond: The Movie

19997.2

Viva Las Vegas

19646.1

Oh, God!

19776.4

Waiting for the Light

19906.7

What a Way to Go!

19647.1

One from the Heart

19826.0

The Black Stallion Returns

19836.6

Out Cold

19895.9

Searching for Debra Winger

20026.4

Mr. Mike's Mondo Video

19795.3

Roustabout

19646.0

Kabluey

20076.1

The Sting II

19834.7

Short Time

19906.5

Night of 100 Stars II

19856.8

Steve Martin Live!

19846.9

Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood

19764.3

Mel Brooks: Make a Noise

20138.2

Head

19686.2

Kissin' Cousins

19644.7

Life Without Dick

20023.7

Fun in Acapulco

19635.9

The Best of Disney: 50 Years of Magic

19917.7

Firstborn

19846.2

Honky Tonk Freeway

19815.3

NightScream

19974.0

John Goldfarb, Please Come Home!

19653.8

The Escape Artist

19826.2

Double Jeopardy

19965.7

Pajama Party

19644.8

Full Moon in Blue Water

19886.1

Mom and Dad Save the World

19924.9

You Haven't Changed a Bit

1970

Mother Goose Rock 'n' Rhyme

19905.0

Red Line 7000

19655.4

Fugitive Nights: Danger in the Desert

19936.3

The Sky is Falling

20018.3

Do It Debbie's Way

198310.0

A Colder Kind of Death

20017.0

Maryjane

19683.8

Pack of Lies

19876.8

Half a Dozen Babies

19997.8

The Cool Ones

19675.4

Robert Altman's Players

19927.0

Paul Reiser: Out on a Whim

19878.0

The Moonshine War

19705.7

The History of White People in America

19856.4

Once Upon a Brothers Grimm

19779.0

Summertree

19716.2

The T.A.M.I. Show

19647.9

Ronnie and Julie

19974.5

Witches' Brew

19804.9

The Making of 'Close Encounters of the Third Kind'

20017.1

Kill the Man

19995.7

The Absent-Minded Waiter

19776.6

A Better Man: The Making of 'Tootsie'

20086.0

To Catch a King

19847.0

A Quiet Little Neighborhood, a Perfect Little Murder

19906.3

The Making of 'Tootsie'

19826.0

Changing Habits

19972.6

Stranger in the Family

19915.4

The Dream Studio

200410.0

Jackie Gleason: The Great One

19888.0

The Winter of Our Discontent

19835.3

Deliver Them from Evil: The Taking of Alta View

199210.0

Prime Suspect

19826.7

Rendez-Vous Video Magazine

19815.0

Mel Brooks: Unwrapped

20186.4

Shining Time Station: One of the Family

1995

Law and Order

19768.0

The Wiki-Tiki Tail of Aloha Scooby-Doo

2005

Perfect Alibi

19954.0

The Tale of the Frog Prince

19825.8

Rolling Stone Magazine: The 10th Anniversary

19778.0

Inside the Coppola Personality

19817.5

Murder Live!

19976.4

The Definite Maybe

19974.5

The Hardy Boys: The Mystery of the Chinese Junk

19676.3

Doctor Franken

19806.0

Flapjack Floozie

1988

Martin Mull Live from North Ridgeville, Ohio

19878.0

Aliens for Breakfast

19945.5

Where's the Bus?

1966

Expired

20075.9

Changes

19696.3

Intimate Strangers

19869.0

For Pete's Sake

19667.5

A Taste Of Jupiter

20054.2

A Swingin' Affair

19637.3

Making Frankensense of Young Frankenstein

19968.3

Miracles

19864.6

Java Junkie

19798.0