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 Coppolas 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 Spielbergs 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 Scorseses 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.
Maxine (uncredited)
Film 2001
Self
Film 1988
Judge Esther Newberg
Film 1996
Harem Girl (uncredited)
Film 1965
Dancer (uncredited)
Film 1964
Susie
Film 1967
Susan Cates
Film 1977
Alec Ramsay's Mother
Film 1983
Film 2005
Caroline
Film 1983
Louise
Film 1988
Jill (of Jack and Jill)
Film 1990
Self (archive footage)
Film 2013
Alec's Mother
Film 1979
Testy True
Film 1968
Claire's Mother / Aunt Tilde
Film 2007
Wendy
Film 1984
Self
Film 1987
Sister Conductor
Film 1995
Connie
Film 1997
Waitress
Film 1969
Self
Film 1984
Self
Film 1991
Laney Tolbert
Film 1995
Frog Princess
Film 1977
Hannah Winter
Film 1984
Helen Schaefer
Film 1987
self
Film 2004
Waitress
Film 1979
Pajama Girl
Film 1964
Self
Film 1977
Self
Film 1985
Dionne Waters
Film 1997
Elizabeth Monroe
Film 1997
Corinne
Film 1970
Film 1963
Shipboard Number Dancer (uncredited)
Film 1964
Carnival Dancer (uncredited)
Film 1964
Nightclub Dancer (uncredited)
Film 1965
Film 1966
Margaret Lightman
Film 1980
Hotel Guest (uncredited)
Film 1963
Hillbilly Dancer (uncredited)
Film 1964
Whiz Girl
Film 1967
Bennie's Girlfriend (uncredited)
Film 1971
Dancer (uncredited)
Film 1967
Teri
Film 1968
Girl
Film 1966
Brita Burrows
Film 1993
Mary Hawley
Film 1983
Self
Film 1985
Randi Thompson
Film 1991
Mrs. Livingston
Film 1999
Self (archive footage)
Film 2018
Self
Film 1981
Cindy Dubroski
Film 1996
Herself
Film 2005
Princess
Film 1982
Lee Dilley
Film 1999
Self (segment "Coppola")
Film 1981
Self
Film 2001
Self
Film 2008
Self
Film 1992
Susan Woolley
Film 1992
JoAnn McGrath
Film 1997
Self (archive footage)
Film 2014
Kelli Fisher
Film 1980
Marsha Pegler
Film 1990
Self
Film 1983
Mrs. Bickerstaff
Film 1994
Inga (archive footage)
Film 1996
Self - Go-Go Dancer (uncredited)
Film 1964
Rita Wasinski
Film 1976
Self
Film 2002
Self
Film 1979
Mary McGinnis (voice)
Tv 1999
Lt. Suzanne Marquette
Tv 1972
Roberta Lincoln
Tv 1966
Phoebe Sr.
Tv 1994
Mrs. Abigail Portinbody
Tv 2002
Laney (voice)
Tv 1997
Tv 1966
Minerva Grahame-Bishop
Tv 1999
Sissy Emerson
Tv 1995
Amber
Tv 1973
Duchess
Tv 1992
Tv 1991
Self - Host
Tv 1975
Dr. Zwick
Tv 1998
Yenta
Tv 1996
Self
Tv 1993
Wife/Singer
Tv 1971
Self
Tv 1962
Cashier
Tv 1968
Girl In A Red Convertible
Tv 1960
Sgt. Phyllis Norton
Tv 1970
Self
Tv 1973
Self
Tv 1982
Self
Tv 2004
Self - Guest
Tv 1996
Sandy Gordon (voice)
Tv 2002
Tv 1997
Inga (archive footage) (uncredited)
Tv 2006
Usherette
Tv 1967
Sandra McCadden
Tv 1990
Self - Dancer
Tv 1964
Irene Paloma
Tv 1989
Mimi Stark
Tv 2000
Self
Tv 1977
Celinda Randlett
Tv 1994
Self - Presenter
Tv 1944