Teri Garr
Actor/Actriz
107
Movies
54
TV Shows
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.
As Actor/Actress
La Ley y el Orden: Unidad de Víctimas Especiales
Minerva Grahame-Bishop
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self
Friends
Phoebe Sr.
Viaje a las estrellas
Roberta Lincoln
Saturday Night Live
Self - Host
Frasier
Nancy (voice)
The Mike Douglas Show
Self
Sala de urgencias
Celinda Randlett
Los Reyes de la Colina
Laney (voice)
The Andy Griffith Show
Girl In A Red Convertible
Golden Globe Awards
Self
Mash
Lt. Suzanne Marquette
Sabrina, la bruja adolescente
Yenta
Batman
Girl Outside Rink (uncredited)
Strong Medicine
Mimi Stark
The Merv Griffin Show
Self
Wogan
Self
Dr. Kildare
Naomi (uncredited)
Felicity
Dr. Zwick
Batman del futuro
Mary McGinnis (voice)
Cuentos de la Cripta
Irene Paloma ("segment "The Trap")
Barnaby Jones
Maria Thompson
The Bob Newhart Show
Miss Brennan
Intimate Portrait
Self
Murphy Brown
Teri Garr
Duckman
Vanessa La Pert (voice)
The Larry Sanders Show
Teri Garr
The Odd Couple
Insurance Agent
¿Qué Hay De Nuevo, Scooby-Doo?
Sandy Gordon (voice)
That Girl
Estelle