Teri Garr

Teri Garr

Birthdate
December 11, 1944 (79 years old)
Place of Birth
Lakewood, Ohio, USA
Known For
Acting

Details

Birthdate
December 11, 1944 (79 years old)
Place of Birth
Lakewood, Ohio, USA
Known For
Acting

Biography

Teri Ann Garr (born December 11, 1944) is a retired American actress, dancer and singer. She frequently appeared in comedic roles throughout her career, which spans 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 is 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.

Teri Garr's LGBTQ+ Titles

Tootsie
Tootsie
Sandy

Acting (149)

2014
And the Oscar Goes To... as Self (archive footage)
2013
Mel Brooks: Make a Noise as Self (archive footage)
2008
A Better Man: The Making of 'Tootsie' as Self
2007
Kabluey as Suze
2007
Expired as Claire's Mother / Aunt Tilde
2006
Legends as Inga (archive footage) (uncredited) (1 episode)
2005
A Taste Of Jupiter
2005
Aloha Scooby-Doo! as Mayor Molly Quinn (voice)
2004
The Tony Danza Show as Self (1 episode)
2004
The Dream Studio as self
2002
Life with Bonnie as Mrs. Abigail Portinbody (1 episode)
2002
What's New, Scooby-Doo? as Sandy Gordon (voice) (1 episode)
2002
Searching for Debra Winger as Self
2002
Life Without Dick as Madame Hugonaut
2001
Ghost World as Maxine (uncredited)
2001
The Sky is Falling as Mona Hall
2001
The Making of 'Close Encounters of the Third Kind' as Self
2001
The Wandering Soul Murders as Tess Malone
2000
Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker as Mary McGinnis (voice)
1999
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as Minerva Grahame-Bishop (1 episode)
1999
Dick as Helen Lorenzo
1999
Half a Dozen Babies as Lee Dilley
1999
Kill the Man as Mrs. Livingston
1999
Batman Beyond as Mary McGinnis (voice) (3 episodes)
1999
Batman Beyond: The Movie as Mary McGinnis (voice)
1998
Felicity as Dr. Zwick (1 episode)
1998
Casper Meets Wendy as Fanny
1997
The Weird Al Show (1 episode)
1997
A Simple Wish as Rena
1997
The Definite Maybe as Dionne Waters
1997
Changing Habits as Connie
1997
NightScream as Julie Ordwell
1997
Ronnie and Julie as Elizabeth Monroe
1997
Murder Live! as JoAnn McGrath
1997
King of the Hill as Laney (voice) (1 episode)
1996
Michael as Judge Esther Newberg
1996
Sabrina, the Teenage Witch as Yenta (1 episode)
1996
Men Behaving Badly as Carol (1 episode)
1996
The Rosie O'Donnell Show as Self - Guest (1 episode)
1996
Double Jeopardy as Cindy Dubroski
1996
Making Frankensense of Young Frankenstein as Inga (archive footage)
1995
Shining Time Station: One of the Family as Sister Conductor
1995
Perfect Alibi as Laney Tolbert
1995
Women of the House as Sissy Emerson (13 episodes)
1994
Prêt-à-Porter as Louise Hamilton
1994
Dumb and Dumber as Helen Swanson
1994
Friends as Phoebe Sr. (3 episodes)
1994
ER as Celinda Randlett (1 episode)
1994
Aliens for Breakfast as Mrs. Bickerstaff
1993
Fugitive Nights: Danger in the Desert as Brita Burrows
1993
Intimate Portrait as Self (1 episode)
1993
Frasier as Nancy (voice) (1 episode)
1993
Good Advice as Paige Turner (19 episodes)
1992
Mom and Dad Save the World as Marge Nelson
1992
Deliver Them from Evil: The Taking of Alta View as Susan Woolley
1992
The Player as Teri Garr
1992
Adventures in Wonderland as Duchess (100 episodes)
1992
Robert Altman's Players as Self
1991
Stranger in the Family as Randi Thompson
1991
Good & Evil (11 episodes)
1991
The Best of Disney: 50 Years of Magic
1990
A Quiet Little Neighborhood, a Perfect Little Murder as Marsha Pegler
1990
Dream On as Sandra McCadden (2 episodes)
1990
Waiting for the Light as Kay
1990
Mother Goose Rock 'n' Rhyme as Jill (of Jack and Jill)
1990
Short Time as Carolyn Simpson
1989
Let It Ride as Pam
1989
Tales from the Crypt as Irene Paloma (1 episode)
1989
Out Cold as Sunny
1988
Full Moon in Blue Water as Louise
1988
Jackie Gleason: The Great One as Self
1988
Flapjack Floozie as Helen Eagles
1987
Paul Reiser: Out on a Whim as Self
1987
Pack of Lies as Helen Schaefer
1986
Fresno as Talon Kensington (5 episodes)
1986
Miracles as Jean
1986
Intimate Strangers as Sally Bierston
1985
After Hours as Julie
1985
The History of White People in America as Self
1985
Night of 100 Stars II as Self
1984
Firstborn as Wendy
1984
Steve Martin: Homage to Steve as Herself
1984
To Catch a King as Hannah Winter
1983
The Winter of Our Discontent as Mary Hawley
1983
Mr. Mom as Caroline
1983
The Black Stallion Returns as Alec Ramsay's Mother
1983
Do It Debbie's Way as Self
1983
The Sting II as Veronica
1982
Tootsie as Sandy
1982
Faerie Tale Theatre as Princess (1 episode)
1982
Faerie Tale Theatre as Self (1 episode)
1982
The Tale of the Frog Prince as Princess
1982
The Escape Artist as Arlene
1982
Wogan as Self (1 episode)
1982
One from the Heart as Frannie
1982
Prime Suspect as Amy McCleary
1981
Honky Tonk Freeway as Ericka
1981
Inside the Coppola Personality as Self
1981
Rendez-Vous Video Magazine as Self (segment "Coppola")
1980
Witches' Brew as Margaret Lightman
1980
Doctor Franken as Kelli Fisher
1979
The Black Stallion as Alec's Mother
1979
Mr. Mike's Mondo Video as Self
1979
Java Junkie as Waitress
1977
Close Encounters of the Third Kind as Ronnie Neary
1977
Rolling Stone Magazine: The 10th Anniversary as Self
1977
Once Upon a Brothers Grimm as Frog Princess
1977
Oh, God! as Bobbie Landers
1977
The Absent-Minded Waiter as Susan Cates
1977
Bitte umblättern as Self (1 episode)
1976
Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood as Fluffy Peters
1976
Law and Order as Rita Wasinski
1975
Saturday Night Live as Self - Host (2 episodes)
1974
Young Frankenstein as Inga
1974
The Conversation as Amy Fredericks
1973
The Girl with Something Extra as Amber (22 episodes)
1973
The American Film Institute Salute to ... as Self (1 episode)
1972
M*A*S*H as Lt. Suzanne Marquette (1 episode)
1971
The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour as Wife/Singer (1 episode)
1971
Summertree as Bennie's Girlfriend (uncredited)
1970
The Odd Couple as Insurance Agent (1 episode)
1970
The Moonshine War as Young Wife
1970
McCloud as Sgt. Phyllis Norton (1 episode)
1970
You Haven't Changed a Bit as Corinne
1969
Changes as Waitress
1968
Head as Testy True
1968
Mayberry R.F.D. as Cashier (1 episode)
1968
Maryjane as Teri
1967
Clambake as Dancer (uncredited)
1967
The Mothers-in-Law as Usherette (1 episode)
1967
The Hardy Boys: The Mystery of the Chinese Junk as Susie
1967
The Cool Ones as Whiz Girl
1966
For Pete's Sake
1966
Star Trek as Roberta Lincoln (1 episode)
1966
That Girl (2 episodes)
1966
Where's the Bus? as Girl
1965
Red Line 7000 as Nightclub Dancer (uncredited)
1965
John Goldfarb, Please Come Home! as Harem Girl (uncredited)
1964
The T.A.M.I. Show as Self - Go-Go Dancer (uncredited)
1964
Roustabout as Carnival Dancer (uncredited)
1964
Pajama Party as Pajama Girl
1964
What a Way to Go! as Shipboard Number Dancer (uncredited)
1964
Shindig! as Self - Dancer (4 episodes)
1964
Kissin' Cousins as Hillbilly Dancer (uncredited)
1964
Viva Las Vegas as Dancer (uncredited)
1963
Fun in Acapulco as Hotel Guest (uncredited)
1963
A Swingin' Affair
1962
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson as Self (3 episodes)
1960
The Andy Griffith Show as Girl In A Red Convertible (1 episode)