Teri Garr
Age: N/A | From: Lakewood, Ohio, USA
Person Details
Birthday:
Aliases: Teri Hope , Terry Garr , Terri Garr
Gender: Female
Place of birth: Lakewood, Ohio, USA
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Movie Involvements: 48
TV Involvements: 13
Most Famous Work
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.
Most Famous Work
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
(1999) Minerva Grahame-Bishop
Star Trek
(1966) Roberta Lincoln
Felicity
(1998) Dr. Zwick
Batman Beyond
(1999) Mary McGinnis (voice)
What's New, Scooby-Doo?
(2002) Sandy Gordon (voice)
Strong Medicine
(2000) Mimi Stark
Intimate Portrait
(1993) Self
ER
(1994) Celinda RandlettActing
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Self (archive footage) | |
| 2014 | Self (archive footage) | |
| 2013 | Self (archive footage) | |
| 2008 | Self | |
| 2007 | Suze | |
| Claire's Mother / Aunt Tilde | ||
| 2006 | Inga (archive footage) (uncredited) | |
| 2005 | N/A | |
| Mayor Molly Quinn (voice) | ||
| 2004 | Self | |
| self | ||
| 2002 | Mrs. Abigail Portinbody | |
| Sandy Gordon (voice) | ||
| Self | ||
| Madame Hugonaut | ||
| 2001 | Maxine (uncredited) | |
| Mona Hall | ||
| Self | ||
| Tess Malone | ||
| 2000 | Mary McGinnis (voice) | |
| Mimi Stark | ||
| 1999 | Minerva Grahame-Bishop | |
| Helen Lorenzo | ||
| Lee Dilley | ||
| Mrs. Livingston | ||
| Mary McGinnis (voice) | ||
| Mary McGinnis (voice) | ||
| 1998 | Dr. Zwick | |
| Fanny | ||
| 1997 | N/A | |
| Rena | ||
| Dionne Waters | ||
| Connie | ||
| Julie Ordwell | ||
| Elizabeth Monroe | ||
| JoAnn McGrath | ||
| Laney (voice) | ||
| 1996 | Judge Esther Newberg | |
| Yenta | ||
| Carol | ||
| Self - Guest | ||
| Cindy Dubroski | ||
| Inga (archive footage) | ||
| 1995 | Sister Conductor | |
| Laney Tolbert | ||
| Sissy Emerson | ||
| 1994 | Louise Hamilton | |
| Helen Swanson | ||
| Phoebe Sr. | ||
| Celinda Randlett | ||
| Mrs. Bickerstaff | ||
| 1993 | Brita Burrows | |
| Self | ||
| Nancy (voice) | ||
| Paige Turner | ||
| 1992 | Marge Nelson | |
| Susan Woolley | ||
| Teri Garr | ||
| Duchess | ||
| Self | ||
| 1991 | Randi Thompson | |
| N/A | ||
| N/A | ||
| 1990 | Marsha Pegler | |
| Sandra McCadden | ||
| Kay | ||
| Jill (of Jack and Jill) | ||
| Carolyn Simpson | ||
| 1989 | Pam | |
| Irene Paloma | ||
| Sunny | ||
| 1988 | Louise | |
| Self | ||
| Helen Eagles | ||
| 1987 | Self | |
| Helen Schaefer | ||
| 1986 | Talon Kensington | |
| Jean | ||
| Sally Bierston | ||
| 1985 | Julie | |
| Self | ||
| Self | ||
| 1984 | Wendy | |
| Herself | ||
| Hannah Winter | ||
| 1983 | Mary Hawley | |
| Caroline | ||
| Alec Ramsay's Mother | ||
| Self | ||
| Veronica | ||
| 1982 | Sandy | |
| Princess | ||
| Self | ||
| Princess | ||
| Arlene | ||
| Self | ||
| Frannie | ||
| Amy McCleary | ||
| 1981 | Ericka | |
| Self | ||
| Self (segment "Coppola") | ||
| 1980 | Margaret Lightman | |
| Kelli Fisher | ||
| 1979 | Alec's Mother | |
| Self | ||
| Waitress | ||
| 1977 | Ronnie Neary | |
| Self | ||
| Frog Princess | ||
| Bobbie Landers | ||
| Susan Cates | ||
| Self | ||
| 1976 | Fluffy Peters | |
| Rita Wasinski | ||
| 1975 | Self - Host | |
| 1974 | Inga | |
| Amy Fredericks | ||
| 1973 | Amber | |
| Self | ||
| 1972 | Lt. Suzanne Marquette | |
| 1971 | Wife/Singer | |
| Bennie's Girlfriend (uncredited) | ||
| 1970 | Insurance Agent | |
| Young Wife | ||
| Sgt. Phyllis Norton | ||
| Corinne | ||
| 1969 | Waitress | |
| 1968 | Testy True | |
| Cashier | ||
| Teri | ||
| 1967 | Dancer (uncredited) | |
| Usherette | ||
| Susie | ||
| Whiz Girl | ||
| 1966 | N/A | |
| N/A | ||
| Roberta Lincoln | ||
| Girl | ||
| 1965 | Nightclub Dancer (uncredited) | |
| Harem Girl (uncredited) | ||
| 1964 | Self - Go-Go Dancer (uncredited) | |
| Pajama Girl | ||
| Carnival Dancer (uncredited) | ||
| Self - Dancer | ||
| Shipboard Number Dancer (uncredited) | ||
| Hillbilly Dancer (uncredited) | ||
| Dancer (uncredited) | ||
| 1963 | Hotel Guest (uncredited) | |
| N/A | ||
| 1962 | Self | |
| 1960 | Girl In A Red Convertible | |
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
