x

Login

Remember me
Forget password ?

Or via social

x

sign up

person_profile-Teri Garr

Teri Garr Age: 80

Actor | Producer

Fullname:

Teri Garr

Date of Birth:

Dec 11, 1944

Country of birth:

USA

Biography of

Teri Garr

    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.

Photos of

Teri Garr

Photos ( 5 Photos

Filmography of

Teri Garr

Found 96 Movies in total

Mel Brooks: Unwrapped

Self (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 2018

And the Oscar Goes To...

Self (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 2014

Mel Brooks: Make a Noise

Self (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 2013

Kabluey

Suze ( Actor )

... 2007

Expired

Claire's Mother / Aunt Tilde ( Actor )

... 2007

Unaccompanied Minors

Aunt Judy / Valerie’s Sister ( Actor )

... 2006

... 2005

Aloha Scooby-Doo!

Mayor Molly Quinn (voice) ( Actor )

... 2005

... 2002

Life Without Dick

Madame Hugonaut ( Actor )

... 2002

Ghost World

Maxine (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 2001

The Sky is Falling

Mona Hall ( Actor )

... 2001

The Wandering Soul Murders

Tess Malone ( Actor )

... 2001

A Colder Kind of Death

Tess Malone ( Actor )

... 2001

Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker

Mary McGinnis (voice) ( Actor )

... 2000

Dick

Helen Lorenzo ( Actor )

... 1999

Half a Dozen Babies

Lee Dilley ( Actor )

... 1999

Kill the Man

Mrs. Livingston ( Actor )

... 1999

Batman Beyond: The Movie

Mary McGinnis (voice) ( Actor )

... 1999

Casper Meets Wendy

Fanny ( Actor )

... 1998

A Simple Wish

Rena ( Actor )

... 1997

The Definite Maybe

Dionne Waters ( Actor )

... 1997

Changing Habits

Connie ( Actor )

... 1997

NightScream

Julie Ordwell ( Actor )

... 1997

Ronnie and Julie

Elizabeth Monroe ( Actor )

... 1997

Murder Live!

JoAnn McGrath ( Actor )

... 1997

Michael

Judge Esther Newberg ( Actor )

... 1996

Double Jeopardy

Cindy Dubroski ( Actor )

... 1996

Making Frankensense of Young Frankenstein

Inga (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 1996

Perfect Alibi

Laney Tolbert ( Actor )

... 1995

Prêt-à-Porter

Louise Hamilton ( Actor )

... 1994

Dumb and Dumber

Helen Swanson ( Actor )

... 1994

Aliens for Breakfast

Mrs. Bickerstaff ( Actor )

... 1994

... 1993

Mom and Dad Save the World

Marge Nelson ( Actor )

... 1992

The Player

Teri Garr ( Actor )

... 1992

... 1992

Stranger in the Family

Randi Thompson ( Actor )

... 1991

... 1990

Mother Goose Rock 'n' Rhyme

Jill (of Jack and Jill) ( Actor )

... 1990

Short Time

Carolyn Simpson ( Actor )

... 1990

Let It Ride

Pam ( Actor )

... 1989

Out Cold

Sunny ( Actor )

... 1989

Full Moon in Blue Water

Louise ( Actor )

... 1988

Pack of Lies

Helen Schaefer ( Actor )

... 1987

Miracles

Jean ( Actor )

... 1986

Intimate Strangers

Sally Bierston ( Actor )

... 1986

After Hours

Julie ( Actor )

... 1985

... 1985

Firstborn

Wendy ( Actor )

... 1984

... 1984

To Catch a King

Hannah Winter ( Actor )

... 1984

The Winter of Our Discontent

Mary Hawley ( Actor )

... 1983

Mr. Mom

Caroline ( Actor )

... 1983

The Black Stallion Returns

Alec Ramsay's Mother ( Actor )

... 1983

Do It Debbie's Way

Self ( Actor )

... 1983

The Sting II

Veronica ( Actor )

... 1983

Tootsie

Sandy ( Actor )

... 1982

... 1982

The Escape Artist

Arlene ( Actor )

... 1982

Prime Suspect

Amy McCleary ( Actor )

... 1982

Honky Tonk Freeway

Ericka ( Actor )

... 1981

One from the Heart

Frannie ( Actor )

... 1981

... 1981

Witches' Brew

Margaret Lightman ( Actor )

... 1980

Doctor Franken

Kelli Fisher ( Actor )

... 1980

The Black Stallion

Alec's Mother ( Actor )

... 1979

Mr. Mike's Mondo Video

Herself ( Actor )

... 1979

... 1977

Once Upon a Brothers Grimm

Frog Princess ( Actor )

... 1977

Oh, God!

Bobbie Landers ( Actor )

... 1977

... 1976

Law and Order

Rita Wasinski ( Actor )

... 1976

Young Frankenstein

Inga ( Actor )

... 1974

The Conversation

Amy Fredericks ( Actor )

... 1974

Summertree

Bennie's Girlfriend (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1971

The Moonshine War

Young Wife ( Actor )

... 1970

Changes

Waitress ( Actor )

... 1969

Head

Testy True (as Terry Garr) ( Actor )

... 1968

Maryjane

Teri ( Actor )

... 1968

Clambake

Dancer (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1967

The Cool Ones

Whiz Girl ( Actor )

... 1967

Red Line 7000

Nightclub Dancer (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1965

John Goldfarb, Please Come Home!

Harem Girl (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1965

The T.A.M.I. Show

Self - Go-Go Dancer (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1964

Roustabout

Carnival Dancer (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1964

Pajama Party

Pajama Girl ( Actor )

... 1964

What a Way to Go!

Shipboard Number Dancer (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1964

Kissin' Cousins

Hillbilly Dancer (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1964

Viva Las Vegas

Dancer (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1964

Fun in Acapulco

Hotel Guest (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1963

... 1963