Teri Garr

Acting · Born 1944-12-11 in Lakewood, Ohio, USA

Biography

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…

Filmography

• The Conversation as Amy Fredericks
• Ghost World as Maxine (uncredited)
• Young Frankenstein as Inga
• Close Encounters of the Third Kind as Ronnie Neary
• The Player as Teri Garr
• After Hours as Julie
• Dumb and Dumber as Helen Swanson
• Tootsie as Sandy Lester
• Batman Beyond: The Movie as Mary McGinnis (voice)
• The Black Stallion as Alec's Mother

TV

• Batman Beyond as Mary McGinnis (voice)
• M*A*S*H as Lt. Suzanne Marquette
• Star Trek as Roberta Lincoln
• Friends as Phoebe Sr.
• Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as Minerva Grahame-Bishop
• Frasier as Nancy (voice)
• Sabrina, the Teenage Witch as Yenta
• The Andy Griffith Show as Girl In A Red Convertible
• What's New, Scooby-Doo? as Sandy Gordon (voice)
• Tales from the Crypt as Irene Paloma ("segment "The Trap")