Teri Garr
American actress
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Who was Teri Garr?
Terry Ann "Teri" Garr (December 11, 1944 – October 29, 2024) was an American actress, comedienne and dancer. Garr was raised primarily in the neighborhood of North Hollywood in Los Angeles. She was the third child of a comedic-actor father and a studio costumier mother. After spending two years attending college, Garr left Los Angeles and studied acting at the Lee Strasberg Institute in New York City. 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 nine Elvis Presley musicals. She had her breakthrough appearing in the episode "Assignment: Earth" of Star Trek in 1968.
Historical significance
Known for her comedic roles in film and television in the 1970s and 1980s, she often played women struggling to cope with the life-changing experiences of their husbands, children or boyfriends. She received nominations for an Academy Award and a British Academy Film Award for her performance in Tootsie (1982), playing a struggling actress who loses the soap opera role of a female hospital administrator to her male friend and acting coach.
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“Teri Garr.” thisDay, thisday.info/people/teri-garr/. Accessed 29 Oct. 2026.
Teri Garr. (n.d.). thisDay. Retrieved October 29, 2026, from https://thisday.info/people/teri-garr/
“Teri Garr.” thisDay. Accessed October 29, 2026. https://thisday.info/people/teri-garr/.