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as Suze

2007
Expired

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2007
Aloha Scooby-Doo!

as Mayor Molly Quinn (voice)

2005
Life Without Dick

as Madame Hugonaut

2002
The Wandering Soul Murders

as Tess Malone

2001
Dick

as Helen Lorenzo

1999
Batman Beyond: The Movie

as Mary McGinnis (voice)

1999
Casper Meets Wendy

as Fanny

1998
A Simple Wish

as Rena

1997
Changing Habits

as Connie

1997
Ronnie and Julie

as Elizabeth Monroe

1997
Women of the House

as Sissy Emerson

1995
Perfect Alibi

as Laney Tolbert

1995
Dumb and Dumber

as Helen Swanson

1994
Good Advice

as Paige Turner

1993
Adventures in Wonderland

as Duchess

1992
Mom and Dad Save the World

as Marge Nelson

1992
Good & Evil

as

1991
Stranger in the Family

as Randi Thompson

1991
Short Time

as Carolyn Simpson

1990
Mother Goose Rock 'n' Rhyme

as Jill (of Jack and Jill)

1990
Let It Ride

as Pam

1989
Out Cold

as Sunny

1989
Full Moon in Blue Water

as Louise

1988
Pack of Lies

as Helen Schaefer

1987
Fresno

as Talon Kensington

1986
Miracles

as Jean

1986
Fresno

as Talon Kensington

1986
Teri Garr Teri Garr

Birthday

1944-12-11

Place of Birth

Lakewood, Ohio, USA

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.
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