Teri Garr

Teri Garr Movies and TV Shows

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.

Personal info

  • Gender: Female
  • Date of birth: 12/11/1944 (79 years old)
  • Place of birth: Lakewood, Ohio, USA
  • nationality: American
  • height: 1.7 m
  • Net worth: $4,000,000
Year
Genre
IMDB
TMDB
Available on the following streaming services in the United States
And the Oscar Goes To...
IMDB 7.1
TMDB 70%
role:
Self (archive footage)
Not available
2014

Documentary

TV Movie

7.1
70%
Not available
Kabluey
IMDB 6.5
TMDB 62%
role:
Suze
2007

Comedy

Drama

6.5
62%
Aloha Scooby-Doo!
IMDB 6.4
TMDB 72%
role:
Mayor Molly Quinn (voice)
2005

Adventure

Animation

Comedy

Family

Mystery

6.4
72%
Ghost World
IMDB 7.3
TMDB 71%
role:
Maxine (uncredited)
2001

Comedy

Drama

7.3
71%
Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker
IMDB 7.8
TMDB 74%
role:
Mary McGinnis (voice)
2000

Action

Animation

Family

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

7.8
74%
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Dick
IMDB 6.2
TMDB 59%
role:
Helen Lorenzo
1999

Comedy

6.2
59%
Batman Beyond: The Movie
IMDB 7.7
TMDB 74%
role:
Mary McGinnis (voice)
1999

Action

Animation

Family

TV Movie

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

7.7
74%
Casper Meets Wendy
IMDB 5.4
TMDB 60%
role:
Fanny
Not available
1998

Family

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

5.4
60%
Not available
1997

Adventure

Comedy

Family

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

5.3
55%
Michael
IMDB 5.7
TMDB 57%
role:
Judge Esther Newberg
1996

Comedy

Drama

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

5.7
57%
Prêt-à-Porter
IMDB 5.2
TMDB 53%
role:
Louise Hamilton
1994

Comedy

Drama

5.2
53%
Dumb and Dumber
IMDB 7.3
TMDB 66%
role:
Helen Swanson
1994

Comedy

7.3
66%
Batman: The Animated Series
IMDB 9.0
TMDB 85%
role:
Showgirl & 1 more
Not available
1992

Action

Adventure

Animation

Drama

Mystery

9.0
85%
Not available
1992

Adventure

Comedy

Family

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

5.3
48%
The Player
IMDB 7.5
TMDB 72%
role:
Teri Garr
1992

Comedy

Crime

Drama

Thriller

7.5
72%
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1989

Comedy

6.8
63%
After Hours
IMDB 7.6
TMDB 75%
role:
Julie
1985

Comedy

Drama

Thriller

7.6
75%
Mr. Mom
IMDB 6.6
TMDB 67%
role:
Caroline Butler
1983

Comedy

Drama

Family

6.6
67%
Tootsie
IMDB 7.4
TMDB 72%
role:
Sandy
1982

Comedy

Romance

7.4
72%
1982

Drama

Romance

6.5
63%
The Black Stallion
IMDB 7.4
TMDB 71%
role:
Alec's Mother
1979

Adventure

Family

7.4
71%
1977

Drama

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

7.6
74%
Oh, God!
IMDB 6.6
TMDB 65%
role:
Bobbie Landers
1977

Comedy

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

6.6
65%
The Conversation
IMDB 7.7
TMDB 76%
role:
Amy Fredericks
1974

Crime

Drama

Mystery

7.7
76%
1970

Comedy

7.0
62%
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FAQs

Some movies or TV shows available in the United States starring or involving Teri Garr are, for example, Kabluey, Aloha Scooby-Doo! and Ghost World.
The streaming services with the largest selection are Prime Video, iTunes and Google Play.
The best Anystream ratings are The Conversation (7.7), Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker (7.6) and After Hours (7.6).
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