Teri Garr, ‘Young Frankenstein’ and ‘Tootsie’ actress, dead at 79

By Free Republic | Created at 2024-10-29 18:32:04 | Updated at 2024-11-05 21:06:50 1 week ago

Teri Garr, ‘Young Frankenstein’ and ‘Tootsie’ actress, dead at 79
NY Post ^ | 10/29/2024 | Eric Todisco

Posted on 10/29/2024 11:17:54 AM PDT by DFG

Actress Teri Garr has died at age 79, Variety reported on Tuesday.

Garr passed away in Los Angeles after a long battle with multiple sclerosis.

The late star was best known for her roles in the films “Young Frankenstein” and “Tootsie,” the latter of which earned her an Oscar nomination.

Garr was born on December 11, 1944 in Lakewood, Ohio. She moved to Los Angeles and then later to New York to pursue acting. She started out as a go-go dancer and made appearances in six Elvis Presley musicals in the 1960s.

Her first on-screen speaking role was in 1968’s “Head,” written and produced by Jack Nicholson.

Some of her other earliest credits included appearances in shows like “Star Trek,” “The Sonny and Cher Comedy Hour,” and “The New Dick Van Dyke Show.”

Garr’s big break came with her role as Inga, Frankenstein’s assistant, in Mel Brooks’ 1974 comedy horror “Young Frankenstein.” Gene Wilder, Peter Boyle, Marty Feldman and Cloris Leachman also starred in the movie.

That same year, Garr starred in Francis Ford Coppola’s thriller “The Conversation.” She followed that up with Steven Spielberg’s 1977 sci-fi film “Close Encounters of the Third Kind.”

Come the 1980s, Garr landed a role opposite Dustin Hoffman in the satirical rom-com “Tootsie.” Her performance as Sandy Lester earned Garr her first and only nomination for an Academy Award.

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1 posted on 10/29/2024 11:17:54 AM PDT by DFG

To: DFG

2 posted on 10/29/2024 11:20:55 AM PDT by DFG

To: DFG

Sad.

Inga made her career.

Likeable personality, but of course hollyweird liberal left.

3 posted on 10/29/2024 11:22:36 AM PDT by ifinnegan (Democrats kill babies and harvest their organs to sell)

To: DFG

RIP Teri Garr. You leave us with good memories and a smile.

4 posted on 10/29/2024 11:23:05 AM PDT by CIB-173RDABN (My opinions are the rusult of 80 years of life, you may not like them but who cares.)

To: DFG

She was more beautiful in person than the camera could capture.

To: DFG

6 posted on 10/29/2024 11:23:17 AM PDT by 1Old Pro

To: DFG

She was great in everything she was in.

7 posted on 10/29/2024 11:24:42 AM PDT by shotgun

To: All

8 posted on 10/29/2024 11:27:22 AM PDT by escapefromboston (Peace, commerce and honest friendship with all nations, entangling alliances with none.)

To: escapefromboston

I was in love.

Cute voice, and ALL the rest.

Thanx, dahlin'

9 posted on 10/29/2024 11:29:32 AM PDT by knarf

To: DFG

“What Knockers!”

“Oh, thanks!”

10 posted on 10/29/2024 11:29:56 AM PDT by BBB333 (The Power Of Trump Compels You!)

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