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Teri Garr

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 R... more

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 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. After years of declining health, she passed away on October 29, 2024.

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Young Frankenstein
(1974)
Comedy
A young neurosurgeon inherits the castle of his grandfather, the famous Dr. Victor von Frankenstein. In the castle he finds a funny hunchback, a pretty lab assistant and the elderly housekeeper. Young Frankenstein believes that the work of his grandfather was delusional, but when he discovers the book where the mad doctor described his...
Runtime:
106 min
Director:
Mel Brooks
Cast:
Gene Wilder, Gene Wilder, Marty Feldman, Madeline Kahn, Peter Boyle
8.0
94%
80
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Close Encounters of the Third Kind
(1977)
Drama, Science Fiction
After an encounter with UFOs, a line worker feels undeniably drawn to an isolated area in the wilderness where something spectacular is about to happen.
Runtime:
137 min
Director:
Steven Spielberg
Cast:
Richard Dreyfuss, François Truffaut, Teri Garr, Melinda Dillon, Bob Balaban
7.6
94%
90
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The Conversation
(1974)
Crime, Drama, Mystery
Surveillance expert Harry Caul is hired by a mysterious client's brusque aide to tail a young couple. Tracking the pair through San Francisco's Union Square, Caul and his associate Stan manage to record a cryptic conversation between them. Tormented by memories of a previous case that ended badly, Caul becomes obsessed with the resulti...
Runtime:
113 min
Director:
Francis Ford Coppola
Cast:
Gene Hackman, John Cazale, Frederic Forrest, Cindy Williams, Harrison Ford
7.8
96%
85
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Dumb and Dumber
(1994)
Comedy
Lloyd and Harry are two men whose stupidity is really indescribable. When Mary, a beautiful woman, loses an important suitcase with money before she leaves for Aspen, the two friends (who have found the suitcase) decide to return it to her. After some "adventures" they finally get to Aspen where, using the lost money they live it up an...
Runtime:
107 min
Director:
Bobby Farrelly, Peter Farrelly
Cast:
Jim Carrey, Jeff Daniels, Jeff Daniels, Lauren Holly, Mike Starr
7.3
68%
41
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Tootsie
(1982)
Comedy, Romance
When struggling, out of work actor Michael Dorsey secretly adopts a female alter ego - Dorothy Michaels - in order to land a part in a daytime drama, he unwittingly becomes a feminist icon and ends up in a romantic pickle.
Runtime:
116 min
Director:
Sydney Pollack, Gavin Reed
Cast:
Dustin Hoffman, Dustin Hoffman, Dustin Hoffman, Jessica Lange, Teri Garr
7.4
90%
88
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Ghost World
(2001)
Comedy, Drama
Two quirky, cynical teenaged girls try to figure out what to do with their lives after high school graduation. After they play a prank on an eccentric, middle aged record collector, one of them befriends him, which causes a rift in the girls' friendship.
Runtime:
111 min
Director:
Terry Zwigoff
Cast:
Thora Birch, Scarlett Johansson, Steve Buscemi, Brad Renfro, Bob Balaban
7.3
93%
88
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After Hours
(1985)
Comedy, Drama, Thriller
An ordinary word processor has the worst night of his life after he agrees to visit a girl in Soho whom he met that evening at a coffee shop.
Runtime:
97 min
Director:
Martin Scorsese
Cast:
Griffin Dunne, Rosanna Arquette, Rosanna Arquette, Verna Bloom, Tommy Chong
7.7
89%
90
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The Player
(1992)
Comedy, Crime, Mystery, Thriller
A Hollywood studio executive is being sent death threats by a writer whose script he rejected - but which one?
Runtime:
124 min
Director:
Robert Altman
Cast:
Tim Robbins, Greta Scacchi, Fred Ward, Whoopi Goldberg, Whoopi Goldberg
7.5
98%
86
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Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker
(2000)
Action, Animation, Family, Science Fiction
The Joker is back with a vengeance, and Gotham's newest Dark Knight, Terry McGinnis, needs answers as he stands alone to face Gotham's most infamous Clown Prince of Crime.
Runtime:
76 min
Director:
Curt Geda
Cast:
Will Friedle, Will Friedle, Kevin Conroy, Kevin Conroy, Mark Hamill
7.8
91%
N/A
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Mr. Mom
(1983)
Comedy, Drama, Family
Jack and Caroline are a couple making a decent living When Jack suddenly loses his job. They agree that he should stay at home and look after the house while Caroline works. It's just that he's never done it before, and really doesn't have a clue...
Runtime:
91 min
Director:
Stan Dragoti
Cast:
Michael Keaton, Teri Garr, Fred Koehler, Taliesin Jaffe, Courtney-Jane White
6.6
75%
50
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The Black Stallion
(1979)
Adventure, Family
While traveling with his father, young Alec becomes fascinated by a mysterious Arabian stallion that is brought on board and stabled in the ship he is sailing on. When it tragically sinks both he and the horse survive only to be stranded on a deserted island. He befriends it, so when finally rescued both return to his home where they s...
Runtime:
118 min
Director:
Carroll Ballard
Cast:
Kelly Reno, Mickey Rooney, Teri Garr, Clarence Muse, Hoyt Axton
7.4
90%
84
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Michael
(1996)
Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Tabloid reporters are sent by their editor to investigate after the paper recieves a letter from a woman claiming an angel is living with her.
Runtime:
105 min
Director:
Nora Ephron
Cast:
John Travolta, Andie MacDowell, William Hurt, Bob Hoskins, Jean Stapleton
5.7
34%
38
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Dick
(1999)
Comedy
Two high school girls wander off during a class trip to the White House and meet President Richard Nixon. They become the official dog walkers for Nixon's dog Checkers, and become his secret advisors during the Watergate scandal.
Runtime:
94 min
Director:
Andrew Fleming
Cast:
Kirsten Dunst, Michelle Williams, Will Ferrell, Dan Hedaya, Bruce McCulloch
6.2
71%
65
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Oh, God!
(1977)
Comedy, Fantasy
When God appears to an assistant grocery manager as a good natured old man, the Almighty selects him as his messenger for the modern world.
Runtime:
98 min
Director:
Carl Reiner
Cast:
John Denver, George Burns, Teri Garr, Donald Pleasence, Ralph Bellamy
6.6
74%
56
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Batman Beyond: The Movie
(1999)
Action, Animation, Family, Science Fiction, TV Movie
Fuelled by remorse and vengeance, a high schooler named Terry McGinnis becomes the new Batman as he fights crime in the futuristic Gotham City.
Runtime:
43 min
Director:
Curt Geda, Butch Lukic, Dan Riba, Yukio Suzuki
Cast:
Will Friedle, Kevin Conroy, Michael Ansara, Linda Hamilton, Sherman Howard
7.8
N/A
N/A
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Viva Las Vegas
(1964)
Comedy, Drama, Music, Romance
Lucky Jackson arrives in town with his car literally in tow ready for the first Las Vegas Grand Prix - once he has the money to buy an engine. He gets the cash easily enough but mislays it when the pretty swimming pool manageress takes his mind off things. It seems he will lose both race and girl, problems made more difficult by rivalr...
Runtime:
85 min
Director:
George Sidney
Cast:
Elvis Presley, Ann-Margret, William Demarest, Nicky Blair, Robert Aiken
6.4
86%
69
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Let It Ride
(1989)
Comedy
An average kind of guy who has a slight problem with gambling goes to the track, and mystically, it seems as though he can't lose, no matter how he bets; and he has an incredible day.
Runtime:
90 min
Director:
Joe Pytka
Cast:
Richard Dreyfuss, Jennifer Tilly, David Johansen, Teri Garr, Allen Garfield
6.8
27%
33
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Head
(1968)
Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, Music
In this surrealistic and free-form follow-up to the Monkees' television show, the band frolic their way through a series of musical set pieces and vignettes containing humor and anti-establishment social commentary.
Runtime:
86 min
Director:
Bob Rafelson
Cast:
Peter Tork, Davy Jones, Micky Dolenz, Michael Nesmith, Annette Funicello
6.5
75%
N/A
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What a Way to Go!
(1964)
Comedy, Romance
A four-time widow discusses her four marriages, in which all of her husbands became incredibly rich and died prematurely because of their drive to be rich.
Runtime:
111 min
Director:
J. Lee Thompson
Cast:
Shirley MacLaine, Paul Newman, Robert Mitchum, Robert Mitchum, Dean Martin
7.0
22%
N/A
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Ready to Wear
(1994)
Comedy, Drama
Paris Fashion Week draws the usual bunch of people; designers, reporters, models, magazine editors, photographers. Follows the various storylines of these characters, centering around a murder investigation of a prominent fashion figure. Features an all-star cast.
Runtime:
133 min
Director:
Robert Altman
Cast:
Marcello Mastroianni, Sophia Loren, Jean-Pierre Cassel, Chiara Mastroianni, Kim Basinger
5.2
24%
48
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Kabluey
(2007)
Comedy, Drama
Leslie is left with few options when her husband is sent back to war in the Middle East. A modest amount of help arrives in the form of his brother, Salman, who is less than prepared to care for the couple's two preadolescent boys. When Leslie still can't make ends meet on her own, Salman is forced to find employment, but, with minimal...
Runtime:
86 min
Director:
Scott Prendergast
Cast:
Lisa Kudrow, Scott Prendergast, Christine Taylor, Conchata Ferrell, Jeffrey Dean Morgan
6.6
84%
62
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One from the Heart
(1982)
Drama, Romance
Hank and Frannie don't seem to be able to live together anymore. After a five-year relationship, lustful and dreamy Frannie leaves down-to-earth Hank on the anniversary of their relationship. Each one of them meets their dream mate, but as bright as they may seem, they are but a stage of lights and colors. Will true love prevail over a...
Runtime:
107 min
Director:
Francis Ford Coppola
Cast:
Teri Garr, Frederic Forrest, Raúl Juliá, Lainie Kazan, Harry Dean Stanton
6.5
48%
57
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Aloha Scooby-Doo!
(2005)
Adventure, Animation, Comedy, Family, Mystery
The Mystery Gang goes to Hawaii for the Big Kahuna of Hanahuna Surfing Contest. However, the gang and the locals find the island invaded by the vengeful Wiki Tiki spirit and his demons.
Runtime:
74 min
Director:
Tim Maltby
Cast:
Frank Welker, Frank Welker, Casey Kasem, Casey Kasem, Mindy Cohn
6.4
N/A
N/A
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A Simple Wish
(1997)
Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Murray is a male fairy godmother, and he is trying to help 8-year-old Anabel to fulfil her "simple wish" - that her father Oliver, who is a cab driver, would win the leading role in a Broadway musical. Unfortunately, Murray's magic wand is broken and the fairies convention is threatened by evil witches Claudia and Boots.
Runtime:
86 min
Director:
Michael Ritchie
Cast:
Kathleen Turner, Robert Pastorelli, Deborah Odell, Mara Wilson, Martin Short
5.4
25%
N/A
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Casper Meets Wendy
(1998)
Family, Fantasy, TV Movie
When a warlock threatens Wendy the Good Little Witch, she and her aunts hide out at a resort where Casper the Ghost is vacationing with his uncles. Although Casper and Wendy are told ghosts and witches don't get along, the two are kindred spirits! This spooky family-friendly adventure finds Casper and Wendy bridging the ghost-witch div...
Runtime:
90 min
Director:
Sean McNamara
Cast:
Hilary Duff, Cathy Moriarty, Shelley Duvall, Teri Garr, Jeremy Foley
5.4
20%
N/A
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Short Time
(1990)
Comedy, Crime
Nearing retirement, Dabney Coleman finds that he has a disease that will kill him within days. He then finds that his life insurance only pays off if he is killed in the line of duty. In order to leave something to his wife and children, Coleman becomes supercop, ignoring danger and trying his best to get killed.
Runtime:
97 min
Director:
Gregg Champion
Cast:
Dabney Coleman, Matt Frewer, Teri Garr, Barry Corbin, Joe Pantoliano
6.5
20%
N/A
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Fun in Acapulco
(1963)
Comedy, Romance
Mike works on a boat in Acapulco. When the bratty daughter of the boat owner gets him fired, Mike must find new work. Little boy Rauol helps him get a job as a lifeguard and singer at a local hotel. Clashes abound when Mike runs into the rival lifeguard, who is the champion diver of Mexico.
Runtime:
97 min
Director:
Richard Thorpe
Cast:
Elvis Presley, Ursula Andress, Elsa Cárdenas, Elsa Cárdenas, Paul Lukas
5.9
57%
N/A
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Roustabout
(1964)
Music, Romance
Elvis plays a bad-boy singer roaming the highways on his Japanese motorcycle; laid up after an accident, he joins a carnival owned by the feisty Barbara Stanwyck.
Runtime:
101 min
Director:
John Rich
Cast:
Elvis Presley, Barbara Stanwyck, Leif Erickson, Joan Freeman, Sue Ane Langdon
6.0
56%
50
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The Black Stallion Returns
(1983)
Adventure, Family
"Black" is a stunning fire-and-silk stallion celebrated the world over. But to his young American owner, Alec Ramsay (Kelly Reno), he's much more. So, when the amazing animal is stolen, Alec will stop at nothing to get him back. Alec finally unravels the mystery of Black's theft...only to discover that he must overcome even greater odd...
Runtime:
103 min
Director:
Robert Dalva
Cast:
Kelly Reno, Vincent Spano, Allen Garfield, Ferdy Mayne, Teri Garr
6.0
N/A
34
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Mom and Dad Save the World
(1992)
Adventure, Comedy, Family, Science Fiction
Emperor Spengo sees Marge Nelson and using a giant magnet, kidnaps her and her husband Dick, hoping to make Marge his before blowing up the Earth. The Emperor and other inhabitants of his planet are somewhat less than bright, and Dick begins reliving episodes of Flash Gordon and Buck Rogers in order to rescue Marge, save the Earth, and...
Runtime:
88 min
Director:
Greg Beeman
Cast:
Teri Garr, Jeffrey Jones, Jon Lovitz, Thalmus Rasulala, Wallace Shawn
5.3
9%
N/A
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Firstborn
(1984)
Drama, Thriller
Because he's the oldest, Jake has been the man of the house, since his parents divorce. When Mom starts seeing Sam, who always seems to be trying some new way to get rich quick, and declares he's the man of the house now, Jake puts up with it. Until he discovers Sam's illegal activities.
Runtime:
103 min
Director:
Michael Apted
Cast:
Teri Garr, Peter Weller, Christopher Collet, Corey Haim, Sarah Jessica Parker
6.2
N/A
N/A
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Expired
(2007)
Comedy, Drama, Romance
The film revolves around Claire, a kind soul who resents having to enforce the law at all times, and Jay, an angry Traffic Officer who loves his job, being the perfect outlet for his anger and frustrations. Coming both from a place of despair and loneliness, Jay and Claire meet and engage in a tumultuous relationship which will eventua...
Runtime:
107 min
Director:
Cecilia Miniucchi
Cast:
Samantha Morton, Samantha Morton, Jason Patric, Jason Patric, Teri Garr
6.1
59%
62
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The Absent-Minded Waiter
(1977)
Comedy
Bernie Cates requests the services of the most absent-minded waiter he's ever seen, who pours water before setting the glasses, endlessly repeats questions, brings wrong orders, and ruins everything- but the bill.
Runtime:
7 min
Director:
Carl Gottlieb
Cast:
Steve Martin, Teri Garr, Buck Henry, Naomi Stevens, Ivor Barry
7.5
N/A
N/A
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Mother Goose Rock 'N Rhyme
(1990)
Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Set in the mythical world of Rhymeland, Gorden Goose returns home to discover that his mom has mysteriously vanished. Now the characters of Rhymeland are in danger of disappearing unless Mother Goose returns.
Runtime:
96 min
Director:
Jeff Stein
Cast:
Harry Anderson, Cyndi Lauper, Brian Bonsall, Elayne Boosler, Shelley Duvall
7.7
N/A
N/A
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The Sting II
(1983)
Comedy, Crime
Hooker and Gondorf pull a con on Macalinski, an especially nasty mob boss with the help of Veronica, a new grifter. They convince this new victim that Hooker is a somewhat dull boxer who is tired of taking dives for Gondorf. There is a ringer. Lonigan, their victim from the first movie, is setting them up to take the fall.
Runtime:
102 min
Director:
Jeremy Kagan
Cast:
Jackie Gleason, Mac Davis, Teri Garr, Karl Malden, Oliver Reed
5.2
N/A
N/A
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Fresno
(1986)
Comedy, TV Movie
A long-format spoof of 1980s prime-time soap operas, set in raisin town Fresno, California.
Runtime:
360 min
Director:
Jeff Bleckner
Cast:
Carol Burnett, Dabney Coleman, Gregory Harrison, Teri Garr, Charles Grodin
7.9
N/A
N/A
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The Escape Artist
(1982)
Comedy, Crime, Drama
The young and self-confident Danny blufs at the local police-station that he will escape out of prison within one hour. What follows is a flashback about his childhood with his uncle and aunt, which are 'vaudeville'-artists themselves.
Runtime:
94 min
Director:
Caleb Deschanel
Cast:
Griffin O'Neal, Raúl Juliá, Teri Garr, Desi Arnaz
6.2
N/A
N/A
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Full Moon in Blue Water
(1988)
Drama, Romance
Floyd, the owner of a bar on the Texas coast, has been depressed for a year after his wife disappeared in a swimming accident. He lives with his senile father-in-law "The General" and is helped by Jimmy, a former asylum inmate, and the good-natured Louise. The bar is rapidly losing money and Charlie wants to buy it cheaply before it be...
Runtime:
95 min
Director:
Peter Masterson
Cast:
Gene Hackman, Teri Garr, Burgess Meredith, Elias Koteas, Kevin Cooney
5.6
30%
N/A
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Pack of Lies
(1987)
Drama, TV Movie, Thriller
A couple learns that their friendly neighbours might be Russian spies.
Runtime:
100 min
Director:
Anthony Page
Cast:
Ellen Burstyn, Teri Garr, Alan Bates, Sammi Davis
7.1
N/A
N/A
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Out Cold
(1989)
Comedy, Drama, Thriller
Sunny is married to the butcher, Ernie, and their marriage is about to end as both of them have affairs. Thus Sunny hires Lester Atlas as private investigator in order to collect proof for the divorce. One evening drunken Ernie and his partner Dave have a fight in the butcher shop with Ernie getting knocked out in the fridge where he d...
Runtime:
88 min
5.5
N/A
N/A