Teri Garr Profile
Teri Garr
Teri Garr at the AIDS Project Los Angeles (APLA) benefit (date unknown)
Birth name Teri Ann Garr
Born December 11, 1944 (1944-12-11) (age 63) Lakewood, Ohio, USA
Spouse(s) John O'Neil (1993-1996)
Teri Ann Garr (born December 11, 1944) is an American actress and comedienne.
Contents
1 Biography
1.1 Early life 1.2 Career 1.3 Personal life
2 Academy awards nomination 3 Filmography
3.1 Television
4 References 5 Sources 6 External links
Biography
Early life Garr was born in Lakewood, Ohio. Her father, Eddie Garr (né Gonnau), was a vaudeville performer, comedian and actor whose career peaked when he briefly took over the lead role in the Broadway drama Tobacco Road. Her mother, Phyllis (née Lind), was a dancer, wardrobe mistress, and model. Garr is a graduate of Magnificat High School, an all-girl's Roman Catholic high school in Rocky River, Ohio.
Career Early in her career she was sometimes credited as Terri Garr, Terry Garr, Teri Hope, or Terry Carr. Garr's movie debut was as an extra in 1963's A Swingin' Affair. During her early career she appeared in several Elvis Presley movies, usually in uncredited roles as a dancer. She had a cameo appearance as a damsel in distress in The Monkees film Head and, in the mid-1970s, had significant roles in major films such as Oh, God!, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Young Frankenstein, and After Hours. Garr has also appeared frequently on television. A notable early appearance was in the Star Trek episode "Assignment: Earth" (1968). She played the recurring character of a desk police officer who was constantly forced to work late and always had to phone her date and cancel in McCloud. She was a regular on several variety shows in the early 1970s including The Sonny and Cher Comedy Hour, The Ken Berry 'Wow' Show, and The Burns and Schreiber Comedy Hour. She hosted Saturday Night Live three times throughout the late 1970s and early 1980s. As a recurring guest on Late Night with David Letterman, she was renowned for her unscripted banter with personal friend Letterman, who once goaded her into showering in his office while the camera rolled. She played a recurring character in Friends (the estranged birth mother of Lisa Kudrow's character, Phoebe Buffay) in the late 1990s. Garr appeared in a series of local television commercials in several markets for various FM radio stations.
Personal life In October 2002, Garr made it public that she has multiple sclerosis. After years of uncertainty and secrecy surrounding her diagnosis, Teri explained her reasons for deciding to share her private battle with the world, "I'm telling my story for the first time, so I can help people. I can help people know they aren't alone, and tell them there are reasons to be optimistic because today treatment options are available". It is unclear exactly how long she has had the disease; in 2002, she told Larry King that she'd had it for 19 years, but in 2005, while promoting her book, she said she's had it for 25 years. So it's safe to assume that her illness began sometime between 1980 and 1983. Since Garr announced that she has MS, she has become a leading advocate in raising awareness for MS and the latest treatments for the disease. She is a National Ambassador for the National Multiple Sclerosis Society and National Chair for the Society's Women Against MS program (WAMS). WAMS is a nationwide education and fundraising program that helps to increase the public's awareness of MS and the National MS Society while acknowledging and encouraging the advancement of women philanthropists. In November 2005, Garr was honored as the society’s Ambassador of the Year for her commitment to raising awareness for the MS cause. This honor had been given only four times since the society was founded. She is the mother of an adopted daughter and resides in Los Angeles. On December 21, 2006, she suffered a brain aneurysm in her Los Angeles area home; her 13-year-old daughter called for help when she couldn't get her to wake up. Following surgery, her publicist Heidi Schaeffer said she expects Garr to make a full recovery.
Academy awards nomination
Academy Award
1982: Nominated for "Best Supporting Actress" in Tootsie
Filmography
1963: A Swingin' Affair 1963: Fun in Acapulco 1964: Kissin' Cousins 1964: Viva Las Vegas 1964: What a Way to Go! 1964: Roustabout 1964: Pajama Party 1965: The T.A.M.I. Show (documentary) 1965: John Goldfarb, Please Come Home 1965: Red Line 7000 1966: For Pete's Sake! 1967: The Cool Ones 1967: Clambake 1967: The Mystery of the Chinese Junk 1968: For Pete's Sake 1968: Maryjane 1968: Head (cameo) 1969: Changes 1970: The Moonshine War 1974: The Conversation 1974: Young Frankenstein 1976: Won Ton Ton, the Dog Who Saved Hollywood 1977: The Absent-Minded Waiter (short subject) 1977: Oh, God! 1977: Close Encounters of the Third Kind 1979: Java Junkie (short subject) 1979: Mr. Mike's Mondo Video (Cameo) 1979: The Black Stallion 1980: Witches' Brew 1981: Honky Tonk Freeway 1982: One from the Heart 1982: The Escape Artist 1982: Tootsie 1983: The Sting II 1983: The Black Stallion Returns 1983: Mr. Mom 1984: Firstborn 1985: After Hours 1986: Miracles 1988: Full Moon in Blue Water 1989: Out Cold 1989: Let It Ride 1990: Short Time 1990: Waiting for the Light 1992: The Player (Cameo) 1992: Mom and Dad Save The World 1994: Save the Rabbits (short subject) 1994: Dumb & Dumber 1994: Ready to Wear (Prêt-à-Porter) 1995: Perfect Alibi 1996: Michael 1997: The Definite Maybe 1997: Changing Habits 1997: A Simple Wish 1999: Kill the Man 1999: Dick 2000: The Sky is Falling 2000: Ghost World 2000: Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker (voice) 2001: Life Without Dick 2002: Searching for Debra Winger (documentary) 2006: Unaccompanied Minors
Television
1964: Shindig! (September-October) 1967: That Girl 1968: Star Trek (episode "Assignment: Earth") 1972: The Ken Berry 'Wow' Show 1973: The Bob Newhart Show (October 10) 1973: M*A*S*H 1973: The Burns and Schreiber Comedy Hour 1973–74: The Girl with Something Extra 1973–74: The Sonny and Cher Comedy Hour 1974: The Sonny Comedy Revue 1975–76: Cher 1976: Law and Order 1976–77: The Sonny and Cher Show 1977: Once Upon a Brothers Grimm 1980: Doctor Franken 1982: Prime Suspect 1983: The Winter of Our Discontent 1984: To Catch a King 1986: Intimate Strangers 1986: Fresno (mini-series) 1990: Mother Goose Rock 'n' Rhyme 1990: A Quiet Little Neighborhood, a Perfect Little Murder 1991: The Trap 1991–1995: Adventures in Wonderland 1991: Good & Evil 1991: Stranger in the Family 1992: Deliver Them from Evil: The Taking of Alta View 1993: The Whole Shebang 1993: Fugitive Nights: Danger in the Desert 1994: Aliens for Breakfast 1994: Good Advice 1995: Women of the House 1995: Shining Time Station (Episode "One of the Family (Sister Conductor)") 1996: Double Jeopardy 1997: Murder Live! 1997: Ronnie & Julie 1997: NightScream 1997: The Weird Al Show 1997: Friends (Episode "The One at the Beach") 1997: Friends (Episode "The One with the Jellyfish") 1998: Friends (Episode "The One with Phoebe's Uterus") 1998: Barney's First Adventures 1999–2001: Batman Beyond (voice) 1999: Half a Dozen Babies 1999: Batman Beyond: The Movie 2000–2001: I've Got a Secret 2001: A Colder Kind of Death 2005: Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
References
^ Profile for Teri Garr. Northwood High Alumini Associaition. Retrieved on 2007-06-05.
Sources
Teri Garr and Henriette Mantel Speedbumps Flooring It Through Hollywood
External links
Teri Garr at the Internet Movie Database
Teri Garr at TV.com Interview with Terri Garr on the Feast of Fools (podcast) Teri Garr article at Memory Alpha, a Star Trek wiki
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