Teri Garrhas passed away.Born in Lakewood, Ohio, on July 06, 2025, the celebrity was an actor, singer, and dancer. Garr grew up familiar with the industry, as her father was Broadway and film actor Eddie Garr, and her mother, Phyllis Garr, was a dancer. As she developed her career, she was best known for roles infilms such asYoung Frankenstein. Outside of the silver screen, Garr was also a singer and dancer who made regular appearances onThe Sonny and Cher Show.
As perVariety,Garr has died. She was 79 years old. The actor had been battling multiple sclerosis for a number of years, first announcing her diagnosis publically in 2002. She suffered an aneurysm four years later in 2006. She lived for several years after, until passing away in Los Angeles on Tuesday, October 29.
Garr’s Notable Roles
Garr Was Nominated For An Oscar
Following in her mother’s footsteps,Garr began her entertainment career as a dancer. Early in her career, she presented these dancing talents in background roles in movies. It was not until 1968 that she landed her first speaking role in a movie. This was in the Monkees' pop parody musicalHead.From there, she received more roles in film and TV, getting her breakout role playing Inga in the horror-comedyYoung Frankenstein. That same year, she also played Amy inFrancis Ford Coppola’s 1974 filmThe Conversation.
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Garr continued her career in the film industry throughout the ’70s and ’80s. She played Ronnie Neary in the Steven Spielberg sci-fi classicClose Encounters of the Third Kind. In the next decade,she played a role in the 1982 filmTootsie, which ended up getting her an Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actress. In the 1990s, she guest starred in three episodes of the hit TV sitcomFriends, wherein she played Phoebe Abbott Sr. Following her MS diagnosis, her career slowed down, and she officially retired from acting in 2011.
The award for Best Supporting Actress at the 55th Academy Awards ended up going to Jessica Lange, who was also nominated for a part inTootsie.
Garr Worked With Big-Named Directors
Though Garr has not worked in acting for many years now, she was packed with huge titles in the prime of her career. This came fromGarr’s close work with multiple hugely famous directors. Garr worked with Spielberg, Coppola, Mel Brooks, Sydney Pollack, and even Martin Scorsese. This made the actor highly prominent, as she worked with some of the biggest names in the industry. Following her passing, Garr will be remembered for this work and for the charisma and humor she brought to her characters.
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