Teri Garr Biography

American performer and musician Teri Ann Garr has announced her resignation. Her career, which spans four decades and includes more than 140 credits in cinema and television, occasionally appeared in humorous roles. Her accolades include one National Board of Review Award, one BAFTA Award nomination, and one Academy Award assignment. a Lakewood, Ohio, native Garr, the third child of an ensemble architect mother and vaudevillian father, was raised in North Hollywood, California. Garr trained extensively in expressive dance during her formative years. She began her career as a young person in the mid-1960s with minor roles in TV and movies, recalling appearances as an artist for nine Elvis Presley musicals. Garr left Los Angeles after spending two years in school and thought about studying acting at the Lee Strasberg Institute in New York City. Before getting her big break as Inga in Young Frankenstein, Garr had a minor role in Francis Ford Coppola's spine-tingling The Conversation. She was given a significant role in Steven Spielberg's 1977 film Close Encounters of the Third Kind. Throughout the 1980s, Garr continued to appear in various notable parts, most notably supporting roles in the comedy Mr. Mother and Tootsie, for which she was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her portrayal of Sandra Lester. That year, she collaborated once more with Coppola, appearing in his music before playing a supporting role in Martin Scorsese's dark satire.

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