Teri Garr

Teri Garr (born December 11, 1944 in Lakewood, Ohio) is a United States actor.

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December 11 - 1944 - Lakewood, Ohio - United States - Actor

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One of her most acclaimed roles was in Tootsie, for which she was nominated for an Academy Award as Best Supporting Actress in 1982. Her movie debut was as an extra in the 1963 film A Swingin' Affair. During her early career she appeared in several Elvis Presley movies, usually in uncredited roles. 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 The Conversation and Young Frankenstein.

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Tootsie - Academy Award - Best Supporting Actress - 1982 - 1963 film - A Swingin' Affair - Elvis Presley - Cameo appearance - Damsel in distress - The Monkees - Head - The Conversation - Young Frankenstein

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While some more recent sources give Teri a revised Birthday of Dec. 11, 1949, older sources state her birthday as Dec. 14, 1944. As she certainly wasn't 13 when she played a dancer in ""Fun in Acapulco", the above birthdate reflects the more likely birthdate.

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Garr has also appeared frequently on television. A notable early appearance was in the ' episode "" (1968). She played a recurring character in McCloud and was also 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 during the early and mid-1980s. She played a recurring character in Friends (the estranged birth mother of Phoebe Buffay) in the late-1990s.

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Television - 1968 - McCloud - The Sonny and Cher Comedy Hour - The Ken Berry 'Wow' Show - The Burns and Schreiber Comedy Hour - Saturday Night Live - Friends - Phoebe Buffay

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Garr appeared in a series of local television commercials in several markets for various FM radio stations.

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Garr has continued to work in spite of having suffered from multiple sclerosis since 1983, undiagnosed until 1999.

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Multiple sclerosis - 1983 - 1999

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Early in her career she was sometimes credited as Terri Garr, Terry Garr, Teri Hope, or Terry Carr.

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