Teri Garr, Star of 'Young Frankenstein' and 'Tootsie,' Dies at 79

New York Times obit

Garr in The Cool Ones (1967) She's the one in pink

I remember her going all the way back to her appearance on Star Trek as Roberta Lincoln in 1968.

I don't remember. Did Captain Kirk want to fuck her?

It was Assignment Earth

I pre-hated today.

Letterman

I loved when she would be on the Letterman show. They had really great chemistry, even though she would forever be frustrated at what Dave would say to her.

They were fun together.

in her Elvis movies.

Has Lisa Kudrow commented yet?

Funny, R3, I always think of that appearance whenever Teri Garr comes up. She was so sweet and young in that, and her gently daffy persona was already in place. I always loved Teri Garr. :(

Her Tootsie freakout scene.

LOVE HER

Variety obit

Loved her, loved her, loved her. RIP.

The entire main cast of Young Frankenstein is dead:

Mart Feldman, Madeline Kahn, Peter Boyle, Kenneth Mars, Gene Wilder, Cloris Leachman, and now Teri Garr are all gone.

Mel Brooks, 98, is fortunately still with us, but Brooks said life hasn't been the same since his wife, Anne Bancroft, passed in 2005.

Valerie Perrine is still with us.

“What knockers!”

I think Mel will live to 100 like Norman Lear did.

dancing with Toni Basil for Marvin Gaye.

She was also a wife in “Oh, God” and “Close Encounters”.

Bummer. She was awesome.

It was a small role, but I loved her as Mary's step-mom in Dumb and Dumber.

Mister Mom.

She did an impression of Gena Rowlands in Searching for Debra Winger. She made Gena sound more grand than she actually was but Teri was still funny.

Predictions for the next two celebrity deaths- Ted Dansen and Mary Steenburgen

Did she never marry?

Spouse John O'Neil ​ ​(m. 1993; div. 1996)

It was just Teri Garr's bad luck to die on a day when Data Lounge was down.

[quote] She was also a wife in “Oh, God” and “Close Encounters”.

And Mr. Mom!

Almost as much of an injustice as not getting the Oscar for Tootsie, R29.

Surprised she's popular on DL. She was vocal about the sexism in Hollywood, the boring mom parts she was offered and the pay disparity between men and women. Doesn't that make her a whiny cunt?

I watched Expired recently and I liked it and her in it.

And she was rude to the Herbert Ross casting guy.

Loved her turn in Scorsese's 'After Hours'. Her trademark kooky meltdown moment makes me guffaw every damn time...

"8% IS A BITCH!"

I have "Close Encounters Of The Third Kind" DVD signed by her. Thanks CHILLER! RIP Miss G.

She was great in sketches on "The Sonny and Cher Comedy Hour."

She was a trooper to make it to 79 with MS. RIP.

[Quote] LOVE HER

[quote]She was a trooper to make it to 79 with MS.

Oh, dear. She wasn't in the highway patrol.

Oh fuck off. Some people write like they talk, not like a fucking term paper. Go read some of those.

"Trouper" is not a term-paper word.

Anyway, she was a perfect choice to play Phoebe's mother in "Friends." And, btw, she wasn't a Capt. Kirk girlfriend in "Star Trek," just a student or secretary on Earth, as I remember it.

as Talon Kensington in Fresno chasing after shirtless Gregory Harrison

She was so great. Here's a fabulous interview she did with the AV Club back in 2008.

She was one of the best. Loved her.

I wish she’d won the Oscar for Tootsie instead of Jessica getting the consolation Oscar for not winning Best Actress.

Why did I think she was on Three's Company?

Wasn't she in Close Encounters?

From Lisa Kudrow:

[quote]"Teri Garr was a comedic acting genius who was and is a huge influence on me and I know I’m not alone in that," she said. "I feel so lucky and grateful I got to work with Teri Garr."

From Dustin Hoffman:

[quote]“Teri was brilliant and singular in all she did, and had a heart of gold,” Hoffman, 87, said in a statement given to The Post on Tuesday. “Working with her was one of the great highs. There was no one like her.”

From Mel Brooks

[quote]So very sorry to hear about Teri Garr’s passing. She was so talented and so funny. Her humor and lively spirit made the YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN set a pleasure to work on. Her “German” accent had us all in stitches! She will be greatly missed.

She was in one of my favorite movie scenes ever filmed, the "Where Did I Go Wrong" number from one of those otherwise godawful Beach Party movies. So fabulous!

Has that cunt Jessica Lange released a statement yet?

r5 Ah, yes, Robert Lansing, first husband of the lovely Emily McLaughlin.

That interview at r44 is fabulous! She didn’t give a FUCK by then and I love it.

I met Terri Gar in the green room of the Letterman show in the early 90s. I was a Midwestern-hick nobody and she was very kind. She posed for photos with me and complimented my dress, which made me feel terrific!

R26 = Whoopi Goldberg.

[quote]Terri Gar

Two words and you got them both wrong. Brava!

Terri-- "Elevate me!" God--" Here now?" Terri--- "Yes" God--" I'll let Phyllis and Marty know you're coming. You 3 stay out of trouble! Terri---" God you know that's impossible ha ha" God -- " Well I guess I will have to assign Ester Rolle as your guardian then" Terri---" Oh God no!! Walking behind me for eternity saying damn damn damn and throwing things on the ground! Please no. I'll be good"

RIP Terri you are missed

She didn’t seem to age at all, did she?

Damn. She will be missed.

,🔼pardon the misspelling Teri not Terri!

[quote] She posed for photos with me and complimented my dress

Congrats, Teacake! I’m sure she made you feel beautiful.

She was very good opposite Ellen Burstyn in Pack of Lies an outstanding made for TV film. The film is on YouTube

She was great. Always lifted the part beyond the writing. She was perfectly cast as Phoebes mom in Friends...just like Brenda Vacaro as Joeys mom, why werent they used more? RIP Teri x

[quote]Has that cunt Jessica Lange released a statement yet?

They didn't share any scenes in "Tootsie." Did they ever work together?

Yet Ellen Burstyn still walks among us.

Any fans of her 1989 film ‘Out Cold’?

R43, you get the gold star for getting a Fresno reference! God that was a marvelous spoof of TV nighttime soaps.

As Talon, Teri spent most of her time drinking, tossing drinks in peoples faces and looking ridiculously slutty. Like the rest of the Fresno cast, she played the role "straight" and for high 'drama."

Or ONE FROM THE HEART?

Little known but Teri was in a very short-lived revival of a 1920s George Abbott melodrama called BROADWAY that played Broadway for about a week in 1977.

Teri, Amy Irving and Carrie Fisher partying 70s style.

I've always heard that Teri Garr is the dancer in the red/orange sweater in Nancy's "Boots" video, though some say it's not her.

Of course it’s her, R72.

Interesting that Jessica mentions Teri in her Oscar speech (no scenes with her), but nothing about Kim Stanley, which she shared some powerhouse scenes with in Frances. I’m guessing Teri came in fourth or fifth that year behind Glenn (likely second) and Kim (likely third). It was a great year for this category. I know it’s been hell for Teri suffering from ms. Glad she has peace now. Brilliant comedic actress.

Her comedy with Tom Conti called Miracles is a dud and her long hair is shortened but she has some hysterical moments.

That was a nice short speech by Lange. Sigourney Weaver looked like a million bucks presenting there.

R50 Nice comment from Dustin Hoffman. He's 87?! Man, time flies.

RIP Teri, who is so much better than a "DEAD TO ME" post.

Interesting that Hoffman or his people gave the exclusive quote to the right wing Murdoch Post.

Of the five in 1982 who were nominated, I would say that either Kim Stanley or Lesley Ann Warren gave the best performances. I thought Dana Hill should have been up there for Shoot the Moon, but that film was forgotten by the time the nominations rolled around. I also thought Jennifer Jason Leigh was deserving for Fast Times at Ridgemont High, but that was never going to happen. And I also liked Cher in Come Back to the Five and Dime... but that film barely opened.

I might have given it to Kim Stanley more for career than anything else.

I remember this award being discussed on a thread about Glenn Close's Oscar losses; it's hard to begrudge any of them a nom as they were all very good, but I mentioned Ellen Barkin in "Diner" as an alternative--great year for acting.

What a killer Supporting Actress category - and with Steep and Lange again in the main category. All of those performances are heavyweights.

Love seeing the photos of Teri and Dustin Hoffman together again - like they really were Michael and Sandy. Brilliant screen duo. Teri Garr just lit up the screen.

And I also liked Cher in Come Back to the Five and Dime.

She wanted to go into Best Actress contention after it was proposed that Sandy Dennis go there. Cher was pissed because she said she had more lines to learn than Sandy!

I would say that either Kim Stanley ...gave the best performances.

No to Stanley. She was totally miscast.

[quote]Wasn't she in Close Encounters?

Like a taco? Was it like one of those Sara Lee, um, moon-shaped cookies? Those crescent cookies?

She improved every film she was in! I especially loved her in After Hours.

I wish Karen Black had scored a nomination for “Jimmy Dean” and left Cher & Sandy to squabble at the Five & Dime.

Agree about Karen Black.

Mickey Dolenz

Her last years seemed to have been misery. A very sad ending to a person who gave me a lot of joy.

[QUOTE]She was a trooper to make it to 79 with MS. RIP.

I wanted to ask... It seems like she lived a very long life for someone with MS. Is this usual? I just hope it wasn't too painful or debilitating. I can't imagine a chronic condition on top of regular aging issues.

She has a small but memorable role in one of my favorite movies, Ghost World.

Thank you for saying that, R78.

What a thoroughly wonderful human being!

RIP, Ms. Garr.

The Wardrobe Demand That Allegedly Made Teri Garr Walk Off Star Trek's Set

Teri Garr Found the Soul in Memorable Ditsy Blondes

I would’ve nominated her for close encounters over the god awful Leslie Browne or queer Cummings.

Teri was one of some select Boomer celebs who just oozed authenticity and soul in a pleasurable, disarming way. It's no easy feat to be so sharp without much artifice like that.

Mr. Mom was on cable nonstop for a while. I watched it all the time. Losing Teri is like losing another piece of my childhood, which have been falling away at an incredible rate over the past 10 years.

RIP sweetheart.

Has Ann Jillian commented yet?

I have the feeling that Il Gingio has the potential to turn into a prissy preening twat like Roger Federer in his Imperial Era.

Oops! Wrong thread. Apologies

One From the Heart

R34 I remember his threads they were great. He had so much good gossip and behind the scenes casting stories. WHET him?

[quote]I've always heard that Teri Garr is the dancer in the red/orange sweater in Nancy's "Boots" video, though some say it's not her.

[quote]Of course it’s her, [R72].

I used to think so, too, r73, but I have re-watched it a bunch of times since her death, esp from 1:04 -1:06. I also searched the interwebs for verificatia, and came up with nothing. I am no longer as sure as I used to be.

[quote]I wish Karen Black had scored a nomination for “Jimmy Dean” and left Cher & Sandy to squabble at the Five & Dime.

That was a stellar cast, all of them. I saw it several times in previews on Broadway. Kathy Bates and Sudie Bond were extraordinary.

Good profile of Teri on CBS This Morning. She talks about MS, watching TV with Elvis, the 'insufferable' Jessica Lange and visits her childhood home.

I enjoyed that profile from 2005, R106. Surely she was not serious about Jessica Lange, right?

She didn't sound like she was kidding, r107.

[quote] "Trouper" is not a term-paper word.

Maybe not. But you’re engaging in term paper pedantry in enforcing “proper” spelling of the word.

Pack of Lies is a terrific film. Garr made a Connection with audiences. That’s so very hard to do

She was interviewed about Gene Wilder and said he was a jerk. The interviewer was like 'You're joking right?' Teri responded 'No he was a jerk.'

She doesn't seem to have liked anyone she worked with

One from the Heart is a stinker. After her Elvis movies pedigree we assumed Teri was this great dancer but she barely impresses as one in this Coppola crapfest.

Here is the interview where Teri says Gene Wilder was a jerk. Seemingly adding to her tragedies was having a fat daughter.

Somebody posted on youtube Annette at the end of her life with MS. It was so unbelievably horrifying it should never have been posted. Hope it's no longer there. I never realized how bad it gets before you die. The cruelty of what a disease can do to you is beyond imagining.

Teri was simply one of the best screen presences in modern movies. Just a fantastic performer and person.

[quote] Somebody posted on youtube Annette at the end of her life with MS. It was so unbelievably horrifying it should never have been posted. Hope it's no longer there. I never realized how bad it gets before you die. The cruelty of what a disease can do to you is beyond imagining.

Was it the interview that her husband did with CTV several months before her death? That video is still on YouTube. A few months ago, I saw that the 90s tv movie A Dream Is a Wish Your Heart Makes: The Annette Funicello Story was on a streaming services. I watched it because I hadn't seen it in years. I had remembered reading articles that Annette had lost the ability to speak towards the end of her life and I googled around and came across a video of the husband talking with CTV. They showed her and she didn't look well.

On ARSENIO in 1992 She followed the Clinton's who were Arsenio's first guests.

Teri on the Tonight Show in 1992 with Michael Keaton and Martin Short. It was one of Carson's last shows before he retired.

R106 - Teri doesn't delve deeper into why she found Lange insufferable. It may be a joke but she writes in her book Speedbumps that Lange was much, much older than her. But actually Lange is 5 years younger. Teri suggests that she had impeccable timing in Tootsie but Lange did not, but does not mention that Lange was far more attractive as the dream girl Teri would never have been cast as.

[quote] I am no longer as sure as I used to be.

A truth for all time.

She doesn't seem to have liked anyone she worked with

She liked Dustin Hoffman.

R120 it makes me wonder if Teri and Jessica had some kind of bad run in on the Tootsie set. Even though they shared no scenes, they might’ve been around each other more with movie sets being what they are. Plus Teri was smart enough to know Jessica really won for Frances and not her lightweight role in Tootsie.

I really didn't like Lange until I read in Grace Jones's book how closely associated she was with the fascinating Antonio Lopez, who helped Jones, Lange, Jerry Hall and others launch their careers in Paris. That's some good DNA to have.

She liked gene hackman, Shirley MacLaine, and Michael Keaton.

[quote]On ARSENIO in 1992 She followed the Clinton's who were Arsenio's first guests.

Oh, dear.

R120, Garr calls Lange "insufferable" in Speedbumps, and it's meant to be tongue-in-cheek:

[quote]Next up, Best Supporting Actress. My co-star, Jessica Lange (it’s okay if you haven’t heard of her) had also been nominated for Best Supporting Actress in “Tootsie.”... When the envelope was opened, my heart stopped. “And the winner is….... Jessica Lange.” I instantly smiled, bigger perhaps than I’ve ever smiled before. I may have played the Statue of Liberty on roller skates once, but I’m no fool — while the winner is adjusting her girdle and kissing everyone within a ten-person radius, the camera is always on the losers. Of course the movie “The Oscar” with Stephen Boyd came to mind.

[quote]Was it the insufferable Jessica Lange’s impeccable timing in “Tootsie” that won her “Best Supporting Actress”? (Incidentally, I thought she was very nice until she won the Oscar and I didn’t. Nothing personal.) Or was it a sympathy vote? The fact that she was much, much older than me? Who knows? She’d been nominated for “Best Actress” for “Frances,” in which she was brilliant, but there was no way anybody was going to beat out Meryl Streep in “Sophie’s Choice.”

I don't find her use of insufferable comic, just mean-spirited. She was obviously bitter about losing to Jessica who would go on to have a much bigger career. Teri also bad-mouthed Friends, saying she was slumming by doing the show after having worked for Coppola, Spielberg and Scorsese.

R128, she's very obviously doing a funny bit in that excerpt. "I thought she was very nice until she won the Oscar and I didn't." Can you not understand that's tongue-in-cheek?

R128 well tbh Friends was pretty rubbish in hindsight.

I doubt Teri would need for us to be in a little snit in her behalf.

"Teri suggests that she had impeccable timing in Tootsie but Lange did not, but does not mention that Lange was far more attractive as the dream girl Teri would never have been cast as."

Did the casting director ask any heterosexual men about that? Because they really, really liked Teri. In fact, the one I told about her death immediately said, "God, I was so in love with her!" They always want the Mary Ann, not the Ginger.

I think Teri was dealing in a humorous way about the massive bitterness she felt at the time about losing the award back then. I remember reading interviews with her shortly afterwards where she openly complained about how she felt it was unfair that Jessica was competing with her because Jessica was the lead female (incorrect- Dorothy was the lead female), and how, when they were shooting, everyone would tell her (Teri) we can't make you look too good because you're supposed to be the girl who loses. And she went along with it but felt she got shafted.

I thought it was a lot of sour grapes back then. Garr had pretty much proven she wasn't a leading lady by that point. And there's nothing wrong with that (other than that Teri Garr herself is unhappy about it). She was a brilliant comedic actress. I wouldn't say she she had no range, it was more that she got cast mostly in ditzy type roles or was asked to "bring more Teri Garr" to the performance while on set.

You take Lange out of the category, and Teri STILL wasn’t going to win. It was likely going to Glenn. (Interesting that neither Glenn or Teri weren’t up for the golden globe, but Glenn won key critics awards). The nomination was her reward. Plus being in a massive hit, in one of the most memorable roles in her career.

Jessica winning isn't such a surprise given that she won the Golden Globe, the National Society of Film Critics and the New York Film Critics Circle Awards.

R135 no one was surprised she won. The globes and the other critics awards gave it to her for the same reason the Oscars did-as really awards for Frances.