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| Birth Name(s) : Teri Garr |
Date of Birth: December 11, 1949 |
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Teri Garr can claim a career in show business by birthright. She was the daughter of Eddie Garr, a Broadway stage and film actor, and Phyllis Garr, a dancer. While still an infant her family moved from Hollywood to New Jersey, but after the death of her father when she was eleven her family returned to Hollywood, where her mother became a wardrobe mistress for movies and television.
While Garr's dancing can be seen in nine Elvis Presley movies, her first speaking role in motion pictures was in the 1968 feature _Head (1968)_ (qv), starring The Monkees. In the '70s she became well-established in television with appearances on "Star Trek" (1966), "It Takes a Thief" (1968), and _"McCloud" (1971)_ , and she became a semi-regular on "Sonny and Cher Show, The" (1976) as Cher's friend Olivia. Garr has since risen to become one of Hollywood's most versatile, energetic and well-recognized actresses. She has starred in many memorable films, including Young Frankenstein (1974), Oh, God! (1977), Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977), Mr. Mom (1983), After Hours (1985), and her Academy Award-nominated performance for Best Supporting Actress in Tootsie (1982). Other film roles include Black Stallion, The (1979), One from the Heart (1982), Escape Artist, The (1982), Firstborn (1984), Let It Ride, Full Moon in Blue Water (1988), _Out Cold (1988)_ , Short Time (1990), Waiting for the Light (1990), Mom and Dad Save the World (1992), Perfect Alibi (1995), Prêt-à-Porter (1994), and Simple Wish, A (1997).
Teri Garr is a paid ambassador for MS LifeLines, an educational and support service for people living with MS and their families. MS LifeLines and the ambassador program are funded by Serono and Pfizer. |
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Garr was born in Lakewood, Ohio. Her father, Eddie Garr (born Eddie 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, an all-girl Roman Catholic high school in Rocky River, Ohio, near her hometown of Lakewood.
Garr appeared in a series of local television commercials in several markets for various FM radio stations.
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".
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.
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. |
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| Any movie I've ever made, the minute you walk on the set they tell you who's the person to buy it from. Cher said they're going to make two monuments to us - the two girls who lived through Hollywood and never had cocaine. |
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