Comedian Teri Garr, who starred in “Young Frankenstein” and “Close Encounters of the Third Kind,” died Tuesday of multiple sclerosis. She was 79.
Teri Garr, known for her work in “Young Frankenstein” and “Tootsie,” died Tuesday in Los Angeles. She was 79.
Garr’s publicist confirmed to The Associated Press that the comedian died of multiple sclerosis.
She began her career in the entertainment industry as a background dancer in a number of Elvis Presley movies, and went on to earn an Academy Award nomination for her role as Sandy Lester in the 1982 Dustin Hoffman comedy, “Tootsie.”
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The daughter of Eddie Garr, a well-known vaudeville comedian and Phyllis Lind, one of the original Rockettes at New York’s Radio City Music Hall, Garr seemed destined for show business.
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She appeared in nine Elvis Presley movies, including “Viva Las Vegas,” “Roustabout,” and “Clambake.”
While Garr was a featured dancer on “Shindig,” and performed as a cast member on “The Sonny and Cher Comedy Hour,” her first big film break came as Gene Hackman’s girlfriend in the 1974 Francis Ford Coppola thriller, “The Conversation.”
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