Teri Garr

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Teri Ann Garr (born December 11, 1944) is an American actress and comedienne. <p>Garr was born in Lakewood, Ohio. Her father was Eddie Garr (born Eddie Gonnau), 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 an all-girls Roman Catholic high school named Magnificat in Rocky River, Ohio, near her hometown of Lakewood. <p>Early in her career she was sometimes credited as Terri Garr, Terry Garr, Teri Hope, or Terry Carr. Garr's 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 as a dancer. 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 Close Encounters of the Third Kind and Young Frankenstein. <p>Garr has...