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Teri Garr
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- #001
Despite battling multiple sclerosis, which she was first diagnosed with in 1983, Teri Garr continued to work.
- #002
Teri Garr served as the National Ambassador for the National Multiple Sclerosis Society and as the National Chair of the Society's Women Against MS (WAMS) program.
- #003
On December 21, 2006, Teri Garr suffered a brain aneurysm.
- #004
Teri Garr's first film work came as a chorus girl in Elvis Presley and Shirley MacLaine movies.
- #005
Teri Garr was a go-go dancer in the groundbreaking rock and roll film The T.A.M.I. Show (1964).
- #006
Teri Garr was a staple of Late Night with David Letterman (1982). In 1985, she took a shower on the show.
- #007
At a Moth storytelling night, Teri Garr told a story about her experiences with a cheating boyfriend while she was living in Los Angeles. The story made it onto The Moth podcast.
- #008
Teri Garr began her professional dance career with the San Francisco Ballet.
- #009
Teri Garr was a winner on the celebrity edition of The Weakest Link (2001).
- #010
Teri Garr's first interest was ballet dancing.
- #011
Teri Garr is the daughter of actor Eddie Garr and wardrobe mistress Phyllis Garr.
- #012
Teri Garr was called a "comedic legend." In 1982, film critic Pauline Kael called her "the most comical neurotic, dizzy woman on screen."
- #013
After her death, Teri Garr was cremated with no funeral or memorial service. Her ashes were buried next to her mother at San Fernando Mission Cemetery in Mission Hills, California.
- #014
Teri Garr is a graduate of the Stella Adler Acting Studio.
- #015
In 2019, it emerged that Teri Garr had retired from acting in 2011.
- #016
Teri Garr attended Bruce Willis and Demi Moore's wedding.
- #017
Beginning with Fun in Acapulco (1963), Teri Garr appeared in five Elvis Presley films.
- #018
Teri Garr lobbied for the role of Elizabeth McGraw in 9½ Weeks (1986).
- #019
Teri Garr spent her childhood in New Jersey.
- #020
Teri Garr took part in events for The Trevor Project, a nonprofit organization dedicated to preventing suicide among gay youth.
- #021
Teri Garr was a friend of Connie Sellecca and Toni Basil.
- #022
Teri Garr's father was of Irish descent. On her mother's side, her grandparents were Louis J. Schmotzer and Theresa Gundel, Austrian immigrants.
- #023
At the 1994 Golden Globe Awards, Teri Garr presented Robin Williams with the Best Actor in a Comedy/Musical award for his role in Mrs. Doubtfire (1993), in which he plays an actor who dresses as a woman — the same premise as Tootsie (1982), the film that made Garr a star.
- #024
Teri Garr has one grandchild: Tyrun.
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Teri Garr has two brothers: Edward Jr. and Phillip.
- #026
Teri Garr appeared in several television films, including Fugitive Nights, Dream On and Deliver Them Evil.
- #027
In 1975, Teri Garr advertised Dole fruit.
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