Teri Garr filmography

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Teri Garr is an American actress who has appeared in over 70 films since beginning her career in the mid-1960s. She began her film career as a dancer in various musicals before having small speaking roles in Head (1968) and Changes (1969). In 1974, she was cast as Inga in Mel Brooks's comedy horror film Young Frankenstein (1974), and also had a supporting role in Francis Ford Coppola's thriller The Conversation (1974).

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In 1977, Garr starred in Steven Spielberg's science fiction film Close Encounters of the Third Kind , and she gained critical acclaim for her performance in the Sydney Pollack-directed comedy Tootsie (1982), for which she was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. She subsequently had supporting roles in the comedy Mr. Mom (1983), and two Robert Altman films: The Player (1992), and Prêt-à-Porter (1994). Garr subsequently had small roles in the comedies Dumb and Dumber (1994), Dick (1999) and Ghost World (2001) before going into retirement in 2011 due to her diagnosis with multiple sclerosis.

Film

YearFilmRoleNotesRef.
1963 Fun in Acapulco Hotel GuestUncredited [1]
1964 Kissin' Cousins Hillbilly DancerUncredited [1]
1964 Viva Las Vegas DancerUncredited [1]
1964 What a Way to Go! Dancer In Shipboard NumberUncredited [2]
1964 Roustabout College StudentUncredited [2]
1964 Pajama Party Pajama Girlas Teri Hope [1]
1964 T.A.M.I. Show
1965 John Goldfarb, Please Come Home Harem GirlUncredited
1965 Red Line 7000 Nightclub DancerUncredited
1965 Girl Happy
1966Where Is the Bus?GirlShort film
1966For Pete's SakeGirlas Terry Garr
1967 The Cool Ones Whiz-Bam GirlUncredited
1967 Clambake DancerUncredited [2]
1967The Hardy Boys: The Mystery of the Chinese Junk Susieas Terry Garr
1968 Head Testy Trueas Terry Garr [3]
1969 Changes The Waitress [3]
1970 The Moonshine War Young Wifeas Terry Garr [3]
1974 The Conversation Amy Fredericks [3]
1974 Young Frankenstein Inga [3]
1976 Won Ton Ton, the Dog Who Saved Hollywood Fluffy Peters [3]
1977 Oh, God! Bobbie Landers [3]
1977 Close Encounters of the Third Kind Ronnie Neary [3]
1977 The Absent-Minded Waiter Susan CatesShort film [3]
1979 Mr. Mike's Mondo Video Herself [3]
1979 The Black Stallion Mrs. Ramsey, Alec's Mother [3]
1980 Witches' Brew Margaret Lightman
1981 Honky Tonk Freeway Ericka [3]
1982 One from the Heart Frannie [3]
1982 The Escape Artist Arlene [3]
1982 Tootsie Sandy Lester [3]
1983 The Sting II Veronica [3]
1983 The Black Stallion Returns Mrs. Ramsey, Alec's Mother [3]
1983 Mr. Mom Caroline Butler [3]
1984 Firstborn Wendy Livingston [3]
1985 After Hours Julie [3]
1986 Miracles Jean
1988 Full Moon in Blue Water Louise Taylor [3]
1989 Out Cold Sunny [3]
1989 Let It Ride Pam Trotter [3]
1990 Short Time Carolyn Simpson [3]
1990 Waiting for the Light Kay Harris [3]
1990A Quiet Little Neighborhood, a Perfect Little MurderMarsha Pegler
1992 The Player Herself [3]
1992 Mom and Dad Save the World Marge Nelson [3]
1994 Dumb and Dumber Helen Swanson
1994 Prêt-à-Porter Louise Hamilton
1994Save the RabbitsLisaShort film
1995 Perfect Alibi Laney Tolbert
1996 Michael Judge Esther Newberg
1997Changing HabitsConnie
1997 A Simple Wish Rena
1997The Definite MaybeDionne Waters
1998 Casper Meets Wendy Fanny
1999 Kill the Man Mrs. Livingston
1999 Dick Helen Lorenzo [4]
2000 The Sky Is Falling Mona Hall [3]
2000 Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker Mary McGinnisVoice [5]
2001 Ghost World MaxineUncredited [6]
2002 Life Without Dick Madame HugonautDirect-to-video
2005 Aloha, Scooby-Doo! Molly QuinnVoice, direct-to-video [5]
2005A Taste of JupiterGinnie
2006 Unaccompanied Minors Valerie's SisterUncredited
2007 Expired Mother Barney / Aunt Tilde [3]
2007 Kabluey Suze
2007God Out the WindowChanningShort film

Television

YearTitleRoleNotesRef
1964 Mr. Novak LisaEpisode: "How Does Your Garden Grow?"
1964–1965 Shindig! Herself (Dancer)Recurring role (5 episodes)
1965 Dr. Kildare NaomiEpisode: "With Hellfire and Thunder"; uncredited
1965 Hullabaloo Herself – (Go-Go Dancer)Episode: "#1.18"; uncredited
1965 Where the Action Is Telegram LadyEpisode: "Pilot"
1966 Batman Girl Outside RinkEpisode: "Instant Freeze"; uncredited
1967–1968 That Girl Estelle / Actress #1 At Audition2 episodes; uncredited
1968 The Andy Griffith Show Girl in Red ConvertibleEpisode: "The Wedding"; credited as Terri Garr
1968 Star Trek Roberta LincolnEpisode: "Assignment: Earth"; credited as Terri Garr
1968 Mayberry R.F.D. The CashierEpisode: "Miss Farmerette"; credited as Terri Garr
1969 The Mothers-In-Law The UsheretteEpisode: "Two on the Aisle"; credited as Terri Garr
1969 Room 222 MarianneEpisode: "Naked Came We Into the World"; credited as Terry Garr
1969 It Takes a Thief Maggie Philbin2 episodes; credited as Terry Garr
1970–1975 McCloud Sergeant Phyllis Norton / Nora Mullins / Bit Role6 episodes; credited as Terry Garr
1971–1974 The Sonny and Cher Comedy Hour Various Characters/ Countess LegustavRecurring role (46 episodes)
1972 The Ken Berry 'Wow' Show PerformerRegular (1972)
1972 Banyon MabelEpisode: "A Date with Death"
1973The Burns and Schreiber Comedy HourPerformerRegular
1973 The New Dick Van Dyke Show WaitressEpisode: "Turning Pro"
1973–1974 The Bob Newhart Show Miss Brennan2 episodes
1973–1974 The Girl with Something Extra AmberRecurring role (4 episodes)
1973–1978 M*A*S*H Lieutenant Suzanne Marquette2 episodes
1974 The Odd Couple Insurance AgentEpisode: "The Flying Felix"
1974 Barnaby Jones Maria ThompsonEpisode: "Image in a Cracked Mirror"
1974 Paul Sand in Friends and Lovers SharonEpisode: "Fiddler in the House"
1975 Cher Olivia / Mrs. Oscar Smedley3 episodes
1975 Maude Mrs. CarlsonEpisode: "Viv's Dog"
1975 Hollywood Squares Herself (Panelist)2 episodes
1976 The Sonny and Cher Show OliviaRegular (1976–1977)
1976Law & OrderRita Wasinski
1977 Once Upon a Brothers Grimm PrincessTelevision film; segment: "The Frog Prince"
1977HunterPeg FoleyEpisode: "The Backup" [7]
1979–1985 Saturday Night Live! Herself (Host), Diner Waitress5 episodes
1980Doctor FrankenKelli FisherTelevision film
1982 Prime Suspect Amy McClearyTelevision film
1982 Faerie Tale Theatre PrincessEpisode: "The Tale of the Frog Prince"
1983 The Winter of Our Discontent Mary HawleyTelevision film
1984 The New Show Various CharactersEpisode: "#1.5"
1984 To Catch a King Hannah WinterTelevision film
1985The BoothUnknownTelevision film; segment: "Death at Dinner"
1986Intimate StrangersSally BierstonTelevision film
1986 Fresno Talon Kensington5 episodes; miniseries
1987Pack of LiesHelen SchaeferTelevision film
1987 Trying Times Robin StoneEpisode: "Drive, She Said"
1987 Sesame Street AmeliaEpisode: "#19.24"
1988Teri Garr in Flapjack FloozieHelen EaglesTelevision film
1990 Mother Goose Rock 'n' Rhyme JillTelevision film
1990A Quiet Little Neighborhood, a Perfect Little MurderMarsha PeglerTelevision film
1991 Tales from the Crypt Irene PalomaEpisode: "The Trap"
1991Stranger in the FamilyRandi ThompsonTelevision film
1991 Good & Evil Denise Sandler6 episodes
1991FuturesHerselfEpisode: "Math, Who Needs It?"
1992Deliver Them from Evil: The Taking of Alta ViewSusan WoodleyTelevision film
1992 Dream On Sandra McCaddenEpisode: "And Bimbo Was His Name-O"
1993 Murphy Brown HerselfEpisode: "Bump in the Night"
1993 The Legend of Prince Valiant SelenaVoice, 2 episodes
1993 The Larry Sanders Show HerselfEpisode: "The Breakdown"
1993Fugitive Nights: Danger in the DesertBrita BurrowsTelevision film
1993 Adventures in Wonderland DuchessRecurring role (6 episodes)
1993–1998 Jeopardy! Herself (Celebrity Contestant)2 episodes
1994 Duckman Vanessa Le PertVoice, episode: "It's the Thing of the Principal"
1994 Good Advice Paige TurnerRecurring role (13 episodes)
1994Aliens for BreakfastMrs. BickerstaffTelevision film
1995 Women of the House Sissy EmersonRecurring role (12 episodes)
1995 Frasier NancyVoice, episode: "She's the Boss" [5]
1996 Men Behaving Badly CarolEpisode: "Christmas"
1997 Murder Live! JoAnn McGrathTelevision film
1997 Sabrina, the Teenage Witch Witch YentaEpisode: "Dante's Inferno"
1997–1998 Friends Phoebe Abbott3 episodes
1998Sin City SpectacularUnknownEpisode: "#1.15"
1998 Barney's First Adventure HerselfTelevision film
1998–2002 Biography Herself (Interviewee)2 episodes; documentary
1999 Half a Dozen Babies Lee DilleyTelevision film
1999 ER Celinda RandlettEpisode: "Getting to Know You"
1999 Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist TeriVoice, episode: "Pullman Square" [5]
1999–2000 Batman Beyond Mary McGinnisVoice, recurring role (10 episodes) [5]
2000 King of the Hill LaneyVoice, episode: "Bill of Sales"
2000 I've Got a Secret Herself (Panelist)
2001A Colder Kind of DeathTess MaloneTelevision film
2001 Felicity Dr. ZwickEpisode: "It's Raining Men"
2001 Strong Medicine Mimi StarkEpisode: "Control Group"
2001–2002 Hollywood Squares Herself (Panelist)25 episodes
2002 Mad TV HerselfEpisode: "#7.25"
2003 What's New, Scooby-Doo? Sandy GordonVoice, episode: "Toy Scary Boo"
2003 Life with Bonnie Mrs. Abigail PortinbodyEpisode: "Buy This Book"
2003 Greetings from Tucson HelenEpisode: "Coffee"
2005 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Minerva Grahame-BishopEpisode: "Starved"
2006 Crumbs Lorraine BergmanEpisode: "He Ain't Hetero, He's My Brother"
2011How to Marry a BillionaireLindsey's MomTelevision film

Video games

YearTitleRoleNotesRef
1998 Black Dahlia Madame CassandraVoice

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