Actress Teri Garr, greatest identified for her work in “Young Frankenstein” and “Tootsie,” has died … following a prolonged battle with a number of sclerosis.
The comedy legend died in Los Angeles Tuesday … over 2 many years after she first revealed her MS prognosis, which she detailed at size in her autobiography, “Speedbumps: Flooring It Through Hollywood.”
She additionally suffered from an aneurysm in 2006 … later retiring from appearing altogether 5 years later in 2011.
Previous to her well being battle, Teri was a outstanding performer, with a profession boasting almost 150 credit over the course of 40 years.
Whereas she was born in Lakewood, Ohio, Teri was raised not removed from the lights of Tinseltown … she was introduced up within the Los Angeles neighborhood of North Hollywood whereas her father labored as a comic and actor, and her mom labored as a studio costumer.
Regardless of being identified for her comedic roles, Teri truly began out as a dancer at first … showing in 6 Elvis Presley musicals.
She later pivoted to appearing … getting what she referred to as her huge break because of a 1968 episode of “Star Trek.”
From there, Teri landed roles in Francis Ford Coppola‘s 1974 thriller, “The Conversation” … Mel Brooks‘ aforementioned 1974 comedy, “Young Frankenstein” … and Steven Spielberg‘s 1977 sci-fi traditional, “Close Encounters of the Third Kind.”
But, it was her work as Sydney Pollack reverse Dustin Hoffman‘s titular character in “Tootsie” that earned her an Oscar nomination for Finest Supporting Actress.
Different notable credit embody “Mr. Mom,” “After Hours,” “One from the Heart,” “The Player,” “M*A*S*H,” “The Odd Couple,” “The Bob Newhart Show,” “Friends,” and extra.
Teri is survived by her daughter Molly … who she adopted with ex-husband John O’Neil.
She was 79.
RIP
