Teri Garr, the Oscar-nominated comedic actor best known for her spirited performances in classics such as "Young Frankenstein," "Close Encounters of the Third Kind" and "Tootsie," died Tuesday in Los Angeles, according to her publicist and friend Heidi Schaeffer.
Marty Feldman, Gene Wilder and Teri Garr in "Young Frankenstein."
Teri Garr in 1992.
"The person I always think of is Teri Garr," Tina Fey was once quoted as saying.
"There was a time when Teri Garr was in everything.
Persons:
Teri Garr, Oscar, Young, Heidi Schaeffer, Schaeffer, Garr, Johnny Carson, Elvis Presley, Francis Ford Coppola's, Gene Wilder's, Inga, Mel Brooks, Marty Feldman, Gene Wilder, Steven Spielberg, Richard Dreyfuss, Dustin Hoffman's, Martin Scorsese, Robert Altman, Porter, Coppola, Michael Keaton, Lisa Kudrow's, NBC Teri Ann Garr, Jack Nicholson, Garr's, Sonny, Cher, Garr's doggedness, Pauline Kael, there’s, Tina Fey
Organizations:
Hollywood, NBC, Yorker, CBS, Getty, CNN
Locations:
Los Angeles, bewilderment, Ohio, New York City