Teri Garr, the actress, who has died aged 79, began her film career as a dancer in Elvis Presley musicals and went on to appear in scene-stealing roles in films including Mel Brooks’s Young Frankenstein and Sydney Pollack’s Tootsie, for which she won an Oscar nomination. Bouncy and blonde, Teri Garr cultivated a wild-eyed ditzy persona, verging on the unhinged: …
