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: …
Teri Garr, actor, comedian and multiple sclerosis ambassador, dies at 79 Enlarge this image toggle caption Frederick M. Brown/Getty Images Frederick M. Brown/Getty Images Teri Garr, an actor and comedian who later became an ambassador for multiple sclerosis after her own diagnosis in 1999, died Tuesday at her home in Los Angeles. Enlarge this image toggle caption Hulton Archive/Getty Images …
