Terry Ann Garr was born on the 11th December 1947, in Lakewood, Ohio USA, of Irish and Austrian ancestry. Terri Garr is an actress, best known for her roles in such films as “Tootsie” (1982), “Mr. Mom” (1983), and “After Hours” (1985), among others. Her career began in the early 1960s.
Have you ever wondered how rich Teri Garr is, as of mid- 2016? According to authoritative sources, it has been estimated that Teri Garr`s net worth is as high as $4 million, an amount she has earned through her successful career in the entertainment industry, during which she has appeared in more than 150 film and TV productions, which have only increased her net worth.
Teri Garr Net Worth $4 Million
Teri`s parents were also in the entertainment industry; her father was an actor and comedian, while her mother worked as a model and dancer. It was not long before she followed in her parents` footsteps, making her debut in the film “A Swingin’ Affair” in 1963, although only as an extra. She attended Magnificat High School, but even before matriculation, she ventured into acting; while at one of many auditions, she met and befriended David Winters, who helped her career in many ways. He taught her dance and acting as well, and also helped her land roles in nine of Elvis Presley`s feature films.
Little by little her career began to take an upward course, appearing in the film “Head” in 1968, and then for a few years making numerous brief appearances in TV series, and in the film “The Conversation” in 1974, directed by Francis Ford Copola. The same year came her career breakthrough, portraying Inga in the film “Young Frankenstein”. She continued successfully through the 1970s and 1980s, earning most of her net worth in those years. She appeared in such films as “Close Encounters of the Third Kind” (1977), with Richard Dreyfuss, “Oh God!” (1977), with John Denver, “The Black Stallion” (1979), alongside Mickey Rooney, “Tootsie” (1982), with Dustin Hoffman, “The Sting II” (1983), “Let It Ride” (1989), among others, all of which increased her net worth to a large degree.
In the 1990s, Teri became more focused on television roles, and found engagement in such productions as “Good & Evil” (1991), “Adventures in Wonderland” (1993), “Good Advice” (1994), “Women of the House” (1995), “Ronnie & Julie” (1997), and “A Simple Wish” (1997), among others, all of which added to her net worth. The 2000s weren`t quite so successful for her, appearing only in such films as “A Colder Kind Of Death” (2001), “The Sky Is Falling” (2001), “A Taste Of Jupiter” (2005), and “Kabluey” (2007), before announcing that her health had worsened and that she would take a break from acting. In 2011 she returned a the brief role in the TV series “How to Marry a Billionaire”, but since then, she hasn`t been active on screen.
Regarding her personal life, she has been married to actor John O`Neil since the 1990s, and the couple has an adopted daughter. Back in 1983, Teri was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis, and in 2002 she announced that her health had been in a constant decline due to the disease; since then, her health has drastically declined, and she is unable to move on her own, however, her family cares for her.
Academy Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role, BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role, National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Supporting Actress, Academy Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role, BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role, National Society of Film...
Movies
Young Frankenstein, Tootsie, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Mr. Mom, One from the Heart, Dumb and Dumber, The Black Stallion, After Hours, Let It Ride, Oh, God!, The Conversation, Mom and Dad Save the World, Firstborn, Casper Meets Wendy, The Black Stallion Returns, A Simple Wish, The Sting II,...
TV Shows
Good & Evil, Shindig!, Batman Beyond, more
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Trademark
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Bubbly blonde persona with various undercurrents of extreme quirkiness, neuroses or even menace
[1983 interview] In our mothers' generation, the thing was to stay at home and have somebody take care of you. It's a funny thing because I don't know how I feel. Women who have careers have to face the fact that if they want to have a relationship or a marriage - then they're going to have two jobs. It's a tough question!
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I would love to do a great part for a woman, like the role Anjelica Huston had in The Grifters (1990). There are 60 million people on this block, alone, who would love to do those kind of parts, too. It's a tough, competitive business out there; keep hanging in, that's the thing.
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The business is in a funny position these days. They gear everything to those target audiences that make money. Things look more and more like TV and the quality becomes different. People aren't so interested in seeing movies about women's problems.
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Listen, I don't know. It's all theory. If I knew what I was talking about, I would be running the studio. That's why they keep changing the heads of the studios: Nobody knows. Nobody knows. But I'm sure it has affected the quality of movies. Being sensitive to the problem of women is just another symptom of the quality of movies: I don't think you can do anything that's very sensitive. Everything's sort of broad strokes and big gestures--adventure things that boys, guys--want to see.
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It's different things at different times, you know? It's like when you read a true crime story and think it's really good, then the next book you pick up is a biography and you really like that. I don't consider that I have to judge any of the movies I make all the time, but people are always asking me: "What's your favorite movie?" And I never know what to say. They're just jobs to me, really. I take the part I'm lucky enough to get and do the best I can and then -- I don't know, they're just jobs.
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Any movie I've ever made, the minute you walk on the set they tell you who's the person to buy it [cocaine] from. Cher said they're going to make two monuments to us--the two girls who lived through Hollywood and never had cocaine.
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I've always had this American-pie face that would get work in commercials . . . I'd say things like, "Hi, Marge, how's your laundry?" and "Hi, I'm a real nice Georgia peach". Sometimes this work is one step above being a cocktail waitress.
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Fact
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Garr's father appeared in "Tobacco Road" on Broadway and as Marilyn Monroe's father in "Ladies of the Chorus".
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Her first film work was as a chorus girl in Elvis Presley and Shirley Maclaine movies.
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Garr's first interest was ballet dancing.
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Her father was of Irish descent. Her maternal grandparents, Louis J. Schmotzer and Theresa Gundel, were Austrian immigrants.
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Release of her book "Speedbumps: Flooring It Thru Hollywood". [2005]
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She is a National Ambassador for the National Multiple Sclerosis Society and National Chair for the Society's Women Against MS program (WAMS).
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Was a Go-Go dancer in the seminal rock-and-roll movie The T.A.M.I. Show (1964).
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Told a story at The Moth storytelling night, about her experiences with a cheating boyfriend while living in L.A. The story made it to The Moth podcast.
The Star Trek (1966) episode, Star Trek: Assignment: Earth (1968), in which Garr plays a ditsy secretary, was written as the springboard for a spin-off series. The new series was to feature more adventures of "Roberta Lincoln" (Garr) and "Gary Seven" (Robert Lansing), but it never came about.
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Biography in: "Who's Who in Comedy" by Ronald L. Smith, pg. 177-178. New York: Facts on File, 1992. ISBN 0816023387
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Continues to work despite the fact that she is battling multiple sclerosis, first diagnosed in 1983.
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Daughter, Molly O'Neill, was born in November 1993. Her marriage to John O'Neil Keenan took place on the day their adopted daughter Molly was born.
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Listed as one of twelve "Promising New Actors of 1977" in John Willis' Screen World, Vol. 29. [1977]
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