(1990 photo by Alan Light)
Teri Ann Garr (11 December 1944 – 29 October 2024) was an Academy Award–nominated American actress and anti-nuclear weapons activist. Her voice roles for Hanna-Barbera and Warner Bros. include:
- Sandy Gordon in an episode of What's New Scooby-Doo?
- Mayor Molly Quinn in Aloha, Scooby-Doo!
Biography[]
Teri Garr claimed a career in show business by birthright. She was born in Los Angeles, California, the daughter of Eddie Garr (born Edward Leo Gonnoud), a Broadway stage and film actor, and Phyllis Garr (née Emma Schmotzer), a dancer. Her maternal grandparents were Austrian, and her father was of Irish descent.
While she was still an infant, her family moved from Hollywood to New Jersey. But after the death of her father when she was eleven, the family then returned to Hollywood, where her mother became a wardrobe mistress for various movies and television. While Garr's dancing can be seen in the background of nine Elvis Presley movies, her first speaking role in motion pictures was in the 1968 feature film Head, starring The Monkees. In the 1970s she became well established in television with appearances on shows such as Star Trek (1966), It Takes a Thief (1968) and McCloud (1970), and became a semi-regular on The Sonny and Cher Show (1976) as Cher's friend, Olivia and as The Duchess in The Disney Channel original series, Adventures in Wonderland (1992-95).
Garr has ever since risen to become one of Hollywood's most versatile, energetic and well-recognized actresses. She has starred in many memorable films, including Young Frankenstein (1974), Oh, God! (1977), Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977), Mr. Mom (1983), After Hours (1985) and her Academy Award-nominated performance for Best Supporting Actress in Tootsie (1982).
External Links[]
- Teri Garr at the Internet Movie Database
- Scooby-Doo Wiki: Teri Garr