Terry Ann Garr (December 11, 1944 – October 29, 2024), known as Teri Garr, was an American actress. Known for her comedic roles in film and television[5][6] she received nominations for an Academy Award, and a British Academy Film Award.

Garr was raised primarily in North Hollywood, California. She was the third child of a comedic-actor father and a studio costumer mother. In her youth, Garr trained in ballet and other forms of dance. She began her career as a teenager with small roles in television and film in the early 1960s, including appearances as a dancer in six Elvis Presley musicals. After spending two years attending college, Garr left Los Angeles, and studied acting at the Lee Strasberg Institute in New York City. She had her breakthrough appearing in an episode of Star Trek in 1968.[7]: 61–64 

Garr was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her comedic role as an acting student in Tootsie (1982). She is also known for her roles in Francis Ford Coppola's thriller The Conversation (1974) and drama One from the Heart (1982), Mel Brooks's comedy Young Frankenstein (1974), Steven Spielberg's science fiction film Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977) and Martin Scorsese's black comedy After Hours (1985). She also acted in the comedy films Oh, God! (1977), Mr. Mom (1983), Dumb and Dumber (1994), Michael (1996) and Ghost World (2001).