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RIP Teri Garr, Star of ‘Young Frankenstein’ and ‘Tootsie,’ Dies at 79

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Damn, what a great comedic talent, she suffered with MS for many years.

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Teri Garr, Star of ‘Young Frankenstein’ and ‘Tootsie,’ Dies at 79

Teri Garr, the actress and singer who brought her buoyant personality to 'Young Frankenstein' and was Oscar-nominated for 'Tootsie,' has died at 79.
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Teri Garr, the comic actress and singer who brought her buoyant personality to “Young Frankenstein” and was Oscar-nominated for “Tootsie,” died on Tuesday in Los Angeles after a long battle with multiple sclerosis. She was 79.


An influential performer to comedians including Tina Fey, Garr was a familiar face in dozens of TV shows and films of the 1970s, ’80s and ’90s. The actress revealed in 2002 that she had been diagnosed with MS, and she suffered an aneurysm in 2006.


After starting her career as a dancer, Garr first gained attention as Inga, the saucy assistant in Mel Brooks’ 1974 “Young Frankenstein,” who greeted Gene Wilder’s Dr. Frederick Frankenstein with the memorable “Vould you like to have a roll in ze hay?”
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Young Frankenstein and Mr. Mom are what I remember her best from. RIP

Just did a quick Google - Mel Brooks and Gene Hackman are now the only members of Young Frankenstein production still living. :(
 
"What knockers"
"Oh, thank you Doctor"
Her and Madeline Kahn. Both incredibly funny. We missed out on a lot of wonderful times with Madeline dying too soon a Terri's career being shortened by sickness.
 
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I remember once on David Letterman's show, he did it all from his office, and he talked her into taking a shower on air.

I heard her on a podcast a few years back, she was still funny, but the MS made her speech difficult.
 
Always loved her work. RIP Teri 💐
 
SammyCp said:
And close encounters and After hours... . Beautiful, accomplished actress.
Sad.
RIP Teri :cry:
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After Hours is a classic. Such a weird, fevered movie, she was great in that, so was Catherine O'Hara.
 
And I loved her in Tootsie, too.
 
Goshin said:
To live with MS to the age of 79, while having a good life overall, should be considered quite an accomplishment.
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I had a friend with it, he drowned in his pool, he was cleaning it, in his wheelchair, and fell in, no one was home. Tragic.
 
Mike1950 said:
Ah, Sweet Mystery of Life at last I've found you
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Another great thing about Mel Brooks - shown in that film - is how he can’t pass up any potential laugh.

“Werewolf.”
“There, there wolf.”

I also remember the poster for Blazing Saddles. MGM’s motto on its seal is “ars gratia artis,” Latin for “art for the sake of art.” Brooks or someone changed it to “ars gratia pecuniae,” which means “art for the sake of money,” if my Catholic school Latin serves.
 
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