The actor, who was sometimes credited as Terri, Terry, or Terry Ann during her long career, seemed destined for show business from her childhood.
Ms. Garr died Tuesday of multiple sclerosis, said publicist Heidi Schaeffer. Ms. Garr, who battled other health problems in recent years, underwent an operation in January 2007 to repair an aneurysm.
LOS ANGELES — Teri Garr, the quirky comedy actor who rose from background dancer in Elvis Presley movies to co-star in such favorites as “Young Frankenstein” and “Tootsie,” has died. She was 79.
Her father was Eddie Garr, a well-known vaudeville comedian; her mother was Phyllis Lind, one of the original high-kicking Rockettes at New York’s Radio City Music Hall. Their daughter began dance lessons at 6 and by 14 was dancing with the San Francisco and Los Angeles ballet companies.
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She was 16 when she joined the road company of