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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.
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 MS. She was 79. Garr’s first speaking role came in the Monkees’ offbeat feature film “Head,” written by Jack Nicholson, whom she had met in an acting class. Despite her obvious appeal to the great directors, she found many of her encounters in the business to be unbearably sexist, such as being told by “The Sonny and Cher Show” producers that if she wanted to be paid as much as the men, she could quit.
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