So very sorry to hear about Teri Garrs passing, Brooks said in a statement on social media.
She was so talented and so funny.
Her humor and lively spirit made theYoung Frankensteinset a pleasure to work on.
Teri Garr as Inga in ‘Young Frankenstein’ (1974)Everett Collection
Her German accent had us all in stitches!
She will be greatly missed.
The accent and her recasting were, it seems, inextricably linked.
Mel Brooks, Teri Garr and Cloris Leachman at the 40th anniversary celebration of ‘Young Frankenstein’ in\ 2014. Garr used a wheelchair due to her multiple sclerosis.Zane Roessell/FilmMagic
I said [adopts German accent] Oh yes, I vill come back tomorrow.
Chers wigmaker was from Dusseldorf, so I just did an impersonation of her.
Garr and Cher had worked together and become friends onThe Sonny & Cher Comedy Hourin the early 1970s.
I had no idea it was going to be such a big hit, and its still hot.
People still look at it all the time.
I had no idea.
So Im really grateful that I was even in it, that I came back with that German accent.
Mel would say, Can we do another take with no laughing?
And wed say, Well try.
We would laugh at everything.
Marty Feldman God, was he funny.
So very sorry to hear about Teri Garrs passing.
She was so talented and so funny.
Her humor and lively spirit made the YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN set a pleasure to work on.
Her German accent had us all in stitches!
She will be greatly missed.
