But her breakout came in 1974.
Her sweet, somewhat naive or not?
andoddly accented characterhad no shortage of memorable lines.
From left: Teri Garr with Gene Wilder in ‘Young Frankenstein,’ in ‘Tootsie’ and in a publicity shot for ‘Mr. Mom’Everett Collection
Who could forget Vould you like to have a roll in zee hay?
He vould have an enormous schwanzstucker or Put zee candleback!?
The film won critical acclaim and was a huge commercial hit, later being resurrected as a Broadway musical.
From left: Teri Garr, Peter Boyle (lying down), Gene Wilder and Marty Feldman in Mel Brooks’ ‘Young Frankenstein’(1974), 20th Century Fox/Everett Collection
Her next role would be among her most famous.
Mom, both in 1983.
Her father was Eddie Garr, who had about two dozen screen credits and worked as a nightclub comic.
One of Garrs earliest credits was as a backing go-go dancer on the legendaryT.A.M.I.
Toni Basil, who later had a No.
1 hit with Mickey, also was a dancer on the show.
Garrs autobiography, titledSpeedbumps: Flooring It Through Hollywood, was published in 2005.
She was married to John ONeil for three years in the 90s and adopted a daughter, Molly ONeil.
