Teri Garr, 'Young Frankenstein' actress, dead at 79
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Comedian Teri Garr, who starred in "Young Frankenstein" and "Close Encounters of the Third Kind," died Tuesday of multiple sclerosis. She was 79.
She began her career in the entertainment industry as a background dancer in a number of Elvis Presley movies, and went on to earn an Academy Award nomination for her role as Sandy Lester in the 1982 Dustin Hoffman comedy, "Tootsie." Tracy Wright is an entertainment reporter for Fox News Digital. Send story tips to Tracy.Wright@fox.com.
The daughter of Eddie Garr, a well-known vaudeville comedian and Phyllis Lind, one of the original Rockettes at New York's Radio City Music Hall, Garr seemed destined for show business.
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