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Academy Award
Actress in a Supporting Role
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British Academy of Film & Television Arts
Supporting Actress
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1 win & 5 nominations. Academy Awards, USA. 1983 Nominee Oscar. Best Actress in a Supporting Role. Tootsie. Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA. 1978 Nominee Saturn Award. Best Supporting Actress. Close Encounters of the Third Kind. BAFTA Awards. 1984 Nominee BAFTA Film Award. Best Supporting Actress. Tootsie. CableACE Awards.
- December 11, 1947
Her accolades include an Academy Award nomination, a BAFTA Award nomination, and a National Board of Review Award. Born in Lakewood, Ohio, Garr was raised in North Hollywood, California. She is the third child of a comedic-actor father and a studio costumer mother.
She has starred in many memorable films, including Young Frankenstein (1974), Oh, God! (1977), Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977), Mr. Mom (1983), After Hours (1985) and her Academy Award-nominated performance for Best Supporting Actress in Tootsie (1982).
- January 1, 1
- 1.70 m
- Lakewood, Ohio, USA
She frequently appeared in comedic roles throughout her career, which spans four decades and includes over 140 credits in film and television Her accolades include one Academy Award nomination, a BAFTA Award nomination, and one National Board of Review Award.
Actress in a Supporting Role - Teri Garr Cinematography - Owen Roizman Directing - Sydney Pollack Film Editing - Fredric Steinkamp, William Steinkamp Music (Original Song) - It Might Be You in "Tootsie" Music by Dave Grusin; Lyric by Alan Bergman and Marilyn Bergman
In 1977, Garr starred in Steven Spielberg's science fiction film Close Encounters of the Third Kind, and she gained critical acclaim for her performance in the Sydney Pollack-directed comedy Tootsie (1982), for which she was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress.
Sep 12, 2023 · Out of the six awards she was nominated for, Garr has won one. In 1983, she was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role for her performance in the film “Tootsie.” She scooped a National Board of Review (NBR) Award for Best Acting by an Ensemble for her performance in “Ready to Wear.”