Actress, comedian and singer Teri Garr, who became the ambassador of Multiple Sclerosis after her diagnosis in 1999, died at her home in Los Angeles on Tuesday. he was 79 years old and the cause of death was complications from Multiple sclerosis.

The daughter of a comedy actor father and a studio costume maker mother, Teri Garr began her career with small roles in television and film in the early 1960s; this includes appearing as a dancer in six Elvis Presley musicals. After dropping out of college and studying at the Lee Strasberg Institute in New York City, Garr’s self-described “big break” as an actor was getting a role in a TV series. Star Trek Episode titled “Assignment Earth” in 1968.

Previously, Garr got his start in television with guest roles on series such as: Mr Novak, Batman, Dr. Kildare And The Andy Griffith Show. do not follow Star TrekHe was in demand for more guest appearances in TV series, including that girl, Room 222 And It Takes a Thief.

Garr’s first regularly scheduled series was the summer variety series The Ken Berry “Wow” Shown 1972.

By 1970, Garr had successfully appeared in films such as Francis Ford Coppola’s thriller. Speech and Mel Brooks comedy Young Frankensteinboth in 1974, by Steven Spielberg Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977) and comedy TootsieIt resulted in an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress. They reunited for a role in Coppola’s musical. One from the Heart (1983), starring in the family film Mr. Mom (1983) and starred in Martin Scorsese’s black comedy. After Hours (1985), among other films.

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