Bummer. I recently watched <i>One from the Heart</i> for the first time. (I really enjoyed it. Not sure why it was so poorly received at the time.)<p>One thing I noticed looking at the cast was that the three male stars had died but the three women stars were still alive. I can't say that anymore. :-(<p>I ended up watching all of Garr's appearances on Letterman. Someone collected them all on YouTube[1]. She was a really funny lady and she had a great repartee with Letterman.<p>The obit doesn't mention it but she's had multiple sclerosis at least since 1982 and disclosed it in 2002.<p>[1] <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zXf9uQf6iuM" rel="nofollow">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zXf9uQf6iuM</a> (1/5. Links to all 5 parts in the video description.)
Related:<p><a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41987606">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41987606</a> ("HN: Teri Garr, offbeat comic actor of 'Young Frankenstein' and 'Tootsie,' has died")<p><a href="https://ktla.com/entertainment/ap-teri-garr-offbeat-comic-actress-of-young-frankenstein-and-tootsie-has-died/" rel="nofollow">https://ktla.com/entertainment/ap-teri-garr-offbeat-comic-ac...</a> ("KTLA: Teri Garr, the offbeat comic actor of ‘Young Frankenstein’ and ‘Tootsie,’ has died")
From an old David Letterman interview with her long, long ago, I learned a cool little life hack:<p>She moved to the big city and was getting into the entertainment industry, going around with her CV/résumé, trying to get jobs.<p>The most impressive things on her CV had an * next to them.<p>At the bottom of the page, it said, “* = l.i.e.”<p>Only once did someone interviewering her ask her what that means.<p>She said, “Oh those are lies.”<p>I like that. Shows it doesn't really matter, and if you're admitting up-front that it's a lie, then it's the interviewer's fault for ignoring it.
Aw man. Teri Garr will always be "mom" thanks to her role in "Mr. Mom". Only later did I see Young Frankenstein and her "let's go for a roll in the hay!" mode.<p>And of course she is mentioned prominently in the epic Key & Peele sketch "Prepared for Terries": <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eiWIOKKuyGE&t=53" rel="nofollow">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eiWIOKKuyGE&t=53</a>
I just watched Oh, God! again. She played that role perfectly. Like, "I'm sure my husband is crazy but I love him and, well, I guess we'll see where this goes."