Teri Garr (1946-) is an Oscar®-nominated American retired actress, singer and dancer. She frequently appeared in comedic roles throughout her career, which spanned five decades Her IMDb page shows 151 acting credits since 1963. This page will rank 32 Teri Garr movies from Best to Worst in six different sortable columns of information. Television roles and movies not released in North American theaters were not included in the rankings. This UMR page comes from a request by Mike.
Teri Garr Movies Ranked In Chronological Order With Ultimate Movie Rankings Score (0 to 5 stars) *Best combo of box office, reviews and awards.
Teri Garr Movies Can Be Ranked 6 Ways In This Table
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I got my first video machine in 1990 and started watching home movies that year. Two of the actresses with whom I first became acquainted via videos were Teri Garr and Teri Polo [of the Meet the Parents/Fockers franchise].
I watched them both for the first time in the same week around 1994, Garr in Richard Dreyfuss’ 1989 Let it Ride and Polo in a minor 1993 movie called Aspen Extreme. As I had become acquainted with those two ladies almost simultaneously, as they both had blonde hair in roles where I saw them, and as above all they had the same Christian name naturally I got them mixed up for some time though Garr had been acting for nearly 30 years before Polo.
GARR 1 acting award/5 noms, net worth $4 million plus “Master Love”
POLO 1 acting award and 3 noms, net worth $800 thousand
Teri Garr is I gather now retired at the age of 71 and made her last big screen appearance in 2007 and gave her final TV performance in 2011. With almost half a century in movies and a massively prolific television CV she has certainly earned her Cogerson page. Indeed dare you NOT have honoured her given that Garr has received “Master Love” which of course trupms even an Oscar?
[BRUCE I was actually going to make the Joel quote that you did before spotting that you had posted it. It would seem that since you gave me that book you and I are competing to worship at the feet of The Master so I’ll get one up on you for now by appending the following additional quote from The Great One-
“(Garr in 1983’s Mr Mom) showed an intelligent awareness of when to underplay, and when to grab her laugh. Garr’s versatility is already admirable and she’s just beginning.” Mr Mumbles probably would have killed for praise like that from One so Great!]
Hey Bob. First of all…wiping away the tears…..seeing you reading and quoting Joel is such a happy thing to see. I almost wish I had sent a better copy of the book….versus the duct taped, falling apart book I sent you.
I had to look up Teri Polo after reading your comment….as I could not place her….but one look at a picture and I knew who she was. I can easily see you getting them mixed up.
Garr is retired….she has MS…..she worked with it for a longtime…..before retiring a few years ago.
Check off another subject completed from the Joel book….closing in on 300 completed. Good comment as always.
When I was younger Teri was such a nice girl as a regular on the Sonny and Cher show and I remember her lying down the ground in a western within the Monkee’s Head, I think with Davy Jones. But then she deserted Richard Dreyfuss in Close Encounters and doesn’t really support her husband John Denver in Oh God. Let it Ride was one of my ten best of 1989.
Teri is # 375 on the December 15, 2018 Oracle of Bacon Top 1000 Center of the Hollywood Universe list. Here’s who she worked with on that list.
7 HARRISON FORD The Conversation (1974)
19 DENNIS HOPPER Head (1968)
25 MALCOLM MCDOWELL The Player (1992)
35 HARRY DEAN STANTON One from the Heart (1982)
36 ROD STEIGER The Player (1992)
40 ROBERT DUVALL The Conversation (1974)
48 JOHN CARRADINE Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood (1976)
48 JOHN CARRADINE Young Frankenstein (1974)
54 JACK NICHOLSON Head (1968)
56 ELLIOTT GOULD The Player (1992)
62 JAMES CAAN Red Line 7000 (1965)
66 BRUCE WILLIS The Player (1992)
68 CHRISTOPHER LLOYD Changing Habits (1997)
68 CHRISTOPHER LLOYD Miracles (1986)
68 CHRISTOPHER LLOYD Mr. Mom (1983)
70 SUSAN SARANDON The Player (1992)
73 BURT REYNOLDS The Player (1992)
74 GENE HACKMAN Full Moon in Blue Water (1988)
74 GENE HACKMAN The Conversation (1974)
74 GENE HACKMAN Young Frankenstein (1974)
75 DONALD PLEASENCE Oh, God! (1977)
79 BRUCE DERN Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood (1976)
85 JACK WARDEN Summertree (1971)
89 PETER USTINOV John Goldfarb, Please Come Home! (1965)
93 TIM ROBBINS Prêt-à-Porter (1994)
93 TIM ROBBINS The Player (1992)
94 PAUL NEWMAN What a Way to Go! (1964)
100 ELI WALLACH A Taste of Jupiter (2005)
105 ROBERT MITCHUM What a Way to Go! (1964)
108 M. EMMET WALSH The Escape Artist (1982)
110 RODDY MCDOWELL The Cool Ones (1967)
112 SHIRLEY MACLAINE John Goldfarb, Please Come Home! (1965)
112 SHIRLEY MACLAINE Waiting for the Light (1990)
112 SHIRLEY MACLAINE What a Way to Go! (1964)
113 JULIA ROBERTS Prêt-à-Porter (1994)
113 JULIA ROBERTS The Player (1992)
115 DUSTIN HOFFMAN Tootsie (1982)
118 STEVE BUSCEMI Ghost World (2001)
119 DEAN STOCKWELL The Player (1992)
119 DEAN STOCKWELL Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood (1976)
123 JEFF GOLDBLUM The Player (1992)
126 SCOTT GLENN The Player (1992)
140 LAUREN BACALL Prêt-à-Porter (1994)
148 WHOOPI GOLDBERG The Player (1992)
149 BOB HOSKINS Michael (1996)
150 GRETA SCACCHI The Player (1992)
168 ROBERT WAGNER The Player (1992)
172 MICKEY ROONEY The Black Stallion (1979)
174 ANJELICA HUSTON The Player (1992)
177 LANCE HENRIKSEN Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)
179 XANDER BERKELEY Short Time (1990)
181 JAMES COBURN The Player (1992)
182 BURGESS MEREDITH Full Moon in Blue Water (1988)
183 FOREST WHITAKER Prêt-à-Porter (1994)
185 JOHN CUSACK The Player (1992)
186 MICHAEL DOUGLAS Summertree (1971)
190 MIKE STARR Dumb & Dumber (1994)
195 NICK NOLTE The Player (1992)
199 BILL MURRAY DUMB AND DUMBER TO (2014)
199 BILL MURRAY Tootsie (1982)
204 ELIAS KOTEAS Full Moon in Blue Water (1988)
205 PETER FALK The Player (1992)
208 TELLY SAVALAS John Goldfarb, Please Come Home! (1965)
210 BRUCE MCGILL Out Cold (1989)
210 BRUCE MCGILL Perfect Alibi (1995)
216 JEAN-PIERRE CASSEL Prêt-à-Porter (1994)
225 BOB BALABAN Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)
225 BOB BALABAN Ghost World (2001)
225 BOB BALABAN The Definite Maybe (1997)
229 CHARLES DURNING Tootsie (1982)
230 JEFF COREY Oh, God! (1977)
233 MARCELLO MASTROIANNI Prêt-à-Porter (1994)
240 RICHARD E. GRANT Prêt-à-Porter (1994)
240 RICHARD E. GRANT The Player (1992)
244 RANDY QUAID Out Cold (1989)
246 WILLIAM HURT Michael (1996)
257 PAUL SORVINO Oh, God! (1977)
261 PETER BOYLE Young Frankenstein (1974)
262 WALLACE SHAWN Mom and Dad Save the World (1992)
263 DANNY AIELLO Prêt-à-Porter (1994)
265 ROBBIE COLTRANE Let It Ride (1989)
281 CLORIS LEACHMAN Young Frankenstein (1974)
282 VINCENT D’ONOFRIO The Player (1992)
285 OLIVER REED The Sting II (1983)
292 CHEECH MARIN After Hours (1985)
295 WILL PATTON After Hours (1985)
301 JOE PANTOLIANO Short Time (1990)
307 DAN HEDAYA Dick (1999)
320 BOB GUNTON Changing Habits (1997)
329 JOHN HEARD After Hours (1985)
339 SOPHIA LOREN Prêt-à-Porter (1994)
346 MICHAEL MCKEAN Kill the Man (1999)
360 VINCENT SCHIAVELLI Waiting for the Light (1990)
361 JOHN LITHGOW Out Cold (1989)
368 ANOUK AIMEE Prêt-à-Porter (1994)
369 RON RIFKIN THE STING II (1983)
372 BEAU BRIDGES Honky Tonk Freeway (1981)
375 TERI GARR Young Frankenstein (1974)
377 JEFF DANIELS Dumb & Dumber (1994)
377 JEFF DANIELS DUMB AND DUMBER TO (2014)
381 FERDY MAYNE The Black Stallion Returns (1983)
382 ROBERT DOWNEY JR. Firstborn (1984)
387 LIN SHAYE Dumb & Dumber (1994)
399 JOHN TRAVOLTA Michael (1996)
406 GARY BUSEY The Player (1992)
410 WOODY STRODE The Black Stallion Returns (1983)
418 JEFFREY TAMBOR Mr. Mom (1983)
419 ANN-MARGRET Viva Las Vegas (1964)
428 RICHARD WIDMARK The Moonshine War (1970)
433 JAMES BROLIN John Goldfarb, Please Come Home! (1965)
434 ROY SCHEIDER The Definite Maybe (1997)
441 MARNE MAITLAND The Black Stallion (1979)
442 CLANCY BROWN WAITING FOR THE LIGHT (1990)
445 DABNEY COLEMAN Short Time (1990)
445 DABNEY COLEMAN Tootsie (1982)
455 ROSANNA ARQUETTE After Hours (1985)
457 DAVID ALAN GRIER The Player (1992)
481 KAREN BLACK The Player (1992)
484 BEVERLY D’ANGELO Honky Tonk Freeway (1981)
489 DICK MILLER After Hours (1985)
495 BO HOPKINS The Moonshine War (1970)
502 JACK LEMMON The Player (1992)
504 WILFRID HYDE-WHITE John Goldfarb, Please Come Home! (1965)
510 ALLEN GARFIELD Let It Ride (1989)
510 ALLEN GARFIELD One from the Heart (1982)
510 ALLEN GARFIELD The Black Stallion Returns (1983)
510 ALLEN GARFIELD The Conversation (1974)
512 KEYE LUKE Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood (1976)
518 ERIC STOLTZ The Definite Maybe (1997)
519 KIRSTEN DUNST Dick (1999)
525 FRED WARD The Player (1992)
529 ERIC IDLE MOM AND DAD SAVE THE WORLD (1992)
536 KIM BASINGER Prêt-à-Porter (1994)
538 AMANDA PLUMMER A Simple Wish (1997)
546 STEVE MARTIN The Absent-Minded Waiter (1977)
547 RICHARD DREYFUSS Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)
547 RICHARD DREYFUSS Let It Ride (1989)
557 JEREMY PIVEN The Player (1992)
569 RICHARD RIEHLE Kill the Man (1999)
571 LUKE WILSON Kill the Man (1999)
573 RICHARD SCHIFF Michael (1996)
582 RICHARD EDSON Let It Ride (1989)
583 GEORGE TAKEI RED LINE 7000 (1965)
584 JENNIFER TILLY Let It Ride (1989)
594 STEPHEN REA Prêt-à-Porter (1994)
596 JON LOVITZ MOM AND DAD SAVE THE WORLD (1992)
599 NASTASSJA KINSKI One from the Heart (1982)
601 LARRY MILLER Out Cold (1989)
609 MARTIN SCORSESE After Hours (1985)
613 BRODERICK CRAWFORD Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood (1976)
644 JEFFREY JONES Mom and Dad Save the World (1992)
652 LILI TAYLOR Prêt-à-Porter (1994)
669 PATRICK SWAYZE The Player (1992)
672 WALTER PIDGEON Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood (1976)
673 CARLA GUGINO Michael (1996)
696 RAQUEL WELCH Roustabout (1964)
698 ALDO RAY Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood (1976)
709 SAUL RUBINEK Dick (1999)
711 DAVID CROSS GHOST WORLD (2001)
712 SALLY KELLERMAN Prêt-à-Porter (1994)
712 SALLY KELLERMAN The Player (1992)
725 BARRY SULLIVAN Oh, God! (1977)
730 LOUISE FLETCHER The Player (1992)
735 SCARLETT JOHANSSON Ghost World (2001)
744 BARRY CORBIN SHORT TIME (1990)
745 HARRY SHEARER Dick (1999)
747 GINA GERSHON The Player (1992)
753 DAVID KOECHNER LIFE WITHOUT DICK (2002)
753 DAVID KOECHNER UNACCOMPANIED MINORS (2006)
755 PAUL DOOLEY The Player (1992)
770 MADELINE KAHN Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood (1976)
770 MADELINE KAHN Young Frankenstein (1974)
772 SALLY KIRKLAND The Player (1992)
786 CORBIN BERNSEN Clambake (1967)
796 WILL FERRELL Dick (1999)
805 CHARLES LANE John Goldfarb, Please Come Home! (1965)
834 JIM CARREY Dumb & Dumber (1994)
834 JIM CARREY DUMB AND DUMBER TO (2014)
836 JOSEF SOMMER Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)
838 PATRICK MCGOOHAN The Moonshine War (1970)
849 RICHARD CRENNA John Goldfarb, Please Come Home! (1965)
855 ANDIE MACDOWELL Michael (1996)
855 ANDIE MACDOWELL The Player (1992)
856 VICTOR ARGO After Hours (1985)
863 LEOPOLDO TRIESTE The Black Stallion (1979)
867 PETER LAWFORD Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood (1976)
869 RICHARD ANDERSON The Mystery of the Chinese Junk (1967)
869 RICHARD ANDERSON The Player (1992)
880 SARAH JESSICA PARKER Firstborn (1984)
880 SARAH JESSICA PARKER Life Without Dick (2002)
882 PETER GALLAGHER The Player (1992)
891 RENE AUBERJONOIS The Player (1992)
898 PETER WELLER Firstborn (1984)
904 JACK ALBERTSON CHANGES (1969)
904 JACK ALBERTSON KISSIN’ COUSINS (1964)
904 JACK ALBERTSON ROUSTABOUT (1964)
910 MIMI ROGERS The Player (1992)
930 DANIEL STERN Honky Tonk Freeway (1981)
932 MICHAEL KEATON Mr. Mom (1983)
965 KATHLEEN QUINLAN Perfect Alibi (1995)
966 JIM BACKUS John Goldfarb, Please Come Home! (1965)
969 BRION JAMES The Player (1992)
970 YVONNE DE CARLO Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood (1976)
992 VITO SCOTTI Head (1968)
HM (975) DAVID OGDEN-STEIRS OH, GOD! (1977)
HM (996) BRIAN DOYLE-MURRAY Kill the Man (1999)
HM (999) BUCK HENRY The Absent-Minded Waiter (1977)
HM (999) BUCK HENRY The Player (1992)
Teri has appeared with 35 Oscar winners.
ANJELICA HUSTON The Player (1992)
ART CARNEY Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood (1976)
BRODERICK CRAWFORD Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood (1976)
CHER The Player (1992)
CLORIS LEACHMAN Young Frankenstein (1974)
DUSTIN HOFFMAN Tootsie (1982)
FOREST WHITAKER Prêt-à-Porter (1994)
GEENA DAVIS TOOTSIE (1982)
GENE HACKMAN Full Moon in Blue Water (1988)
GENE HACKMAN The Conversation (1974)
GENE HACKMAN Young Frankenstein (1974)
GEORGE BURNS Oh, God! (1977)
GERALDINE PAGE Honky Tonk Freeway (1981)
JACK ALBERTSON CHANGES (1969)
JACK ALBERTSON KISSIN’ COUSINS (1964)
JACK ALBERTSON ROUSTABOUT (1964)
JACK LEMMON The Player (1992)
JACK NICHOLSON Head (1968)
JAMES COBURN The Player (1992)
JESSICA LANGE Tootsie (1982)
JESSICA TANDY Honky Tonk Freeway (1981)
JULIA ROBERTS Prêt-à-Porter (1994)
JULIA ROBERTS The Player (1992)
KARL MALDEN The Sting II (1983)
KIM BASINGER Prêt-à-Porter (1994)
LOUISE FLETCHER The Player (1992)
MICHAEL DOUGLAS Summertree (1971)
OCTAVIA SPENCER THE SKY IS FALLING (2001)
PAUL LUKAS Fun in Acapulco (1963)
PAUL NEWMAN What a Way to Go! (1964)
PETER USTINOV John Goldfarb, Please Come Home! (1965)
RICHARD DREYFUSS Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)
RICHARD DREYFUSS Let It Ride (1989)
ROBERT DUVALL The Conversation (1974)
ROD STEIGER The Player (1992)
SHIRLEY MACLAINE John Goldfarb, Please Come Home! (1965)
SHIRLEY MACLAINE Waiting for the Light (1990)
SHIRLEY MACLAINE What a Way to Go! (1964)
SOPHIA LOREN Prêt-à-Porter (1994)
SUSAN SARANDON The Player (1992)
TIM ROBBINS Prêt-à-Porter (1994)
TIM ROBBINS The Player (1992)
WHOOPI GOLDBERG The Player (1992)
WILLIAM HURT Michael (1996)
Hey Dan
1. Awesome lists…..thanks for putting them together.
2. So she still has a good spot on the list…I like that…always liked here.
3. Interesting point about not being too supportive to her husbands in Oh God and Close Encounters of the Third Kind….I had not thought about that before.
4. She does a much better job of being supportive in Let It Ride and Mr. Mom.
5. Glad to see you mention liking Let It Ride. To me that is one of the better comedies….I used to be into horse racing (loved the stats….and had a system that actually worked)…and the people shown in the movie were people I saw at the track. Granted…many many people strongly dislike Let It Ride…including somebody near and dear to me…WoC….lol.
6. Massive first list. Looks like the Oracle people have resolved their IMDb issue.
7. Allen Garfield (a Let It Ride co-star) is her most frequent co-star with 4 movies…but many people have 3 movies with her.
8. 35 Oscar winners is a pretty good total….especially when more than half of her movies are television roles.
9. I did not include The Player in her table….that movie is never included in the rankings…….but it is in her IMDb list.
Good stuff as always.
I saw 15 including top 11. 10s and favorites: tootsie, Michael, close encounters, young Frankenstein. 10 not a favourite : the conversation. hidden gem: after hours. forgotten gem: the black stallion. not on UMR is what a way to go a 9 and favourite, and scoobie doo aloha.
Hey bob….well…you are the winner so far…I have seen 14 of her movies, while Flora has seen 7. Close Encounters is one of my favorite Garr movies….but her character does not really have much to do in the movie. Good to see you list After Hours as a hidden gem….I have seen that movie many many times. It is one of the few Martin Scorsese movies that I like to regularly watch…Goodfellas is the other. The rest…I rarely seem to be in the mood to watch Taxi Driver, Raging Bull or Mean Streets. I will have to see what is going on with the two movies you mentioned. Good feedback as always.
Hey bob cox…she was uncredited in What A Way To Go…as for Scoobie Doo Aloha…having a problem figuring that movie out.
I have seen 7 Teri Garr movies.
The HIGHEST rated movie I have seen is Tootsie.
The highest rated movie I have NOT seen is Close Encounters of the Third Kind.
The LOWEST rated movie I have seen is The Moonshine War
Favourite Teri Garr Movies:
Young Frankenstein
Tootsie
The Conversation – in your co-star column Gene Hackman is listed only as “G”; he is the star…
The Black Stallion
Other Teri Garr Movies I have seen:
O God!
Head – big Monkees fan, but not a fan of the movie
The Moonshine War – not a favourite Richard Widmark movie
Hey Flora….thanks for checking out our Teri Garr page. 7 is exactly half of my total…which is pretty considering she made most of her movies after 1976.
I am not sure I knew you had not seen Close Encounters of the Third Kind. I knew about Star Wars…but not this sci-fi classic. I figured you would have seen the Widmark movie.
Hmmmm…co-star issues….well…I gave Gene the top spot in The Conversation…..but he lost his spot on Young Frankenstein……not sure how I missed those errors….but thanks for the catch.
Head is a strange strange movie….and a hard one to finish. Thanks for sharing your thoughts on Teri Garr.
“A lively natural, unstagy performer, Teri Garr lights up the screen whenever she appears.” – Rating Movie Stars
Hirschhorn 4 Star Teri Garr performances
1974’s Young Frankenstein
1974’s The Conversation
1982’s Tootsie
Always good to get Joel’s 2 cents in. I have seen 14 of her movies or 44%. I used to have such a crush on her in the 1980s. She was a regular on David Letterman back then and she always seem to be in good spirits. My Top 5 Teri Garr movies.
#1 Close Encounters of the Third Kind…one of my favorite movies….it is a shame she is not in the second half of the movie
#2 After Hours – the night life of New York City has never been shown more crazy than this Martin Scorsese movie
#3 Mr. Mom – Michael Keaton at his best
#4 Let It Ride – the Dreyfuss/Garr reunion is very lowly rated here….but it is a comedy that makes me laugh everytime I see it.
#5 Tootsie/Young Frankenstein….both are fine movies….but barely get into my Top 5.