Teri Garr, popularly known as Teri Garr, is a renowned American actress, dancer, and singer who is best known for her role in the 1982 American comedy 'Tootsie' for which she was nominated for an Oscar. Garr, who began her career working as a background dancer in movies, made her first significant appearance in the 1974 award-winning American psychological thriller 'The Conversation'. After doing roles in several films such as 'Young Frankenstein,' and 'Oh God!,' her popularity rose to new heights after she played a neurotic girlfriend in the 1982 film 'Tootsie'. In 2002, she announced that she was suffering from multiple sclerosis, a disease in which the nerve cells in the brain and spinal cord are damaged, resulting in physical, mental, and psychiatric problems.