“I had been nominated for an Academy Award for my performance as Sandy Lester, Dustin Hoffman's neurotic, struggling actress girlfriend, in 'Tootsie.' Under Sydney Pollack's direction, 'Tootsie' had been a runaway hit starring Dustin as an unemployed actor who pretends to be a woman in order to land a role in a soap opera.”

American actress, comedienne, and dancer

Teri Garr was an American actress, comedienne, and dancer. She was known for her comic roles in film and television in the 1970s and 1980s, and for the lively, uneasy women she often played on screen. She received Academy Award and British Academy Film Award nominations for Tootsie (1982), in which she played a struggling actress who loses a soap opera role to her male friend and acting coach. Her work often centered on women trying to cope with difficult changes in their personal lives.