“I resent it when they write the part of a woman who's just a sexy femme fatale who seduces people to ger her way, perpetrating the myth that that's how woman have to operate, instead of using their brains or their wit.”

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.