Teri Garr is probably best known for her role in Mel Brooksâ âYoung Frankenstein.â But sheâs worked with other well known directors and has made many films. Her first movie role was in Francis Coppolaâs âThe Conversation.â She was in Stephen Spielbergâs âClose Encounters of the Third Kind,â and Sydney Pollackâs âTootsie.â Before becoming an actress she was a dancer, following in the footsteps of her mother who was a Rockette. GARR danced in a number of Elvis Presley films, on the Sony and Cher Comedy Hour, and on the show Shivaree.