Hollywood Remembers Teri Garr As A Comedy Legend: “So Funny, So Beautiful, So Kind”

Refresh For Updates…The late, great Teri Garr, who brightened everything from sitcoms (Batman, That Girl, Friends), variety shows (Shindig!, The Sonny And Cher Comedy Hour), talk shows (she did ’em all, but her classic appearances with David Letterman can’t be beat), some of the funniest movies ever made (Young Frankenstein, Tootsie) and even the occasional drama (Close Encounters of the Third Kind, The Conversation) is being remembered by costars and colleagues today for the light she was.

“Oh man, this is devastating,” tweeted Paul Feig, who directed Garr in Unaccompanied Minors. “Teri was a legend. So funny, so beautiful, so kind. I had the honor of working with her in 2006 and she was everything I dreamed she would be. Truly one of my comedy heroes. I couldn’t have loved her more. This is such a loss.”

Michael McKean, who costarred with Garr in 1999’s Kill The Man, wrote, “I will always love Teri Garr.”

Producer Gale Ann Hurd wrote, “A truly fantastic actor and person…we worked together briefly on Dick and I’ll never forget her. Valiant as she dealt with the ravages of MS, never complaining, terrified she’d lose her SAG health insurance. We live in a country where #TerriGarr had to worry about that.”

Deadline will be adding additional tributes as they arrive…