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If there's ever a woman who's smart, funny, or witty, people are afraid of that, so they don't write that. They only write parts for women where they let everything be steamrolled over them, where they let people wipe their feet all over them.

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Teri Garr
Age: 76
Born: 1947
Born: December 11
Actor
Actress
Dancer
Film Actor
Stage Actor
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Voice Actor
Lakewood
Ohio
Teri Ann Garr
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