🪦 Teri Garr ~ December 11, 1944 – October 29, 2024

[Halasían]

Terry Ann Garr aka Teri Garr born in Ohio and raised in California, died today. I first crushed on her when she appeared as Roberta Lincoln in Star Trek in wearing a cute mini-skirt. She was a face I always loved seeing here and there throughout her career. She received an Oscar nomination for Tootsie. Other films include The Conversation, Young Frankenstein, Oh, God!, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, and Mr. Mom among others. Rest In Peace Teri.

 

[Deimos]

That particular Star Trek episode (Assignment: Earth) was one of my favorites of TOS, yet it always gets down voted as "not very good" whenever TOS episodes are rated. It never makes the top 20 or even top 25. I can't understand why. "That, Miss Lincoln, is simply my cat."
But I liked her best in Young Frankenstein

 

[Halasían]

That particular Star Trek episode (Assignment: Earth) was one of my favorites of TOS, yet it always gets down voted as "not very good" whenever TOS episodes are rated. It never makes the top 20 or even top 25. I can't understand why.

Yeah, it was supposed to be a spinoff pilot for a Sci-fi show called 'Assignment Earth' starring Robert Lansing as 'Mr Gary Seven'. Apparently Teri Garr got into a 'disagreement' with Gene Roddenberry because he said her skirt wasn't short enough. She refused to shorten it any more, and finished the scheduled filming and walked out never to return to Star Trek or any other Gene Roddenberry productions. Roddenberry put the word out that Teri was 'hard to work with' which hindered her career early on. Saying that was producer/director code for 'she's a ***** and doesn't do what she's told'..
She did alright for herself anyway.

 

[Deimos]

Yep... following the "hard to work with" epithet, it only takes one director after Roddenberry*** to still take a chance and have a successful experience with her, and the 8 Ball is removed. It worked out with Spielberg well enough. (Close Encounters....)

*** It seems that most people who have met Roddenberry say he's a great guy, visionary etc.
I guess he could be somewhat of a stereotypical director too (GP-13 version of the "casting couch")