i always liked teri garr..all those crazy women that she plays especially tootsie and richard dryfuss’ wife in let in ride…
Teri Garr Has Multiple Sclerosis
Wed Oct 9, 1:54 PM ET
NEW YORK (AP) – After nearly 20 years of dealing with the illness, Teri Garr (news) has revealed that she has multiple sclerosis.
Garr, who received an Oscar nomination for supporting actress for the 1982 movie “Tootsie,” told CNN’s Larry King on Tuesday night that she kept the disease secret for years because she “didn’t feel it was necessary to tell anybody.”
“I really didn’t think there was any reason to come out and say anything about it,” she said on “Larry King Live.”
Garr said she didn’t know she had the disease for several years because MS is difficult to diagnose. She said she is speaking out to help other people deal with the disease.
“I think now, the good news is there is a lot of good medicine out there,” she said. “If I can just help people to feel better.”
In the 1980s, Garr was such a frequent guest on David Letterman (news – Y! TV)’s late-night talk show that she had to deny rumors they were romantically involved.
The comedic actress got her start as a dancer in the ’60s, landing spots in several Elvis Presley (news) movies, including “Kissin’ Cousins.” She also starred in “Close Encounters of the Third Kind,” “The Black Stallion” and “Dumb and Dumber.”
About 350,000 Americans have MS, a nerve disease that causes symptoms including numbness, muscle weakness and sometimes paralysis. There is no cure.