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Teri Garr as Roberta Lincoln

Teri Garr (born December 11, 1949 in Lakewood, Ohio) is the actress who played Roberta Lincoln in TOS: "Assignment: Earth" (credited as Terri Garr).

Garr earned an Academy Award nomination in 1983 for her supporting role in the Sydney Pollack comedy Tootsie. She is also well-known for her roles in Mel Brooks' comedy classic Young Frankenstein (1974, co-starring Kenneth Mars) and Steven Spielberg's sci-fi epic Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977).

Her other film credits include The Conversation (1974), Won Ton Ton, the Dog Who Saved Hollywood (1976, with Keye Luke, Dean Stockwell, and Ricardo Montalban), Oh, God! (1977, with Jeff Corey and David Ogden Stiers), The Black Stallion (1979), Honky Tonk Freeway (1981, with Jeffrey Combs), The Black Stallion Returns (1983), Mr. Mom (1983, with Christopher Lloyd, Graham Jarvis, Carolyn Seymour, Derek McGrath, Michael Ensign, and Bruce French), After Hours (1985, with Dick Miller), Mom and Dad Save the World (1992, with Wallace Shawn, Thalmus Rasulala, and Dennis Madalone), Dumb & Dumber (1994, with Mike Starr and Charles Rocket), Ready to Wear (1994, with Sally Kellerman), Michael (1996, with Tom Hodges and Wallace Langham), and Dick (1999, with Kirsten Dunst and Saul Rubinek).

Garr was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in 1999, after suffering from the disease for 16 years. Despite this, she has continued to work occasionally in film and television.

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