Mel Brooks Recalls The German Accent That Won Teri Garr Her Immortal ‘Young Frankenstein’ Role
deadline.comMel Brooks, who directed Teri Garr in the iconic 1974 comedy Young Frankenstein, remembered the actor upon her death Tuesday, recalling Garr’s talent and spirit. “So very sorry to hear about Teri Garr’s passing,” Brooks said in a statement on social media. “She was so talented and so funny.
Her humor and lively spirit made the Young Frankenstein set a pleasure to work on. Her ‘German’ accent had us all in stitches!
She will be greatly missed.” Garr was a standout in a film filled with standouts. She played Inga, the German lab assistant to the visiting American Dr.
Frederick Frankenstein (pronounced “FRONK-un-STEEN,” please), played of course by Gene Wilder. As the seemingly ditsy — “seemingly” being the operative word — Inga, Garr employed a rather ersatz German accent, hence Brooks’ quote marks around the word.
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