Attended CSU Northridge along with her "Close Encounters" co-star, Richard Dreyfuss.

Has two brothers.

Continues to work despite the fact that she is battling multiple sclerosis, first diagnosed in 1983.

Listed as one of twelve "Promising New Actors of 1977" in John Willis' Screen World, Vol. 29. [1977]

Friend of Connie Sellecca.

Friend of Toni Basil.

Recovering from a brain aneurysm, suffered on December 21, 2006.

Daughter of actor Eddie Garr and wardrobe mistress Phyllis Garr.

The "Assignment: Earth" episode of "Star Trek" (1966), in which Garr plays a ditsy secretary, was written as the springboard for a spin-off series. The new series was to feature more adventures of Roberta Lincoln (Garr) and Gary Seven (Robert Lansing), but it never came about.

Biography in: "Who's Who in Comedy" by Ronald L. Smith, pg. 177-178. New York: Facts on File, 1992. ISBN 0816023387

Daughter Molly born in November 1993. Her marriage to 'John O'Neil Keenan' took place on the day their adopted daughter Molly was born.

Was the winner on a celebrity edition of "Weakest Link" (2001).