Garr's career began to slow in the late 1990s after a informed her that symptoms she had been experiencing for many years were those of multiple sclerosis.
She is the third child of a comedic-actor father and a studio costumer mother.
Being cast as a regular on The Sonny and Cher Comedy Hour in the early 1970s was a big win for Garr, and according to , she popped up in around 50 episodes of the show! When rumors about her health began circulating, though, Garr took control of the narrative and publicly revealed her diagnosis on 's Larry King Live in 2002.