Teresa Ganzel is better known as a recurring cast member of
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1962). She replaced the late
Carol Wayne as the
Matinee Lady in the popular "Tea Time Movie" skits. She has had several stereotype (ditzy, buxom, blonde bimbo) roles in films such as
The Toy (1982) with
Jackie Gleason and
Richard Pryor,
Movie Madness (1982). In the film, she had a memorable topless scene. She made a turn when she appeared in
Transylvania 6-5000 (1985). She played the overprotective and confrontational mother, Elizabeth
Ellison.