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Show The Salt Lake Tribune Januan Saturday, 7, A9 li84 The Garber girls have made it in world of glamour By Edna Buchanan Knight-Ridde- r Newspapers Lisabeth Garber floats like a feather down the runway at the Paris showroom of Yves Saint Laurent t, She wears a backless, a little $5,000 dress, evening number The audience gasps and applauds A 'princess will buy the dress But she will never wear it quite like Lisa Garber, with the daring, elegance and Imagination low-cu- Terri Garber, at the other side of the world in a Mexican jungle, wears a baggy camouflage ensemble and a revolver strapped to her waist. Captured by evil forces, she is hauled before a firing squad. Saved in the nick of time by Clea-vof Little (Purlie) and Jason Miller '(The Exorcist), who blow up the bad guys stronghold, she will soon jet back to Hollywood and Paramount Studios for a close encounter with an orangutan who kisses hep hand and wears three-piec- e suits., The Garber girls have made it. Terry and Lisa are the daughters of Miami trial lawyer Barry Garber and his wife, Bobbi. At ages 2 and 5, they imitated Shirley Temple. At 3 and 8, they conducted commando raids on their mothers makeup, insisted on wearing her dresses and clomped about in her high heels. Played the Piano Between Girl Scouts and horseback riding, Lisa and Terri sang, played in piano recitals, danced ballet and tap and pranced through fashion shows in clothes. "They did know early on what they wanted to do, Bobbi Garber said. But everybody wants to be a movie star or a top model. I thought they were just going through a phase. This year, at age 22, Terri is one of the stars in a television situation comedy, "Mr. Smith. OK, so the orangutan has a bigger dressing room and more close-upand maybe the show is not the hoped-fo- r hit of the season, but it is prime-tim- e network TV. And this year, Terri has earned e more than $100,000 and signed a contract with the William Morris Agency. And Lisa, 25, is a top runway haute couture model for the Click agency who slouches across the pages of Vogue and Harpers Bazaar n back-to-scho- ol s, 150-pag- and is in demand for collections in Milan, London, New York and Paris They live the fantasies of every teen-ag- e girl It is not glamorous," Terri said the Working in "Toy Soldiers, adventure film shot in Mexico, the weather was steamy, the jungle was soggy and the crew got sick. The electricity in their hotel kept blacking out for hours at a time. An introverted (except when performing) constant reader as a child, a little girl whose favorite film was "Mary Poppins, Terri stars as a rich bitch in "Soldiers Sailing with friends, she alone escapes after a boating accident off the coast of a politically hostile nation. She returns to the United States, where no one will help to win her friends release. There are a lot of fireworks and gunfighting at the end of the movie, said Terri, who is terrified of guns. "I had to shoot a couple of people. We had to run through explosives. So much for glamour. And you think it is easy working with an orangutan C J , the orangutan who plays the title role in "Mr. Smith, was a drinking buddy of Clint Eastwood's in two motion pictures and skmny-dippe- d with Bo Derek in "Tarzan C J. is suave, for a simian Kisses My Hand "He kisses my hand every time he sees me, said Tern. He has very nice, soft lips. He is incredibly intelligent. He knows when the film is rolling, that when they say Action, hes on. The only difficulty is not what you might think. Focus on Animal All the attention on the set is focused on the animal and his performance If the beast does well in a scene, thats it. Print it. They dont care how the actors look or sound, she said. And do not think Lisas world of high fashion is all glitz and glamour. You arrive in Milan for the collection, straight from the airport to fittings until 11 p.m., then rehearsal. Next morning you are there at 7, for a 9 oclock show. There are eight to 10 shows a day. The last ends at 9 p m. The agency reserves a restaurant table for a little bit of dinner, then it's off once more to fittings and rehearsals. The schedule is Milan to London, Paris, New York and then Tokyo. , "Absulutey Lisa said It can be madness non-stop- very hectic, During the major shows, models have ' about a minute to slip into an entirely new outfit and accessories When you come off stage, your dresser has the next outfit ready, in his hands." At a show last season, the pressured, harried dressers were French and Japanese and spoke no Eng-'isDuring one change at the end, Lisa realized something had gone awry. "They were trying to pull off my stockings without taking my shoes off first, she recalled. It got worse. The dress was a Japanese wedding gown, a dress you must step into. The Japanese dresser was putting the gown on over my head. She heard it tear. Stop1 Stop, you ripped it, she tried to tell them, but "he didnt understand my English. He kept pulling. It kept ripping The gown was strapless with a tight bodice and invisible threadlike nylon shoulder straps to hold it up. Seeing that it was torn, "everybody joined m to help me get it on A dozen helping hands pushed and prodded her into the dress. They put it on me upside down. They were pinning where it was torn and pushing me toward the stage they all kept saying, Go, go, go, I was crying, No, no, no! It's upside down! Japanese seamstress noticed the shoulder straps dragging on the floor, ran for the scissors and snipped them off. Sanity Prevailed Sanity prevailed at the last second and she escaped being shoved on stage in the tattered, upside-dow- n wedding dress. Lisa and Terri, though close, are totally different. Lisa is funny, eccentric and casual, very striking, said her father, Terri is the quiet, pretty type, the beautiful type, better looking than Jaclyn Smith. When her mother modeled during the 60s, Lisa accompanied her. By age 5 or 6, she had determined the importance of makeup and acessor-ies- . She and her sister painted each others faces and took each others clothes. They still do. Lisa, now nearly 5 feet, 10 inches, never regretted being tall. My mothers friends all said tall was perfect for modeling. A Lisa, left, Terri Garber cope with fortune, and when time allows, they can be After two years at Ithaca College. Lisa went off to New York to carve out a career as a model. She got nowhere, though everyone told her she had "a great European look " she decided, she would take it to Europe. She worked for three months as a waitress to earn the money to go. Suitcase in Hand Then she went to Paris with a suitcase in her hand, like an immigrant off a boat, Bobbie said. "She knew not a soul. Thats all she was armed with, a suitcase and two months of Berlitz. She really made things happen for herself So, It took two weeks to make it in Pans. She had the look they wanted It has not stopped since Terri starred in every theatrical production in high school. I didnt go to my prom," she said. I wasnt a cheerleader. I wasnt invited. The other kids knew me as the weirdo actress. She had no home, with dog, Coco. Both are in the lie eye as a model, movie, television i regrets "Everything had to happen in the sequence it did. You have to absolutely give up everything Its a comIf you don't have plete devotion that, it would be easy to go off and do something else. She went to Boston University, the Herbert Berghof School of Drama in New York and was at the top of her class at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts. She quit the academy to accept a job as Mary stand-i- n in Woody Allen's A Midsummer Nights Sex Come- ... Steen-burge- dy. In one year, she would go from being a stand-i- n to having a stand-iWestin Lone Star, a made-for-Tern in which she portrayed a lady n sheriff. But first, she held two waitress jobs. She got free meals and slept in a top bunk in a apart- ment with three other girls. "I knew how to get by on no money, she said. Then, on May 28, 1982, she landed pub-fam- e, star. a role in "Texas," a soap opera It was the same day Lisa got married Terri rushed from the audition to the ceremony After "Texas," she took a chance, went to Hollywood and has been "on a roll ev er since. The last w hole year of my life, it hasn't stopped Almost immediately, she won the "Lone Star lead, then "Toy Soldiers, then "Mr. Smith. Not Last Forever Modeling, said Lisa, "is not going to last forever. She begins study with famed acting coach Stella Adler in January. As usual, her plans are long range "When I'm 69 or 70, I want to play the nurse in Romeo and Juliet Terri wants, someday, to be Maggie in "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" and to have "the luxury of time to have good scripts and work with good diand be able to rectors and work really hard at one script . There is no limit. I can keep going, keep going co-sta- Landers: You, Generous Person, helped kill brother Dear Ann Landers: Please print this letter. I hope the individual for whom it is intended will see it and learn something. Dear Generous Person: Thank you for what you did last week when you stopped at a convenience store. A young man approached you and asked if you would make a purchase for him. He wanted two of beer. Never Imind that he was underage and already had been refused by the manager. And dont let the fact that he was visibly intoxicated bother d soul, you you. Being a agreed to make the purchase. Im sure you felt pretty good about doing such a kind deed. You, Generous Person, helped kill my brother. six-pac- good-hearte- and ev ryone pronounces the name of this iate as if it were spelled with ) an A at the end. (Mizz-oor-- a A, the TV announcers and the folks on the radio say Missoura, and so do the congressmen. Straighten them out, will you, Ann? Anonymous In Missouri Dear Anonymous: Sorry, three dictionaries say its either way, but Mazura is preferred. So let the townsfolk win. Another beaut is Louisville. The natives pronounce it Anyis considone who says Looie-vill- e ered a hick. Dear Ann Landers: I am a woman in my late 60s, very much alone, although I have a son who is a successful attorney and a very attractive daughter. Both are married, living in another city and have families of their own. When my children were growing Lu-ivu- an industrial type, heavy-dut- y noodle for a recent boo-bo- expensive clothes. I saw to it that they had the same luxuries their affluent friends enjoyed, although we were far from wealthy. (I worked to give them the best part-tim- e while I wore bargain-basemedresses and spent very little on myself) My fancy daughter never invites me to spend the holidays with her and neither does my professional son although they know I am alone. I am bitter and resentful. Where did I A Mother In Maine go wrong? Dear Mother: The answer is found in your letter I gave my children while I wore bargain-basemeeverything dresses. Such sacrifices are seldom appreciated. They invariably produce selfish, spoiled, inand thats considerate children what you have. Dear Ann Landers: You deserve suggested that storekeepers keep toys on hand for children to play with while Mommy is busy in the fitting room or otherwise spending a great deal of time shopping. This, you said, would help keep the little darlings from tearing the store apart. Why the bribe? Whats the matter with teaching youngsters civilized manners? A few days ago I was talking to a neighbor and her teen-ag- e daughter in the supermarket. A small boy whizzed by and proceeded to knock the canned goods off the shelves. His mother said meekly, "Sweetheart, dont do that. The child ignored her and continued his demolition project. Isnt it awful, I said to my neighbor, how kids nowadays do not obey? She replied, I dont think kids are any worse today than they used to be. Dottie here never did anything I told her to. Dottie, bless her, piped up. Well, Ma, why didn't you MAKE ME? W. Hartford ' Dear W.IL: Dottie's remark says books more than a dozen "how-t- o I hope every paron ent who sees this will clip it and stick it on the fridge child-rearin- JANUARY CLEARANCE SALE! I NEW AND USED PIANOS AND ORGANS r- - - rv hhiwt-- Featuring Cable, Marantz, Bald- win, Kimball, Wurlitzer, etc. i A I IA Used Pianos, Spinets and Corsoies MOW.UW AH Values to S220Q. New Consoles, two GROUP nDPAMC UKuMNa Mid-Winter six-pac- wet You three Design Directions TftafVice-lookin- g kid you bought k and the beer for opened a started to drink as soon as he got into his car. The manager of the store called the police when he saw you give the young fellow the beer and take money from him. Thit manager also took down the number of the boys license plate. But tW police got there too late. Three miles from the store where you bought beer for that kid, he passed a car on a hill and on the other a truck hit him head-oside of the incline. David was a terrific guy and a fine athlete. He had a lot of friends. The coach at school said David had a great future. Now hes dead. TOO' bad you werent there when the police came to the house and told Mom and Dad and me about the accident. You would have been mighty proud of yourself for having played such an important part in the whole thing. And its also too bad the manager of the store didnt get your license number when he got Davids. You cold have been charged. Maybe next time a kid asks you to buy beer for him, you will remember that you did it once and it cost a young man his life. You also left wounds in the hearts of his parents and sister that will never heal. Grieving In The Rockies Dear Sister of David: Thank you for a moving letter. 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