Johnny Carson show legend who shared the screen with Richard Pryor steps out... can you guess who?

A late night show legend was spotted during a rare outing in Los Angeles. 

This star did her acting training in Chicago before Hollywood came calling, leading to her TV debut in Three's Company. 

Perhaps you've seen her in Transylvania 6-5000, The Toy, or National Lampoon's Movie Madness.

You might better be familiar with her as a frequent guest on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson, where she appeared in numerous sketches. 

Her voice also led to a successful voice acting career, with credits in Pixar films such as Wall-E, Monsters Inc., Up, Toy Story 3, and more. 

Now age 69, she was seen stepping out in Los Angeles wearing a crochet sweater, jeans, with various belongings in her arms.  Can you guess who this star is?

If you guessed Teresa Ganzel, you're correct!

Ganzel was spotted out in Los Angeles on Monday, looking relaxed and stylish as she enjoyed a leisurely stroll.

The Daily Mail has contacted representatives for Ganzel for comment.  

From the big to the small screen, Ganzel has been delighting audiences of all ages with her acting talents. 

On Monday, she was busy doing just that live at Toluca Lake HOA's Story Slam, where she seemed to be doing some storytelling.

'Storytelling! I loved it so much. Thank you Toluca Lake HOA for the opportunity and it was an honor to share the stage with you,' she posted to Instagram. 

For decades, Ganzel has been appearing on camera with roles in iconic shows The Love Boat, Married.... with Children, Despicable Me 3, Monsters University, Cars, Mr. Belvedere, and more. 

Ganzel's acting career took off after she landed the part of Gretchen on Three's Company, leading to the roles of Fancy Bates in the Richard Pryor led film The Toy, Elizabeth Ellison in the Jeff Goldblum led Transylvania 6-5000, and National Lampoon's Movie Madness. 

She is also known for her frequent appearances on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson, which she landed after starring in Teachers Only. 

Teachers Only, which also starred Hacks icon Jean Smart, was cancelled after just 13 weeks but it paved the path for her to end up on the set of The Tonight Show. 

While on The Tonight Show, Ganzel appeared in numerous sketches over the years, including the notable part of Tea Time Lady. 

Recalling how she landed the gig , she told Pop Geeks the process all unfolded 'very organically'. 

'What happened was I did a sitcom. It was a Carson Production called “Teachers Only,"' she said. 

'It ran for 13 weeks before it got cancelled. It was Lynn Redgrave, Jean Smart, myself, and some other great actors, too, Tim Reid, Joel Brooks, Norman Fell…It was a great cast. Anyway, it was a half-hour sitcom and it was a Carson production.

'Johnny never came to the set, but one day, I got a phone call saying that Johnny wanted me to do “The Tonight Show”. This was not to do a sketch…It was to do the panel to promote the series. I did the interview, and it went really well.

'Johnny and I definitely had chemistry. It was very funny and, once again, I was really nervous, but my nerves worked for me. Johnny got a kick out of it.

'My first interview was very funny and good. Several weeks later, I got a phone call to do “The Tonight Show” again, the panel. I said “I don’t have anything to promote. The series has been cancelled”.'

But that didn't stop her from returning to the show, with Carson impressed by her humor. 

'The powers that be at “The Tonight Show” said “Johnny knows that. It’s his show, but he just thinks you’re funny. He just thinks you’re great on panel”. He had me come back out again, and had me tell funny little stories about what was going on in my life. He’d ask me who I was dating or what was up, and I would just tell silly stories.

'I started to get some other work and that was great. There were many times I would get these phone calls out of the blue to come on and do panel, and so I would just go on. Sometimes I would have something to promote, sometimes I wouldn’t, but he would have me on just to talk to me.

'One day, during the commercial break of doing an interview with him, he said “Would you be interested in doing sketch work with me?”. I said “Are you kidding me? I would LOVE to do sketch work with you”, and then he said, “You know the Tea Time Movie sketch?”. I said, “Of course!”.

'He said, “Would you like to do that?” and I said, “Yes!”, so the next time I did the show, I was doing that sketch.'