Teri Garr, famous for her Tootsie and Young Frankenstein roles, died at age 79.
In 2002, Garr revealed that she had been diagnosed with multiple sclerosis.
Garr died Tuesday of the disease “surrounded by family and friends,” publicist Heidi Schaeffer said in a statement.
After her performance in ‘Tootsie’ film critic Pauline Kael called Garr “the funniest neurotic dizzy dame on the screen.” She received an Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actress for the movie.
She also starred in Casper Meets Wendy, the Designing Women spinoff series Women of the House, Dick and Ghost World. She also appeared on Friends as Phoebe’s birth mother.
