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 Teri Garr, Oscar-Nominated Star of ‘Tootsie,’ ‘Young Frankenstein,’ Dies at 79

The actress also made a mark with her roles in "Close Encounters" and "Mr. Mom"

The post  Teri Garr, Oscar-Nominated Star of ‘Tootsie,’ ‘Young Frankenstein,’ Dies at 79 appeared first on TheWrap.

Teri Garr, who was Oscar-nominated for her supporting role in “Tootsie,” and also lent her comedic charm to “Young Frankenstein,” “Mr. Mom” and “Close Encounters of the Third Kind,” has died at age 79.

She had suffered for years with Multiple Sclerosis: She was diagnosed with the degenerative disease in 1999. Garr was “surrounded by family and friends,” her publicist Heidi Schaeffer told the Associated Press on Tuesday.

The actress and dancer got her start in Elvis Presley movies, was 16 when she joined the road company of “West Side Story” in Los Angeles. By 1963, she began appearing in bit parts in films.

After playing long-suffering wife of Richard Dreyfuss’ character in “Close Encounters of the Third Kind,” the in-demand actress starred in some of her best-known movies, including “Tootsie,” in which she played Sandy, the ill-treated friend of Dustin Hoffman’s main character.

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