Teri Garr, Oscar nominee for her role in Tootsie, has died at the age of 79.
She is also known for her roles in Young Frankenstein, Close Encounters Of The Third Kind and as Phoebe’s mother in the iconic sitcom Friends.
The veteran actress died in Los Angeles on Tuesday after a long battle with multiple sclerosis (MS).
In 2002, the talented star revealed that she had been diagnosed with a chronic disease that damages the central nervous system (CNS). Years later he suffered an aneurysm in 2006.
Having nearly 160 credits to her name starring in influential television shows and movies from the 1970s to 1990s, she was an influential performer for many, including SNL legend Tina Fey.
Teri Garr, Oscar nominee for her role in Tootsie, has died at the age of 79.
The veteran actress (photographed in New Jersey in October 2014) died in Los Angeles on Tuesday after a long battle with multiple sclerosis (MS).
The peak of her career came in 1983 when she was nominated in the Best Supporting Actress category for her work as Sandy Lester in Tootsie.
She ultimately lost to her co-star Jessica Lange from the same film who turned out to be the loan winner out of ten nominations that year.
Her most famous television role came when she played Phoebe Abbott in three episodes of the iconic sitcom Friends from 1997 to 1998.
In the episode The One At The Beach, her character reveals to Lisa Kudrow’s character, Phoebe Buffay, that she is her biological mother.
Teri had returned to the role in two other episodes titled The One with the Jellyfish and The One with Phoebe’s Uniform.
Another of his iconic roles was that of Ronnie Neary in Steven Spielberg’s Close Encounters of the Third Kind in 1977.
She played the wife of Richard Dreyfuss’ character Roy when the film won the Oscar for best cinematography in 1978 for Vilmos Zsigmond.
However, her breakout role was as the sassy assistant Inga in Mel Brooks’ 1974 classic Young Frankenstein, where she starred opposite Gene Wilder.
The peak of her career came in 1983 when she was nominated in the Best Supporting Actress category for her work as Sandy Lester in Tootsie; He is pictured with Dustin Hoffman (left) and Sydney Pollack (right)
Her most famous television role came when she played Phoebe Abbott in three episodes of the iconic sitcom Friends from 1997 to 1998 (pictured with Lisa Kudrow in 1998).
However, her breakout role was as the sassy assistant Inga in Mel Brooks’ 1974 classic Young Frankenstein, where she starred opposite Gene Wilder.
The talented actor was originally born in Ohio but eventually moved to Los Angeles.
He attended Hollywood High School and Cal State Northridge before moving to New York to study acting.
In fact, Teri began her career as a go-go dancer, including performing at six Elvis Presley performances and the rock concert The TAMI Show.
In the 1960s he had small roles in comedies such as That Girl, Batman and The Andy Griffith Show.
Her first speaking role came in 1968 when she starred in Head, which was the unconventional feature film by the pop band The Monkees.