Actress Teri Garr, most interesting recognized for her work in “Younger Frankenstein” and “Tootsie,” has died … following a chronic battle with a lot of sclerosis.

The comedy legend died in Los Angeles Tuesday … over 2 a few years after she first revealed her MS evaluation, which she detailed at measurement in her autobiography, “Speedbumps: Flooring It By way of Hollywood.”

She moreover suffered from an aneurysm in 2006 … later retiring from performing altogether 5 years later in 2011.

Previous to her nicely being battle, Teri was a excellent performer, with a career boasting nearly 150 credit score over the course of 40 years.

Whereas she was born in Lakewood, Ohio, Teri was raised not faraway from the lights of Tinseltown … she was launched up throughout the Los Angeles neighborhood of North Hollywood whereas her father labored as a comic book and actor, and her mother labored as a studio costumer.

Regardless of being recognized for her comedic roles, Teri actually started out as a dancer at first … displaying in 6 Elvis Presley musicals.

She later pivoted to performing … getting what she often called her huge break because of a 1968 episode of “Star Trek.”

From there, Teri landed roles in Francis Ford Coppola‘s 1974 thriller, “The Dialog” … Mel Brooks‘ aforementioned 1974 comedy, “Younger Frankenstein” … and Steven Spielberg‘s 1977 sci-fi fundamental, “Shut Encounters of the Third Sort.”

But, it was her work as Sydney Pollack reverse Dustin Hoffman‘s titular character in “Tootsie” that earned her an Oscar nomination for Finest Supporting Actress.

Different notable credit score embody “Mr. Mother,” “After Hours,” “One from the Coronary heart,” “The Participant,” “M*A*S*H,” “The Odd Couple,” “The Bob Newhart Present,” “Mates,” and further.

Teri is survived by her daughter Molly … who she adopted with ex-husband John O’Neil.

She was 79.