Teri Garr acted widely in film and television, with over 140 credits. She was most famous for her comedic work in movies like 1974's Young Frankenstein and 1982's Tootsie, for which she was nominated for an Academy Award. 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 told PEOPLE.

Garr was born in Ohio in 1944. Both her parents worked in show business: Her father was a vaudeville performer, while her mother was a Rockette who eventually worked in costume production. The family, which also included her two older brothers, moved to New Jersey before settling in Los Angeles. Garr’s father died when she was 11.

Teri Garr in 1975.Archive Photos/Getty

“She put two kids through school,” Garr told the Los Angeles Times of her mom in 2008. “I have one brother who is a surgeon, there’s me, and my other brother builds boats. She was in wardrobe. She was a costumer at the studio. She would always say, ‘We’re still alive. . . .’”

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Garr started training as a dancer, with an emphasis on ballet. She dropped out of college to move to New York to focus on acting, where she studied at the Actors Studio and the Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute.

Teri Garr's Life in Photos


Gene Wilder, Peter Boyle, Marty Feldman and Teri Garr in 'Young Frankenstein.'. 

Her earliest projects allowed her to use her dancing skills. She appeared in six movies starring Elvis Presley, including 1964’s Viva Las Vegas. She also appeared on TV variety shows as a dancer.

“I got sick and fed up of dancing in the chorus,” she told Roger Ebert in 1980. “I trained for 10 years. I finally asked myself, 'Why am I not in the front? I didn't study all those years to be in the back and get no money.'”

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