Teri Garr dead: Actress who starred in Tootsie, Young Frankenstein and Friends dies aged 79 after battle with MS

ICONIC actress Teri Garr has tragically died aged 79 after a long-term health battle.

The beloved movie and TV star is mainly known as Phoebe's mum in the legendary sitcom Friends and for her Oscar nominated performance in Tootsie.

The veteran actress passed away on Tuesday after complications due to multiple sclerosis.

Teri had been living with the chronic disease since 2002.

She passed away in Los Angeles where she spent most of her life since breaking through in Hollywood in 1974.

The comic actress first gained global attention when she played Inga in Young Frankenstein alongside Gene Wilder.

Almost a decade later she earned herself an Oscar nomination for her work as Sandy Lester in Tootsie.

She was put up for the illustrious Best Actress in a Supporting Role at the 1983 awards.

Despite losing out to fellow Tootsie star Jessica Lange the nomination was one of Teri's career highlights.

Teri starred in over 160 movies and TV shows with her most famous coming as Pheobe's mum in Friends for three episodes.

Playing Phoebe Abbott between 1997 to 1998, Teri became apart beloved by the legendary shows cult following.

Around the same time as her first appearance in the Friends' episode The One At The Beach, Teri also played Ronnie Neary in Steven Spielberg's Close Encounters Of The Third Kind.