Dustin Hoffman Remembers “Tootsie ”Costar Teri Garr After Her Death: 'There Was No One Like Her'

Hoffman paid tribute to his late costar Garr, who died on Tuesday, Oct. 29, at the age of 79, in a statement to the ‘New York Post’

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In a statement to the published Tuesday, Oct. 29, the 87-year-old actor paid his respects to his costar, who .

“Teri was brilliant and singular in all she did, and had a heart of gold,” Hoffman said in his statement to the outlet. “Working with her was one of the great highs.”

“There was no one like her,” he added.

Garr revealed she’d been diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in 2002, and died of the disease “surrounded by family and friends,” her publicist Heidi Schaeffer told PEOPLE.

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The actress was known for her roles of Inga in 1974’s and Sandy Lester in 1982’s Tootsie alongside Hoffman’s Michael Dorsey.

The latter film tells the story of Michael, an unemployed actor who disguises himself as a woman named Dorsey for a drama. However, things take a turn when he falls in love with his costar Julie Nichols, played by actress .

Garr received a Best Supporting Actress nomination for her work in Tootsie. The romantic comedy later , which hit Broadway in 2019.

took over the role of Michael on the Great White Way, while played Julie and Sarah Stiles played Garr’s movie role of Sandy.

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Speaking about her Academy Award nod in her 2005 memoir , Garr wrote, per the New York Post, “I was proud. The Academy not only knew I existed, they thought I was good!”

She also previously spoke about how her mother, Phyllis Lind Garr, helped secure her role as the assistant of Dr. Frankenstein () in Young Frankenstein.

“My mother was the wardrobe woman on Young Frankenstein,” the actress told in 2012. “I asked her if they’d finished casting, and she said she didn’t know.”

Garr asked her agent to get her an audition, and after four rounds of auditions, she was cast. “It was unbelievable,” she said.

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