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Actress Teri Garr has died at age 79.

Her publicist, Heidi Schaeffer, confirmed to The Post that Garr died Tuesday morning in Los Angeles after a long battle with multiple sclerosis.

She is survived by her daughter, Molly O’Neil, 30, and grandson, Tyryn, 6.

Teri Garr in “Young Frankenstein.” ©20thCentFox/Courtesy Everett Collection

The comedy legend was best known for her roles in the films “Young Frankenstein” and “Tootsie,” the latter of which earned her an Oscar nomination.

Garr was born on Dec. 11, 1944, in Lakewood, Ohio. She moved to Los Angeles and later to New York to pursue acting. She started out as a go-go dancer and made appearances in six Elvis Presley projects in the 1960s.

Teri Garr in 2014. WireImage
Teri Garr in the 1980s Courtesy Everett Collection

Her first on-screen speaking role was in 1968’s “Head,” the Monkees movie written and produced by Jack Nicholson.

Some of her other early credits include appearances on “Star Trek,” “The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour” and “The New Dick Van Dyke Show.”

Garr’s big break came with her role as Inga, Dr. Frankenstein’s assistant, in Mel Brooks’ 1974 comedy horror “Young Frankenstein.” Gene Wilder, Peter Boyle, Marty Feldman and Cloris Leachman also starred in the movie.

Teri Garr in “Young Frankenstein.” 20th Century Fox Licensing/Merchandising / Everett Collection
Teri Garr, Marty Feldman and Gene Wilder in “Young Frankenstein.” ©20thCentFox/Courtesy Everett Collection

That same year, Garr starred in Francis Ford Coppola’s thriller “The Conversation.” She followed that up with Steven Spielberg’s 1977 sci-fi film “Close Encounters of the Third Kind.”

Come the 1980s, Garr landed a role opposite Dustin Hoffman in the satirical rom-com “Tootsie.” Her performance as Sandy Lester earned Garr her first and only nomination for an Academy Award.

Teri Garr in “Tootsie.” Courtesy Everett Collection
Dustin Hoffman and Teri Garr in “Tootsie.” Courtesy Everett Collection

“I was proud,” Garr wrote of her Oscar nomination in her 2005 memoir, “per “Speedbumps,” CNN reported. “The academy not only knew I existed, they thought I was good!”

In the following two decades, Garr starred in hits including “The Escape Artist,” “Mr. Mom,” “After Hours,” “Waiting for the Light,” “Michael” and “A Simple Wish.”

Teri Garr in “Waiting for the Light.” ©Triumph Releasing/Courtesy Everett Collection
Raul Julia and Teri Garr in “The Escape Artist.” ©Orion Pictures Corp/Courtesy Everett Collection
Teri Garr and Martin Mull in “Mr. Mom.” ©MGM/Courtesy Everett Collection

On television, she played Phoebe Abbot in three episodes of “Friends” in 1997 and 1998.

Garr also hosted “Saturday Night Live” three times and made appearances on various late-night shows, including “The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson” and “Late Night With David Letterman.”

Garr’s final acting role was in the 2011 TV film “How To Marry a Billionaire.”

Lisa Kudrow and Teri Garr in “Friends.” ©Warner Bros/Courtesy Everett Collection

In 2002, Garr revealed that she had been secretly battling multiple sclerosis.

“I really didn’t think there was any reason to come out and say anything about it,” she told Larry King on CNN at the time.

Teri Garr at the Professional Dancers Society’s Gypsy Awards Luncheon in 2013. Getty Images

“I think now, the good news is there is a lot of good medicine out there,” she said. “If I can just help people to feel better.”

Terri Garr in 2008. FilmMagic

Garr suffered a brain aneurysm in 2006, which left her in a coma for a week. She recovered and briefly returned to acting before retiring in 2011.

The late star had one daughter, Molly, from her marriage to John O’Neil. The couple was married from 1993 to 1996.