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

 Dustin Hoffman is remembering his late costar Teri Garr.

In a statement to the New York Post published Tuesday, Oct. 29, the 87-year-old actor paid his respects to his Tootsie costar, who died on Tuesday at the age of 79.

“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.

Teri Garr and Dustin Hoffman in New York City. 

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Teri Garr's Life in Photos

The actress was known for her roles of Inga in 1974's Young Frankenstein 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 Jessica Lange.

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

Santino Fontana took over the role of Michael on the Great White Way, while Lilli Cooper played Julie and Sarah Stiles played Garr's movie role of Sandy.

Teri Garr and Dustin Hoffman in Tootsie (1982). 

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Speaking about her Academy Award nod in her 2005 memoir Speedbumps: Flooring it Through Hollywood, 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 (Gene Wilder) in Young Frankenstein.

“My mother was the wardrobe woman on Young Frankenstein,” the actress told PBS 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.