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Inside Teri Garr’s Battle With MS: How the Late Actress Kept Her Positivity Throughout Health Journey
Teri Garr had many curveballs thrown her way in life, including publicly facing health issues, but the late actress always tried to keep a positive outlook.
In Tootsie, which earned her a 1983 Academy Award nomination, her jilted character, Sandy, expresses relatable exasperation to Dustin Hoffman. Teri first began noticing odd physical symptoms — including tingling, tripping, muscle weakness and fatigue — around the time she filmed Tootsie. Frederick M. Brown/Getty Images Teri’s career hit its stride in the late 1970s and early 1980s, culminating in her acclaimed performance in Tootsie.
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