Dustin Hoffman is mourning the loss of his late “Tootsie” co-star Teri Garr.

“Teri was brilliant and unique in everything she did and had a heart of gold,” Hoffman, 87, said in a statement to The Post on Tuesday. “Working with her was one of the big highlights. There was no one like her.”

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

The actress leaves behind her daughter Molly O'Neil (30) and her grandson Tyryn (6).

Garr played Hoffman's friend and sometimes love interest Sandy Lester in the 1982 film Tootsie. She received an Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actress for her work.

“I was proud. Not only did the Academy know I existed, they thought I was good!” Garr wrote about the Oscar nomination in her 2005 memoir, “Speedbumps: Flooring it Through Hollywood.”

Garr recalled Hoffman being in her corner while working on “Tootsie” and speaking to the AV Club in 2008.

Garr explained that she was hesitant to take on a supporting role when she had just starred in the film One From The Heart, and revealed that director Sydney Pollack persuaded her to take the job.

“He said, ‘We’ll make it fun. It’s going to be really good and we’ll take any ideas you have,” she recalls. “So I immediately started writing things about her – about Sandy Lester – and he let me. And I really liked that.”

“Dustin had hit him, so he said, 'If you have an idea, tell Sydney,'” she added of Hoffman. “So I said, 'Put the camera over there and I'll rush out of the bathroom and say, 'What's wrong with you people?' I've been sitting in there screaming for half an hour! Does no one care?' That was a good part of the film, wasn't it? And that’s what I came up with.”

In addition to the Sydney Pollack classic, the comedy legend was known for his role in Mel Brooks' Young Frankenstein.

This is a developing story.