What do you get when you cross a hopelessly straight starving actor with a dynamite red sequined dress? You get America's hottest new actress.
When struggling, out of work actor Michael Dorsey secretly adopts a female alter ego—Dorothy Michaels—in order to land a part in a daytime drama, he unwittingly becomes a feminist icon and ends up in a romantic pickle.
Made in US
7.2/10
1982
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Cast
Dustin Hoffman
As Michael Dorsey / Dorothy Michaels
Jessica Lange
As Julie Nichols
Teri Garr
As Sandy Lester
Dabney Coleman
As Ron Carlisle
Charles Durning
As Les Nichols
Bill Murray
As Jeff Slater
Sydney Pollack
As George Fields
George Gaynes
As John Van Horn
Geena Davis
As April
Doris Belack
As Rita
Ellen Foley
As Jacqui
Peter Gatto
As Rick
Lynne Thigpen
As Jo
Ronald L. Schwary
As Phil Weintraub
Debra Mooney
As Mrs. Mallory
Amy Lawrence
As Amy
Kenny Sinclair
As Boy
Susan Merson
As Page
Robert D. Wilson
As Stage Hand
James Carruthers
As Middle-Aged Man
Estelle Getty
As Middle-Aged Woman
Christine Ebersole
As Linda
Bernie Pollack
As Actor #1
Sam Stoneburner
As Actor #2
Marjorie Lovett
As Salesgirl
Barbara Spiegel
As Billie
Suzanne von Schaack
As Party girl
Anne Shropshire
As Mrs. Crawley
Murray Schisgal
As Party guest
Richard Whiting
As Priest
Jim Jansen
As Stage Manager #2
Tom Mardirosian
As Stage Manager
Gavin Reed
As Director
Annie Korzen
As Autograph Hound
Ibbits Warriner
As Autograph Hound
Lois de Banzie
As Autograph Hound
Stephen Prutting
As Autograph Hound
Michael M. Ryan
As Middle-Aged Man
Bob Levine
As Second Actor
Pamela Lincoln
As Secretary
Tobin Bell
As Waiter (uncredited)
Phillip Borsos
As (uncredited)
Jim Dratfield
As Acting Student (uncredited)
John Kapelos
As Actor at Party (uncredited)
Joyce Worsley
As Shocked Bystander as Dorothy Grabs a Cab (uncredited)
Andy Warhol
As Self (uncredited)
Gene Shalit
As Self (uncredited)
Michael Tarawhiti McGifford
As (uncredited)
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