"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."

1982

1h 56m

7.2(1855 votes)

Comedy

Romance

Overview

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.

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47 members

Acting

Dustin Hoffman

Michael Dorsey / Dorothy Michaels

Acting

Jessica Lange

Julie Nichols

Acting

Teri Garr

Sandy Lester

Acting

Dabney Coleman

Ron Carlisle

Acting

Charles Durning

Les Nichols

Acting

Bill Murray

Jeff Slater

Directing

Sydney Pollack

George Fields

Acting

George Gaynes

John Van Horn

Acting

Geena Davis

April

Acting

Doris Belack

Rita

Acting

Ellen Foley

Jacqui

Acting

Peter Gatto

Rick

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Lynne Thigpen

Production

Ronald L. Schwary

Phil Weintraub

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Debra Mooney

Mrs. Mallory

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Amy Lawrence

Amy

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Kenny Sinclair

Boy

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Susan Merson

Page

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Robert D. Wilson

Stage Hand

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James Carruthers

Middle-Aged Man

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Estelle Getty

Middle-Aged Woman

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Christine Ebersole

Linda

Costume & Make-Up

Bernie Pollack

Actor #1

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Sam Stoneburner

Actor #2

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Marjorie Lovett

Salesgirl

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Barbara Spiegel

Billie

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Suzanne von Schaack

Party girl

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Anne Shropshire

Mrs. Crawley

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Writing

Murray Schisgal

Party guest

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Richard Whiting

Priest

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Jim Jansen

Stage Manager #2

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Tom Mardirosian

Stage Manager

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Gavin Reed

Director

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Annie Korzen

Autograph Hound

Acting

Ibbits Warriner

Autograph Hound

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Lois de Banzie

Autograph Hound

Acting

Stephen Prutting

Autograph Hound

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Michael M. Ryan

Middle-Aged Man

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Bob Levine

Second Actor

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Pamela Lincoln

Secretary

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Tobin Bell

Waiter (uncredited)

Directing

Phillip Borsos

(uncredited)

Acting

Jim Dratfield

Acting Student (uncredited)

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John Kapelos

Actor at Party (uncredited)

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Joyce Worsley

Shocked Bystander as Dorothy Grabs a Cab (uncredited)

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Andy Warhol

Self (uncredited)

Acting

Gene Shalit

Self (uncredited)

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