Tootsie
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.
7.2(1,952) 1982-12-17 116 minComedyRomance
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.
DirectorSydney Pollack
ScreenplayLarry Gelbart
ProducerDick Richards
ProducerSydney Pollack
Original Music ComposerDave Grusin
ScreenplayMurray Schisgal
ProducerRonald L. Schwary
Cast & characters
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
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Peter Gatto
as Rick
Lynne Thigpen
as Jo
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Ronald L. Schwary
as Phil Weintraub
Debra Mooney
as Mrs. Mallory
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Amy Lawrence
as Amy
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Kenny Sinclair
as Boy
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Susan Merson
as Page
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Robert D. Wilson
as Stage Hand
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James Carruthers
as Middle-Aged Man
Estelle Getty
as Middle-Aged Woman
Christine Ebersole
as Linda
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Bernie Pollack
as Actor #1
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Sam Stoneburner
as Actor #2
