


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.

Dustin Hoffman
Michael Dorsey / Dorothy Michaels

Jessica Lange
Julie Nichols

Teri Garr
Sandy Lester

Dabney Coleman
Ron Carlisle

Charles Durning
Les Nichols

Bill Murray
Jeff Slater

Sydney Pollack
George Fields

George Gaynes
John Van Horn

Geena Davis
April

Doris Belack
Rita

Ellen Foley
Jacqui
Peter Gatto
Rick

Lynne Thigpen
Jo
Ronald L. Schwary
Phil Weintraub

Debra Mooney
Mrs. Mallory
Amy Lawrence
Amy
Kenny Sinclair
Boy

Susan Merson
Page
Robert D. Wilson
Stage Hand
James Carruthers
Middle-Aged Man
Sydney Pollack
Larry Gelbart, Murray Schisgal
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