Comedy Romance
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.
Directed by
Sydney Pollack
Geena Davis
April
Lynne Thigpen
Jo
Dustin Hoffman
Michael Dorsey / Dorothy Michaels
Dabney Coleman
Ron Carlisle
Bill Murray
Jeff Slater
Annie Korzen
Autograph Hound
Jessica Lange
Julie Nichols
Susan Merson
Page
Tobin Bell
Waiter (uncredited)
Tom Mardirosian
Stage Manager
Charles Durning
Les Nichols
John Kapelos
Actor at Party (uncredited)
Debra Mooney
Mrs. Mallory
Teri Garr
Sandy Lester
Ellen Foley
Jacqui
Christine Ebersole
Linda
George Gaynes
John Van Horn
Don McGuire
Estelle Getty
Middle-Aged Woman
Elaine May
Doris Belack
Rita
Jim Jansen
Stage Manager #2
Pamela Lincoln
Secretary
Gene Shalit
Self (uncredited)
Lois de Banzie
Autograph Hound
Peter Gatto
Rick
Amy Lawrence
Amy
Kenny Sinclair
Boy
Robert D. Wilson
Stage Hand
James Carruthers
Middle-Aged Man
Sam Stoneburner
Actor #2
Marjorie Lovett
Salesgirl
Barbara Spiegel
Billie
Suzanne von Schaack
Party girl
Anne Shropshire
Mrs. Crawley
Richard Whiting
Priest
Gavin Reed
Director
Ibbits Warriner
Autograph Hound
Stephen Prutting
Autograph Hound
Michael M. Ryan
Middle-Aged Man
Bob Levine
Second Actor
Jim Dratfield
Acting Student (uncredited)
Joyce Worsley
Shocked Bystander as Dorothy Grabs a Cab (uncredited)

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