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
Written by
Elaine May
Bill Murray
Jeff Slater
Dustin Hoffman
Michael Dorsey / Dorothy Michaels
Geena Davis
April
Tobin Bell
Waiter (uncredited)
Charles Durning
Les Nichols
Jessica Lange
Julie Nichols
Teri Garr
Sandy Lester
Dabney Coleman
Ron Carlisle
John Kapelos
Actor at Party (uncredited)
Christine Ebersole
Linda
Estelle Getty
Middle-Aged Woman
Lynne Thigpen
Jo
Debra Mooney
Mrs. Mallory
Tom Mardirosian
Stage Manager
Doris Belack
Rita
Ellen Foley
Jacqui
George Gaynes
John Van Horn
Jim Jansen
Stage Manager #2
Annie Korzen
Autograph Hound
Don McGuire
Lois de Banzie
Autograph Hound
Susan Merson
Page
Pamela Lincoln
Secretary
Gene Shalit
Self (uncredited)
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
Jim Dratfield
Acting Student (uncredited)
Joyce Worsley
Shocked Bystander as Dorothy Grabs a Cab (uncredited)