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