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

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