Tootsie

Tootsie

1982/12/17 • $21,000,000 • Released • English

Comedy
Romance
7.2
1h 56m

What do you get when you cross a hopelessly straight starving actor with a dynamite red sequined dress? You get America's hottest new actress.

Overview

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.

Director : Sydney Pollack

Casts
Dustin Hoffman

Dustin Hoffman

Michael Dorsey / Dorothy Michaels

Jessica Lange

Jessica Lange

Julie Nichols

Teri Garr

Teri Garr

Sandy Lester

Dabney Coleman

Dabney Coleman

Ron Carlisle

Charles Durning

Charles Durning

Les Nichols

Bill Murray

Bill Murray

Jeff Slater

Sydney Pollack

Sydney Pollack

George Fields

George Gaynes

George Gaynes

John Van Horn

Geena Davis

Geena Davis

April

Doris Belack

Doris Belack

Rita

Ellen Foley

Ellen Foley

Jacqui

Peter Gatto

Rick

Lynne Thigpen

Lynne Thigpen

Jo

Ronald L. Schwary

Phil Weintraub

Debra Mooney

Debra Mooney

Mrs. Mallory

Amy Lawrence

Amy

Kenny Sinclair

Boy

Susan Merson

Susan Merson

Page

Robert D. Wilson

Stage Hand

James Carruthers

Middle-Aged Man

Estelle Getty

Estelle Getty

Middle-Aged Woman

Christine Ebersole

Christine Ebersole

Linda

Bernie Pollack

Actor #1

Sam Stoneburner

Actor #2

Marjorie Lovett

Salesgirl

Barbara Spiegel

Billie

Suzanne von Schaack

Party girl

Anne Shropshire

Mrs. Crawley

Murray Schisgal

Party guest

Richard Whiting

Priest

Jim Jansen

Jim Jansen

Stage Manager #2

Tom Mardirosian

Tom Mardirosian

Stage Manager

Gavin Reed

Director

Annie Korzen

Annie Korzen

Autograph Hound

Ibbits Warriner

Autograph Hound

Lois de Banzie

Lois de Banzie

Autograph Hound

Stephen Prutting

Autograph Hound

Tobin Bell

Tobin Bell

Waiter (uncredited)

Phillip Borsos

Phillip Borsos

(uncredited)

Jim Dratfield

Acting Student (uncredited)

John Kapelos

John Kapelos

Actor at Party (uncredited)

Joyce Worsley

Shocked Bystander as Dorothy Grabs a Cab (uncredited)

Andy Warhol

Andy Warhol

Himself (uncredited)

Pamela Lincoln

Pamela Lincoln

Secretary

Michael M. Ryan

Middle-Aged Man

Gene Shalit

Gene Shalit

Self (uncredited)

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