Dustin HoffmanMichael Dorsey / Dorothy MichaelsSavaraTV movie
Tootsie
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.
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.
ComedyRomance
Starring
Dustin Hoffman, Jessica Lange, Teri Garr
Directed by
Sydney Pollack
About
Tootsie
ComedyRomance
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.
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.
Information
- Released
- Dec 17, 1982
- Runtime
- 1h 56m
- Status
- Released
Language & origin
- Original audio
- English
- Country
- US
- Rating
- PG
- Directed by
- Sydney Pollack
Production
- Studio
- Mirage Enterprises
- Studio
- Punch Productions
- Studio
- Delphi Films
- Studio
- Columbia Pictures
Cast
People in this story
Dustin HoffmanMichael Dorsey / Dorothy Michaels
Jessica LangeJulie Nichols
Teri GarrSandy Lester
Dabney ColemanRon Carlisle
Charles DurningLes Nichols
Bill MurrayJeff Slater
Sydney PollackGeorge Fields
George GaynesJohn Van Horn
Geena DavisApril
Doris BelackRita
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