Comedy / Romance /

Score: 72.1%( 1813 votes )

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.

Cast:

Dustin Hoffman
Michael Dorsey / Dorothy Michaels

Jessica Lange
Julie Nichols

Teri Garr
Sandy Lester

Dabney Coleman
Ron Carlisle

Charles Durning
Les Nichols

Bill Murray
Jeff Slater

Sydney Pollack
George Fields

George Gaynes
John Van Horn

Geena Davis
April

Doris Belack
Rita

Ellen Foley
Jacqui

Peter Gatto
Rick

Lynne Thigpen
Jo

Ronald L. Schwary
Phil Weintraub

Debra Mooney
Mrs. Mallory

Amy Lawrence
Amy

Kenny Sinclair
Boy

Susan Merson
Page

Robert D. Wilson
Stage Hand

James Carruthers
Middle-Aged Man

Estelle Getty
Middle-Aged Woman

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
Stage Manager #2

Tom Mardirosian
Stage Manager

Gavin Reed
Director

Annie Korzen
Autograph Hound

Ibbits Warriner
Autograph Hound

Lois de Banzie
Autograph Hound

Stephen Prutting
Autograph Hound

Tobin Bell
Waiter (uncredited)

Phillip Borsos
(uncredited)

Jim Dratfield
Acting Student (uncredited)

John Kapelos
Actor at Party (uncredited)

Joyce Worsley
Shocked Bystander as Dorothy Grabs a Cab (uncredited)

Andy Warhol
Andy Warhol (uncredited)

Pamela Lincoln
Secretary

Michael M. Ryan
Middle-Aged Man

Gene Shalit
Self (uncredited)