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. false 2020-04-30 07:05:18 Tootsie Sydney Pollack Larry Gelbart Murray Schisgal Don McGuire Elaine May Larry Gelbart Murray Schisgal Don McGuire Elaine May plugin://plugin.video.youtube/play/?video_id=IS-rkKwfuJU 7.219 1982 GB-15 tt0084805 9576 1982-12-17 1982-12-17 91 116 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. United States of America Comedy Romance Mirage Enterprises Punch Productions Delphi Films Columbia Pictures Mirage infidelity new york city love friends feminist cross dressing agent reputation unemployed actor serenade apology live television oscar-nominated witty clever social commentary /var/lib/jellyfin/metadata/library/06/06821df7568787af36785d0855f4b1e5/poster.jpg /var/lib/jellyfin/metadata/library/06/06821df7568787af36785d0855f4b1e5/backdrop.jpg Dustin Hoffman Michael Dorsey / Dorothy Michaels Actor 0 /var/lib/jellyfin/metadata/People/D/Dustin Hoffman/folder.jpg Jessica Lange Julie Nichols Actor 1 /var/lib/jellyfin/metadata/People/J/Jessica Lange/folder.jpg Teri Garr Sandy Actor 2 /var/lib/jellyfin/metadata/People/T/Teri Garr/folder.jpg Dabney Coleman Ron Carlisle Actor 3 /var/lib/jellyfin/metadata/People/D/Dabney Coleman/folder.jpg Charles Durning Les Nichols Actor 4 /var/lib/jellyfin/metadata/People/C/Charles Durning/folder.jpg Bill Murray Jeff Slater Actor 5 /var/lib/jellyfin/metadata/People/B/Bill Murray/folder.jpg Sydney Pollack George Fields Actor 6 /var/lib/jellyfin/metadata/People/S/Sydney Pollack/folder.jpg George Gaynes John Van Horn Actor 7 /var/lib/jellyfin/metadata/People/G/George Gaynes/folder.jpg Geena Davis April Actor 8 /var/lib/jellyfin/metadata/People/G/Geena Davis/folder.jpg Doris Belack Rita Actor 9 /var/lib/jellyfin/metadata/People/D/Doris Belack/folder.jpg Ellen Foley Jacqui Actor 10 /var/lib/jellyfin/metadata/People/E/Ellen Foley/folder.jpg Peter Gatto Rick Actor 11 Lynne Thigpen Jo Actor 12 /var/lib/jellyfin/metadata/People/L/Lynne Thigpen/folder.jpg Ronald L. Schwary Phil Weintraub Actor 13 Debra Mooney Mrs. Mallory Actor 14 /var/lib/jellyfin/metadata/People/D/Debra Mooney/folder.jpg Sydney Pollack Producer Producer /var/lib/jellyfin/metadata/People/S/Sydney Pollack/folder.jpg Charles Evans Executive Producer Producer Dick Richards Producer Producer /var/lib/jellyfin/metadata/People/D/Dick Richards/folder.jpg Ronald L. Schwary Producer Producer tt0084805