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.

Comedy Romance

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

(Himself (uncredited))

Pamela Lincoln

(Secretary)

Michael M. Ryan

(Middle-Aged Man)

Gene Shalit

(Self (uncredited))