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.
7.2
116 min
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.
| Name | Character | Team | |
|---|---|---|---|
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Dustin Hoffman | Michael Dorsey / Dorothy Michaels | Calvin and Nobbs |
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Jessica Lange | Julie Nichols | Zac E. Chan |
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Teri Garr | Sandy Lester | Unowned |
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Dabney Coleman | Ron Carlisle | Unowned |
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Charles Durning | Les Nichols | Unowned |
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Bill Murray | Jeff Slater | Calvin and Nobbs |
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Sydney Pollack | George Fields | Unowned |
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George Gaynes | John Van Horn | Unowned |
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Geena Davis | April | Calvin and Nobbs |
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Doris Belack | Rita | Unowned |
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Ellen Foley | Jacqui | Unowned |
| Peter Gatto | Rick | Unowned | |
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Lynne Thigpen | Jo | Unowned |
| Ronald L. Schwary | Phil Weintraub | Unowned | |
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Debra Mooney | Mrs. Mallory | Unowned |
| Amy Lawrence | Amy | Unowned | |
| Kenny Sinclair | Boy | Unowned | |
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Susan Merson | Page | Unowned |
| Robert D. Wilson | Stage Hand | Unowned | |
| James Carruthers | Middle-Aged Man | Unowned | |
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Estelle Getty | Middle-Aged Woman | Unowned |
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Christine Ebersole | Linda | Unowned |
| Bernie Pollack | Actor #1 | Unowned | |
| Sam Stoneburner | Actor #2 | Unowned | |
| Marjorie Lovett | Salesgirl | Unowned | |
| Barbara Spiegel | Billie | Unowned | |
| Suzanne von Schaack | Party girl | Unowned | |
| Anne Shropshire | Mrs. Crawley | Unowned | |
| Murray Schisgal | Party guest | Unowned | |
| Richard Whiting | Priest | Unowned | |
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Jim Jansen | Stage Manager #2 | Unowned |
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Tom Mardirosian | Stage Manager | Unowned |
| Gavin Reed | Director | Unowned | |
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Annie Korzen | Autograph Hound | Unowned |
| Ibbits Warriner | Autograph Hound | Unowned | |
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Lois de Banzie | Autograph Hound | Unowned |
| Stephen Prutting | Autograph Hound | Unowned | |
| Michael M. Ryan | Middle-Aged Man | Unowned | |
| Bob Levine | Second Actor | Unowned | |
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Pamela Lincoln | Secretary | Unowned |
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Tobin Bell | Waiter (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Phillip Borsos | (uncredited) | Unowned |
| Jim Dratfield | Acting Student (uncredited) | Unowned | |
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John Kapelos | Actor at Party (uncredited) | Unowned |
| Joyce Worsley | Shocked Bystander as Dorothy Grabs a Cab (uncredited) | Unowned | |
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Andy Warhol | Self (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Gene Shalit | Self (uncredited) | Unowned |