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
Michael M. Ryan
Middle-Aged Man
Bob Levine
Second Actor
Pamela Lincoln
Secretary
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
Self (uncredited)
Gene Shalit
Self (uncredited)
Crew
Sydney Pollack
Director, Producer
Larry Gelbart
Screenplay, Story
Murray Schisgal
Screenplay
Don McGuire
Story
William Steinkamp
Editor
Fredric Steinkamp
Editor
Jill Savitt
Assistant Editor
Don Brochu
Assistant Editor
Nancy Weizer
Assistant Editor
Owen Roizman
Director of Photography
Joseph P. Reidy
Assistant Director
David McGiffert
Assistant Director
Charles Evans
Executive Producer
Dick Richards
Producer
Ronald L. Schwary
Producer
Peter S. Larkin
Production Design
Lynn Stalmaster
Casting
Sylvia Fay
Casting
Bernie Pollack
Costume Supervisor
Ruth Morley
Costume Design
George Masters
Makeup Artist
Les Fresholtz
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Arthur Piantadosi
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Rick Alexander
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Les Lazarowitz
Sound Mixer
Tod A. Maitland
Boom Operator
Dave Grusin
Original Music Composer
Else Blangsted
Music Editor
Thomas C. Tonery
Set Decoration
Brian Hamill
Still Photographer
Renee Bodner
Script Supervisor
Patrick Hogan
Driver
Jimmy Raitt
Property Master
Robert Kaufman
Additional Writing
Robert Garland
Additional Writing
Barry Levinson
Additional Writing
Elaine May
Additional Writing
Gerald R. Molen
Unit Production Manager
Wayne Fitzgerald
Title Designer
