Tootsie
1854 reviews
Comedy/Romance
1h 56m
1982
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...
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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.
- DirectorSydney Pollack
- Release17 December 1982
- Genre
- Duration1h 56m
- Budget$21,000,000
- Revenue$177,200,000
- Rate1854 reviews
- Productions
Mirage Enterprises, Punch Productions, Delphi Films, Columbia Pictures
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

Lynne Thigpen
Jo

Debra Mooney
Mrs. Mallory

Susan Merson
Page

Estelle Getty
Middle-Aged Woman

Christine Ebersole
Linda

Jim Jansen
Stage Manager #2

Tom Mardirosian
Stage Manager

Annie Korzen
Autograph Hound

Lois de Banzie
Autograph Hound

Pamela Lincoln
Secretary

Tobin Bell
Waiter (uncredited)

Phillip Borsos
(uncredited)

John Kapelos
Actor at Party (uncredited)

Andy Warhol
Self (uncredited)

Gene Shalit
Self (uncredited)
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