Tootsie (1982)

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.

Movie · Comedy, Romance · 1h 56m · Rated 7.2/10 on TMDB · Released December 17, 1982

Overview

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.

Directed by Sydney Pollack

Cast

• Dustin Hoffman as Michael Dorsey / Dorothy Michaels
• Jessica Lange as Julie Nichols
• Teri Garr as Sandy Lester
• Dabney Coleman as Ron Carlisle
• Charles Durning as Les Nichols
• Bill Murray as Jeff Slater
• Sydney Pollack as George Fields
• George Gaynes as John Van Horn
• Geena Davis as April
• Doris Belack as Rita
• Ellen Foley as Jacqui
• Peter Gatto as Rick

More like this

• Romance & Cigarettes (2006)
• Someone Great (2019)
• Down with Love (2003)
• Someone Like You... (2001)
• How to Be Single (2016)
• One Night Only (2026)
• Ricky Stanicky (2024)
• Sleeping with Other People (2015)
• The Lonely Guy (1984)
• Friends with Benefits (2011)
• My Sassy Girl (2008)
• No Hard Feelings (2023)

Movie and show details come from TMDB. This product uses the TMDB API but is not endorsed or certified by TMDB.