New York actor Michael Dorsey (Dustin Hoffman) is a talented perfectionist who is so hard on himself and others that his agent (Sydney Pollack) can no longer find work for him. After a soap opera audition goes poorly, Michael reinvents himself as actress Dorothy Michaels and wins the part. What was supposed to be a short-lived role turns into a long-term contract, but when Michael falls for his castmate Julie (Jessica Lange), complications develop that could wreck everything.
Comedy
Director
Sydney Pollack
Producer
Sydney Pollack
Cast
Dustin Hoffman
Jessica Lange
Teri Garr
Dabney Coleman
Charles Durning
Bill Murray
Sydney Pollack
George Gaynes
Geena Davis
Doris Belack
Writers
Larry Gelbart
Murray Schisgal
Don McGuire
Executive Producers
Charles Evans
Dick Richards
Ronald L. Schwary
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Feature
Tootsie
Tootsie
Michael Dorsey, an unsuccessful actor, disguises himself as a woman in order to get a role on a trashy hospital soap.