Tootsie (1982)

12/17/1982 1h 56m

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.

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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.

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Cast Ages at Release

Dustin Hoffman

as Michael Dorsey / Dorothy Michaels

Born 08/08/1937, age

Jessica Lange

as Julie Nichols

Born 04/20/1949, age

Teri Garr

as Sandy

Born 12/11/1944, age

Dabney Coleman

as Ron Carlisle

Born 01/03/1932, age

Charles Durning

as Les Nichols

Born 02/28/1923

Died 12/24/2012, age

Bill Murray

as Jeff Slater

Born 09/21/1950, age

Sydney Pollack

as George Fields

Born 07/01/1934

Died 05/26/2008, age

Geena Davis

as April

Born 01/21/1956, age

Lynne Thigpen

as Jo

Born 12/22/1948

Died 03/12/2003, age

Estelle Getty

as Middle-Aged Woman

Born 07/25/1923

Died 07/22/2008, age

Christine Ebersole

as Linda

Born 02/21/1953, age

Jim Jansen

as Stage Manager #2

Born 07/27/1945, age

Tobin Bell

as Waiter (uncredited)

Born 08/07/1942, age

John Kapelos

as Actor at Party (uncredited)

Born 03/08/1956, age