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.
Michael Dorsey / Dorothy Michaels
Dustin Hoffman
Julie Nichols
Jessica Lange
Sandy Lester
Teri Garr
Ron Carlisle
Dabney Coleman
Les Nichols
Charles Durning
Jeff Slater
Bill Murray
George Fields
Sydney Pollack
John Van Horn
George Gaynes
April
Geena Davis
Rita
Doris Belack
Jacqui
Ellen Foley
Rick
Peter Gatto
Jo
Lynne Thigpen
Phil Weintraub
Ronald L. Schwary
Mrs. Mallory
Debra Mooney
Amy
Amy Lawrence
Boy
Kenny Sinclair
Page
Susan Merson
Stage Hand
Robert D. Wilson
Middle-Aged Man
James Carruthers
Middle-Aged Woman
Estelle Getty
Linda
Christine Ebersole
Actor #1
Bernie Pollack
Actor #2
Sam Stoneburner
Salesgirl
Marjorie Lovett
Billie
Barbara Spiegel
Party girl
Suzanne von Schaack
Mrs. Crawley
Anne Shropshire
Party guest
Murray Schisgal
Priest
Richard Whiting
Stage Manager #2
Jim Jansen
Stage Manager
Tom Mardirosian
Director
Gavin Reed
Autograph Hound
Annie Korzen
Autograph Hound
Ibbits Warriner
Autograph Hound
Lois de Banzie
Autograph Hound
Stephen Prutting
Middle-Aged Man
Michael M. Ryan
Second Actor
Bob Levine
Secretary
Pamela Lincoln
Waiter (uncredited)
Tobin Bell
(uncredited)
Phillip Borsos
Acting Student (uncredited)
Jim Dratfield
Actor at Party (uncredited)
John Kapelos
Shocked Bystander as Dorothy Grabs a Cab (uncredited)
Joyce Worsley
Self (uncredited)
Andy Warhol
Self (uncredited)
Gene Shalit