Tootsie

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.

Duration: 116 min

Release date: 1982-12-17

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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.

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as Michael Dorsey / Dorothy Michaels

as Julie Nichols

as Sandy Lester

as Ron Carlisle

Charles Durning

Charles Durning

as George Fields

as John Van Horn

Ronald L. Schwary

Ronald L. Schwary

as Phil Weintraub

as Mrs. Mallory

Robert D. Wilson

Robert D. Wilson

James Carruthers

James Carruthers

as Middle-Aged Man

as Middle-Aged Woman

Christine Ebersole

Christine Ebersole

Sam Stoneburner

Sam Stoneburner

Marjorie Lovett

Marjorie Lovett

Barbara Spiegel

Barbara Spiegel

Suzanne von Schaack

Suzanne von Schaack

Anne Shropshire

Anne Shropshire

as Mrs. Crawley

Murray Schisgal

Murray Schisgal

Richard Whiting

Richard Whiting

as Stage Manager #2

Tom Mardirosian

Tom Mardirosian

as Stage Manager

as Autograph Hound

Ibbits Warriner

Ibbits Warriner

as Autograph Hound

as Autograph Hound

Stephen Prutting

Stephen Prutting

as Autograph Hound

Michael M. Ryan

Michael M. Ryan

as Middle-Aged Man

as Second Actor

as Waiter (uncredited)

as (uncredited)

as Acting Student (uncredited)

as Actor at Party (uncredited)

as Shocked Bystander as Dorothy Grabs a Cab (uncredited)

as Self (uncredited)

as Self (uncredited)

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Executive Producer

William Steinkamp

William Steinkamp

Director of Photography

Fredric Steinkamp

Fredric Steinkamp

Additional Writing

Additional Writing

Additional Writing

Additional Writing

Original Music Composer

Script Supervisor

Peter S. Larkin

Peter S. Larkin

Production Design

Lynn Stalmaster

Lynn Stalmaster

Thomas C. Tonery

Thomas C. Tonery

Gerald R. Molen

Gerald R. Molen

Unit Production Manager

Joseph P. Reidy

Joseph P. Reidy

Assistant Director

Murray Schisgal

Murray Schisgal

Ronald L. Schwary

Ronald L. Schwary

David McGiffert

David McGiffert

Assistant Director

Assistant Editor

Assistant Editor

Costume Supervisor

Wayne Fitzgerald

Wayne Fitzgerald

Property Master

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Tod A. Maitland

Tod A. Maitland

Arthur Piantadosi

Arthur Piantadosi

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Assistant Editor

Still Photographer

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