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.
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.
Screenplay: Larry Gelbart, Murray Schisgal
Producer: Sydney Pollack, Dick Richards, Ronald L. Schwary
Director: Sydney Pollack
Director of Photography: Owen Roizman
Writer: Elaine May
Story: Larry Gelbart, Don McGuire
Michael Dorsey / Dorothy Michaels
Julie Nichols
Sandy Lester
Ron Carlisle
Les Nichols
Jeff Slater
George Fields
John Van Horn
Tootsie (1982) Original Trailer [FHD]