Dustin Hoffman
Michael Dorsey/Dorothy Michaels
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Michael Dorsey is an unemployed actor with an impossible reputation. In order to find work and fund his friend's play he dresses as a woman, Dorothy Michaels, and lands the part in a daytime drama.
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...
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Tootsie. Roger Ebert December 17, 1982. Tweet. Now streaming on: Rent. Buy. Rent. Powered by JustWatch. One of the most endearing things about "Tootsie," a movie in which Dustin Hoffman plays a middle-aged actress, is that the actress is able to carry most of her own scenes as herself - even if she weren't being played by Hoffman.
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. Larry Gelbart. Screenplay, Story. Sydney Pollack. Director. Murray Schisgal. Screenplay. Don McGuire. Story.
Tootsie (1982) | The Criterion Collection. Sydney Pollack. Tootsie. In Tootsie, Michael Dorsey lands the role of a lifetime—as did the actor playing him, Dustin Hoffman.
TOOTSIE. Comedy. , Other. , Romance. Michael Dorsey is a talented actor, but his demanding nature and stubborn temperament have antagonized every producer in New York. Now his agent insists no one will hire him. But Michael needs money - eight thousand dollars to be exact - and to earn it, he's willing to play the role of a lifetime.
