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COMEDY

DRAMA

ROMANCE

An unemployed actor with a reputation for being difficult disguises himself as a woman to get a role in a soap opera.

name	character
Dabney Coleman	Ron Carlisle
Geena Davis	April
Charles Durning	Les Nichols
Ellen Foley	Jacqui
Teri Garr	Sandy
George Gaynes	John Van Horn
Dustin Hoffman	Michael Dorsey / Dorothy Michaels
Jessica Lange	Julie Nichols
Bill Murray	Jeff Slater
Sydney Pollack	George Fields

name
Larry Gelbart	screenplay
Dave Grusin	composer
Don McGuire	screenplay
Sydney Pollack	director, producer
Dick Richards	producer

year	award	category	name
1982	Academy Award	Best Actress in a Supporting Role	Jessica Lange
1982	Golden Globe Award	Best Picture
1982	Golden Globe Award	Best Actor	Dustin Hoffman
1982	Golden Globe Award	Best Supporting Actress	Jessica Lange
1983	BAFTA	Best Actor in a Leading Role	Dustin Hoffman