3.6“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.”/ December 17, 1982
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.
“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.”
Michael Dorsey / Dorothy Michaels
Julie Nichols
Sandy Lester
Ron Carlisle
Curated based on cinematic style, tone, and audience acclaim
Les Nichols
Jeff Slater
George Fields
John Van Horn
April
Rita
Jacqui
Rick
