Michael Dorsey (Dustin Hoffman Dustin Hoffman) is a little-known actor who has recently fallen out with his agent George Fields (Sidney Pollack Sydney Pollack) because he doesn't want to find investment for his next play and thinks he can't find a job again. In order to raise money for a play written by his roommate Jeff (Bill Murray Bill Murray), Michael disguises himself as a woman and goes by the alias Dorothy Michaels. He heard about an audition for a TV show from his female friend Sandy (Tregal Teri Garr), and he succeeded in becoming a character called Kimberly. He and the heroine Julie Nichols (Jessica Lange Jessica Lange) are so happy that they even make Julie's father fall in love with him. However, Julie doesn't know about Do....