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Dustin Hoffman as Michael Dorsey, an out-of-work actor who disguises himself as a woman, "Dorothy Michaels", to get a role on the soap opera Southwest General Jessica Lange as Julie Nichols, an actress
After a three-year acting hiatus, he starred in the comedy Tootsie in 1982 as a struggling actor who pretends to be a woman in order to get an acting role. He returned to stage acting with a 1984 performance as Willy Loman in Death of a Salesman – Hoffman reprised the role a year later in a television film.
Dustin Lee Hoffman was born on August 8, 1937, in Los Angeles, California, the younger of two sons of Harry Hoffman (1902–1987) and Lillian (née Gold; 1907–1982). [9] His father worked as a prop supervisor ( set decorator ) at Columbia Pictures before becoming a furniture salesman.
Teri Garr revealed in a 2008 interview that Dustin Hoffman encouraged her to share her ideas to “Tootsie” director Sydney Pollack while working on the film. Ron Galella Collection via Getty Images
Dustin Hoffman and Teri Garr in Beverly Hills, California, on Feb. 17, 2002. ... “My mother was the wardrobe woman on Young Frankenstein,” the actress told PBS in 2012. “I asked her if they ...
Al Pacino and Dustin Hoffman couldn't do much in the 1970s without being compared to one another. Stacking the actors against each other was so common that one producer suggested the two put the ...
Dustin Hoffman was cast as Liebkind in the Mel Brooks film The Producers (1967), but before filming began Hoffman begged Brooks to let him go to audition for The Graduate. [22] When Dustin Hoffman auditioned for the role of Benjamin, he was just short of his 30th birthday at the time of filming.
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