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Tootsie is a 1982 American satirical romantic comedy film directed by Sydney Pollack from a screenplay by Larry Gelbart and Murray Schisgal and a story by Gelbart and Don McGuire. It stars Dustin Hoffman , Jessica Lange , Teri Garr , Dabney Coleman , and Charles Durning .
Gandhi won eight awards, including Best Picture and Best Actor for Ben Kingsley. Other winners included E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial with four awards, An Officer and a Gentleman with two, Begin the Beguine , If You Love This Planet , Just Another Missing Kid , Missing , Quest for Fire , A Shocking Accident , Sophie's Choice , Tango , Tootsie ...
He was Oscar-nominated for his roles as young man having an affair with an older woman in the coming-of-age film The Graduate (1967), a con man in the drama Midnight Cowboy (1969), comedian Lenny Bruce in biographical film Lenny (1974), an out-of-work actor crossdressing as a female in the comedy Tootsie (1982), and a film producer in the ...
Establishing Garr as a comedic force, the film led to roles in 1977's Oh, God!, 1982's Tootsie — which earned her an Oscar nomination for supporting actress — and 1983's Mr. Mom.
Teri Garr, the comic actress and singer who brought her buoyant personality to “Young Frankenstein” and was Oscar-nominated for “Tootsie,” died on Tuesday in Los Angeles after a long ...
If a film won the Academy Award for Best Picture, its entry is listed in a shaded background with a boldface title. Competitive Oscars are separated from non-competitive Oscars (i.e. Honorary Award, Special Achievement Award, Juvenile Award); as such, any films that were awarded a non-competitive award will be shown in brackets next to the ...
The latter film tells the story of Michael, an unemployed actor who disguises himself as a woman named Dorsey for a drama. However, things take a turn when he falls in love with his costar Julie ...
Lange went on to receive two Academy Awards, her first for Best Supporting Actress as a soap opera star in the comedy Tootsie (1982) and her second for Best Actress playing a bipolar housewife in Blue Sky (1994). [4] Her other Oscar-nominated roles were for Frances (1982), Country (1984), Sweet Dreams (1985), and Music Box (1989).