Larry Gelbart is a Actor, Scriptwriter and Producer American born on 25 february 1928 at Chicago (USA)
Larry Gelbart
Larry Gelbart participated to
19 films (as actor, director or script writer).
Among those,
1 have good markets following the box office.
Here are the best films classified by number of entries :
Scriptwriter
, 1h57
Directed by Sydney PollackOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Comedy,
Romantic comedy,
Melodrama,
RomanceThemes Films about sexuality,
Films about television,
L'usurpation d'identité,
LGBT-related films,
Transgender in film,
Musical films,
Escroquerie,
LGBT-related films,
LGBT-related film,
Cross-dressing in filmActors Dustin Hoffman,
Jessica Lange,
Teri Garr,
Charles Durning,
Bill Murray,
Dabney ColemanRoles Story
Rating73%
Michael Dorsey (Dustin Hoffman) is a respected but perfectionist actor. Nobody in New York wants to hire him anymore because he is difficult to work with. According to his long-suffering agent George Fields (Sydney Pollack), Michael's attention to detail and difficult reputation led a commercial he worked on to run significantly over-schedule, because the idea of a tomato sitting down was "illogical" to him. After many months without a job, Michael hears of an opening on the soap opera Southwest General from his friend and acting student Sandy Lester (Teri Garr), who tries out for the role of a hospital administrator Emily Kimberly but does not get it. In desperation, and as a result of his agent telling him that "no one will hire you", he dresses as a woman, auditions as "Dorothy Michaels" and wins the part. Michael takes the job as a way to raise $8,000 to produce a play, written by his roommate Jeff Slater (Bill Murray) and to star Sandy, titled Return to Love Canal. Michael plays his character as a feisty, feminist administrator, which surprises the other actors and crew who expected Emily to be (as written) another swooning female in the plot. His character quickly becomes a television sensation.