Who else could have played Doralee in Nine to Five?

The obvious answer is Miss Barbara Mandrell.

I'd go with another country singer like Juice Newton or Crystal Gayle.

What if PIZZA contained no crust?

If Paris wasn't he capital of France, what city?

If you could ONLY pee, or poop, which you you prefer?

Bette Midler would have been a fun addition to the cast.

Loni Anderson.

Why not Totie Fields in a casket?

Get a life OP. Quick!

R3, what if you had a sense of humor, a personality, curiosity?

They were all so well cast for 9 to 5 - one of my few comfort movies that I own.

Bette Midler mentioned above would have been great and perhaps Raquel.

Susan Anton! She had a great voice, too!

Hildegard Knef, Gina Lollobrigida

Helen Lawson

Y'all rang?

So now we have the What Would [X TV show or film] Have Been Like If Only [Y Actor/Actress] Had Played [Z Role] Troll?

Sally Kirkland could do anything.

Bette Midler

Carol Wayne

Liv Ullmann

I never miss a Liv Ullman workplace comedy.

Little known fact, Dabney Coleman actually auditioned for the role.

Fortunately, the casting director thought he was a better fit for Frank.

True story.

Benazir Bhutto, Joey Heatherton

Judy Landers

Sylvia Krystal?!?! Why not Sandahl Bergman?

Garbage movie that was only bearable because of Dolly.

Ona Munson

If she were a little older, Jennifer Tilly would have been fun in the role. Jean Kasem was pretty hot at the time because of CHEERS, I could see her being fun in the role, too.

I see some very bad ideas upthread. Loni Anderson, Susan Anton? Just no.

My vote was for Olivia Newton John. Despite Dolly's sassy personality, Doralee was not a sassy character. Barbara Mandrell is an interesting suggestion.

Picture Divine in a blonde bouffant, and you have perfection.

Rachel Dennison

Lotte Lenya

Sylvia Miles

Irene Papas

Anita Morris

Pearl Bailey

Jack Lemmon as Daphne

R26 Cheers didn’t air until ‘82 and Jean wasn’t on until ‘84.

Goldie Hawn

Judy Landers

Ornella Muti

Well, OP, you're in the running for Most Inane Thread of the Day."

But don't get pompous. The evening is young.

Connie Stevens!

Who the fuck keeps saying Bette Midler? Doralee is someone the boss wants to fuck and the other women are threatened by. Midler would be completely miscast.

Yeah, I don't see Bette Midler at all.

Sylvia Miles

Diana Ross would have been perfect.

Dame Peggy Ashcroft

Schelley Duvall.

Madame

Zelda Rubenstein.

Louise Lasser

Wendy O. Williams.

Diana Ross would have added an interesting dynamic. It would have been great to see her in a comedy.

[quote]Bette Midler would have been a fun addition to the cast.

You have a strange notion of fun.

Donna Douglas from the Beverly Hillbillies

Elizabeth Montgomery.

Adrienne Barbeau

Dyan Cannon

Chesty Morgan

Jessica Lange. Though she chose to be the bimbo in the other 1980 film about an insurgent female trio, How to Beat The High Cost of Living.

Bernadette Peters.

Charo.

Morgana, the Kissing Bandit.

Farrah Fawcett. :-)

No, R44, but you should submit Shelley on ‘The Who could have played Carrie’ thread,

Sally Struthers would have been a friggin’ hoot!

Can we get a poll for who could have replaced Dolly in Rhinestone?

Harvey Fierstein for Rhinestone?

Teri Garr

Daye Funaway…….

Another queer woman so it would continue being one of the most lesbionic movies ever made.

Marcia Wallace would have made it a wacky trio.

No one else could have played Doralee. That role was made for Dolly Parton and she was perfect in it. She even wrote the legendary song "9 to5". Try not to sing it.

Suzanne Somers

Misty Rowe

Ernest Borgnine would’ve been perfect for it.

He should’ve fired his manager.

Ann Jillian. She would have sung the theme, too.

Bette Midler could have NOT played Doralee, but maybe Violette.

Linda Lavin. She could've sung the theme song, too.

R24- The movie is watchable but DEFINITELY overrated.

[quote] Linda Lavin. She could've sung the theme song, too.

Well, scatted it anyway.

Sada Thompson would have been an out of left field choice but I can see the chemistry between her, Jane, and Lily.