As young dancers, they were best friends and fierce rivals. Deedee left the stage for marriage and motherhood, while Emma would become an international ballet icon. But when Deedee's teenage daughter is invited to join Emma's dance company and begins an affair with a young Russian star, the two women are forced to confront the choices they've made, the resentments they've hidden and the emotional truths they must face at the turning point.

Anne Bancroft
as Emma

Shirley MacLaine
as Deedee

Tom Skerritt
as Wayne

Mikhail Baryshnikov
as Yuri

Leslie Browne
as Emilia

Martha Scott
as Adelaide

Antoinette Sibley
as Sevilla

Starr Danias
as Carolyn

Marshall Thompson
as Carter

James Mitchell
as Michael
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The year 1977 was very good for director Herbert Ross. Not only did Ross direct this film, which was nominated for eleven Academy Awards, but he also helmed "The Goodbye Girl," which received five nominations. Out of the twenty acting nominees that year, seven were from two of his films. If you lo...