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Prior to his departure (and unbeknownst to Paula), Tony sublet the apartment to Elliot Garfield, a neurotic but sweet aspiring actor from Chicago, who shows up in the middle of the night expecting to move in. Paula, who is demanding, cynical, and neurotic, makes it clear that she does not like Elliot but reluctantly lets him move in.
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With Richard Dreyfuss, Marsha Mason, Quinn Cummings, Paul Benedict. After being dumped by her live-in boyfriend, unemployed dancer Paula McFadden and her ten-year-old daughter Lucy are forced to live with struggling off-Broadway actor Elliot Garfield, who is subletting their apartment.
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- Comedy, Drama, Romance
- Herbert Ross
- 1977-11-30
Elliot Garfield : I don't know how to play pills. Paula McFadden : [sigh] It's not hard.
Jun 15, 2024 · Richard Dreyfuss plays Elliot Garfield in the comedy romance The Goodbye Girl. Bettmann Archive “It never happened,” he continued.
Character description, analysis and casting breakdown for Elliot Garfield from The Goodbye Girl.
Richard Dreyfuss won the 1977 Academy Award for Best Actor for his performance as Elliot Garfield. At the time, he became the youngest man (at age 30) to win an Oscar for Best Actor. Both Mason and Cummings were nominated for Oscars. The film became the first romantic comedy to earn $100 million in box-office grosses.