This Is My Life
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Single mom Dottie Ingels sells cosmetics in a department store while dreaming of becoming a comedian. After she inherits some money, she decides to move to New York with her children Erica and Opal in order to begin a stand-up career in small bars. Dottie soon rises to stardom, but while she travels all over the USA, her daughters stay home lonely.
Status: Released
Released Date: 1992-02-21
Runtime: 95 mins
Director: Nora Ephron
Writer: Nora Ephron, Delia Ephron
Spoken language: English
Genres: Comedy, Drama
Original title: This Is My Life
Production Companies: 20th Century Fox
Production Countries: United States of America
Cast
Julie Kavner
Samantha Mathis
Gaby Hoffmann
Carrie Fisher
Dan Aykroyd
Bob Nelson
Marita Geraghty
Welker White
Caroline Aaron
Kathy Najimy
Danny Zorn
Renée Lippin
Joy Behar
Estelle Harris
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