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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.

movie

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

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