This Is My Life

This Is My Life

6.0IMDb Score
Released:1992-02-21
Duration:95 min
Director:Nora Ephron
Actors:Julie Kavner, Samantha Mathis, Gaby Hoffmann, Carrie Fisher, Dan Aykroyd
Production:20th Century Fox

Overview:

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.

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