This Is My Life
It's 10pm. Do you know where your mother is?
1992 · 1h 35m · PG-13
Comedy, Drama
Directed by
Nora Ephron
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This Is My Life
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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