This Is My Life (1992)

02/21/1992 (US) • Comedy, Drama • 1h 35m

It's 10pm. Do you know where your mother is?

Overview

Single mom Dottie Ingels sells cosmetics in a department store, but she dreams of being a comedian. When she inherits some money, she takes the chance and moves with her two children Erica and Opel to New York to perform in small bars. Soon her agent Arnold Moss makes her famous, but while she travels all over USA, her children stay home lonely.

This Is My Life (1992)

02/21/1992 (US) • 1h 35m

Comedy, Drama

It's 10pm. Do you know where your mother is?

Overview

Single mom Dottie Ingels sells cosmetics in a department store, but she dreams of being a comedian. When she inherits some money, she takes the chance and moves with her two children Erica and Opel to New York to perform in small bars. Soon her agent Arnold Moss makes her famous, but while she travels all over USA, her children stay home lonely.

Top Billed Cast

Julie Kavner

Dottie Ingels

Samantha Mathis

Erica Ingels

Gaby Hoffmann

Opal Ingels

Carrie Fisher

Claudia Curtis

Dan Aykroyd

Arnold Moss

Bob Nelson

Ed

Marita Geraghty

Mia Jablon

Welker White

Lynn

Caroline Aaron

Martha Ingels

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Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

-

Revenue

-

Keywords

stand-up comedy

single mother

woman director

moving to a city

mother daughter relationship

sisters

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