This Is My Life (1992)

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.
Nora Ephron
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, Sidney Armus, David Eisner, Annie Golden, Tim Blake Nelson, Harvey Miller, Patrick Rose, Kate McGregor-Stewart, Ellen Cleghorne, Valri Bromfield, Diane Sokolow, Tom Wood, Louis Di Bianco, Barbara Stewart, Sylvia Kauders, Faye Cohen, Theresa Tova, Marcia DeBonis, Heather Brown, Billy Van, Bob Zidel, Joel Y. Zion, John E. Johnson, Joseph Mastrodominico, Max Bernstein, Oliver Obst, Jacob Bernstein, Zoe Heyes, Renessa Blitz, Lisa Jai, Audrey Webb, Kathryn Greenwood, Eric Mendelsohn, Bo Dietl
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