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This Is My Life

1992·Comedy·1h 35m
7.0
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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.
Directed by Nora Ephron
stand-up comedy
single mother
woman director
moving to a city
mother daughter relationship
sisters
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Cast

Julie Kavner
Julie Kavner
Dottie Ingels
Samantha Mathis
Samantha Mathis
Erica Ingels
Gaby Hoffmann
Gaby Hoffmann
Opal Ingels
Carrie Fisher
Carrie Fisher
Claudia Curtis
Dan Aykroyd
Dan Aykroyd
Arnold Moss
Bob Nelson
Bob Nelson
Ed
Marita Geraghty
Marita Geraghty
Mia Jablon
Welker White
Welker White
Lynn
Caroline Aaron
Caroline Aaron
Martha Ingels
Kathy Najimy
Kathy Najimy
Angela
Danny Zorn
Danny Zorn
Jordan Strang
Renée Lippin
Renée Lippin
Arlene

Crew

Nora Ephron
Nora Ephron
Director
Nora Ephron
Nora Ephron
Writer
Delia Ephron
Delia Ephron
Writer
Carly Simon
Carly Simon
Original Music Composer
Lynda Obst
Lynda Obst
Producer
Matthias Gohl
Matthias Gohl
Conductor
Matthias Gohl
Matthias Gohl
Music Arranger
Jeffrey Kurland
Jeffrey Kurland
Costume Design
David Chapman
David Chapman
Production Design
Meg Wolitzer
Meg Wolitzer
Novel
Juliet Taylor
Juliet Taylor
Casting

Popular Reviews

10 reviews
Rena Ghayev
Rena Ghayev
8.0★ · 11/08/25
This Is My Life
you can drive me crazy! you drive me anywhere!!! here’s the keys just do as you please!! CAUSE YOU ARE THE LOOOOOVEEE OF MY LIIIIFEEEE!!!!!! 
relatable i also have a mom and a sister who r the love of my life
you can drive me crazy! you drive me anywhere!!! here’s the keys just do as you please!! CAUSE YOU ARE THE LOOOOOVEEE OF MY LIIIIFEEEE!!!!!! 
relatable i also have a mom and a sister who r the love of my life
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Eclectic Sorcerer
Eclectic Sorcerer
6.0★ · 02/17/25
This Is My Life
Enjoyable, a pretty quaint life of an aspiring performer who's a mother of 2 daughters.
Enjoyable, a pretty quaint life of an aspiring performer who's a mother of 2 daughters.
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Eclectic Sorcerer
Eclectic Sorcerer
6.0★ · 02/17/25
This Is My Life
Enjoyable, a pretty quaint life of an aspiring performer who's a mother of 2 daughters.
Enjoyable, a pretty quaint life of an aspiring performer who's a mother of 2 daughters.
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MechaniChris
MechaniChris
6.0★ · 06/12/20
This Is My Life
Well it’s no When Harry Met Sally, but it is The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel. I mean it, they even pitch the idea for that show at the end of the movie, it’s crazy.
Well it’s no When Harry Met Sally, but it is The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel. I mean it, they even pitch the idea for that show at the end of the movie, it’s crazy.
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Dhario Desousa
4.1★ · 06/11/20
This Is My Life
Even though I liked everything this movie was working with, I never quite laughed at the comedy or felt the drama.
Even though I liked everything this movie was working with, I never quite laughed at the comedy or felt the drama.
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