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.

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

Credits

Nora EphronDirector

Julie KavnerDottie Ingels

Samantha MathisErica Ingels

Gaby HoffmannOpal Ingels

Carrie FisherClaudia Curtis