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About
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.
Theatrical
Feb 21, 1992
DVD / Blu-ray
Oct 16, 2012
Director
Producers
Music
Studio
20th Century Fox
Cast
Full credits →J
Julie Kavner
Dottie Ingels
S
Samantha Mathis
Erica Ingels
G
Gaby Hoffmann
Opal Ingels
C
Carrie Fisher
Claudia Curtis
D
Dan Aykroyd
Arnold Moss
B
Bob Nelson
Ed
M
Marita Geraghty
Mia Jablon
W
Welker White
Lynn
C
Caroline Aaron
Martha Ingels
K
Kathy Najimy
Angela
D
Danny Zorn
Jordan Strang
R
Renée Lippin
Arlene
J
Joy Behar
Ruby
E
Estelle Harris
Aunt Harriet
S
Sidney Armus
Morris Chesler
D
David Eisner
Oliver
A
Annie Golden
Marianne
T
Tim Blake Nelson
Dennis
H
Harvey Miller
Lester
K
Kate McGregor-Stewart
Jordan's Mom
