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.
| Directing | Nora Ephron | Director |
| Writing | Nora Ephron | Writer |
| Writing | Delia Ephron | Writer |
| Sound | Matthias Gohl | Music Arranger |
| Sound | Matthias Gohl | Conductor |
| Writing | Meg Wolitzer | Novel |
| Production | Carole Isenberg | Executive Producer |
| Production | Patricia K. Meyer | Executive Producer |
| Production | Lynda Obst | Producer |
| Sound | Carly Simon | Original Music Composer |
| Camera | Bobby Byrne | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Robert M. Reitano | Editor |
| Production | Juliet Taylor | Casting |
| Art | David Chapman | Production Design |
| Art | Barbra Matis | Art Direction |
| Art | Jaro Dick | Set Decoration |
| Art | Hilton Rosemarin | Set Decoration |
| Costume & Make-Up | Jeffrey Kurland | Costume Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Paul R.J. Elliot | Hairstylist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Linda Gill | Makeup Artist |
