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.
Is This Is My Life on Netflix? Unfortunately the movie This Is My Life is not yet available on Netflix.
| 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 |