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