Bette Midler
Biography
Bette Midler (/bɛt ˈmɪdlər/ bet MID-lər; born December 1, 1945) is an American actress, comedian, singer, and author. Throughout her five-decade career, Midler has received numerous accolades, including four Golden Globe Awards, three Grammy Awards, three Primetime Emmy Awards, two Tony Awards, and a Kennedy Center Honor, in addition to nominations for two Academy Awards and a British Academy Film Award. Born in Honolulu, Hawaii, Midler began her professional career in several off-off-Broadway plays before her engagements in Fiddler on the Roof and Salvation on Broadway in the late 1960s. She came to prominence in 1970 when she began singing at the Continental Baths. In this local gay bathhouse, she managed to build up a core following. Since 1970, Midler has released 14 studio albums as a solo artist, selling over 30 million records worldwide, and has received four Gold, three Platinum, and three Multi-Platinum albums from the RIAA. Many of her songs became chart hits, including her renditions of "The Rose", "Wind Beneath My Wings", "Do You Want to Dance", "Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy", and "From a Distance". She won Grammy Awards for Best New Artist, Best Female Pop Vocal Performance for "The Rose", and Record of the Year for "Wind Beneath My Wings". Midler made her starring film debut with the musical drama The Rose (1979), which won her the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Comedy or Musical, as well as nominations for the Academy Award for Best Actress, the BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role, the New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actress, and the National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Actress. She went on to star in numerous films, including Down and Out in Beverly Hills (1986), Ruthless People (1986), Outrageous Fortune (1987), Big Business (1988), Beaches (1988), Stella (1990), Hocus Pocus (1993) and its sequel (2022), The First Wives Club (1996), The Stepford Wives (2004), Parental Guidance (2012), and The Addams Family (2019) and its sequel (2021). Midler also had starring roles in For the Boys (1991) and Gypsy (1993), winning two additional Golden Globe Awards for these films and receiving a second Academy Award nomination for the former. Midler held a residency at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas with the show Bette Midler: The Showgirl Must Go On from 2008 to 2010. She starred in the Broadway revival of Hello, Dolly!, which began previews in March 2017 and premiered at the Shubert Theatre in April 2017. The show was her first leading role in a Broadway musical. Midler received the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical for her performance. Description above from the Wikipedia article Bette Midler, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Winifred Sanderson
Hocus Pocus
Brenda Morelli Cushman
The First Wives Club
Sandy Brozinsky
Outrageous Fortune
Self (archive footage)
Motown 40: The Music is Forever
Mona Dearly
Drowning Mona
Dixie Leonard
For the Boys
Barbara Stone
Ruthless People
Georgette (voice)
Oliver & Company
Lilly Leonard
That Old Feeling
Barbara Whiteman
Down and Out in Beverly Hills
Bernice Graves
Then She Found Me
Sadie Ratliff / Sadie Shelton
Big Business
Bobbie Markowitz
The Stepford Wives
Leah Miller
The Women
Self (archive footage)
The Sensational Shocking Wonderful Wacky 70's
Wedding Guest (uncredited)
Goodbye, Columbus
CC Bloom
Beaches
Self
Peter Allen: The Boy From Oz
Woman at Party
The Detective
Mary Rose Foster
The Rose
Kitty Galore (voice)
Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore
Stella Claire
Stella
Rose Hovick
Gypsy
Dr. Deborah Finegold-Fifer
Scenes from a Mall
Self
Get Bruce!
Self
Casting By
Self
Lucy and Desi
Self - Host
Fantasia 2000
Self
Bette Midler: The Showgirl Must Go On
Jacqueline Susann
Isn't She Great
Self
Bette Midler: Diva Las Vegas
Bonita Friml
Jinxed!
Diane Decker
Parental Guidance
Winifred Sanderson
Hocus Pocus 3
Self
20 Feet from Stardom
Self (archive footage)
Parkinson at 50
Marilyn
The Fabulous Four
Self
The Greatest Ears in Town: The Arif Mardin Story
Self - Barbara Whiteman / Barbara Stone (archive footage)
Waking Sleeping Beauty
Self
How to Be Absolutely Fabulous
Herself
Bette Midler: No Frills
Self
Rolling Stone Magazine: The 10th Anniversary
Benita
Sitting in Bars with Cake
Self (archive footage)
The Greatest Night in Pop
Self (archive footage)
Nos Bastidores de Hollywood
Self (Interviewee)
Barbra Streisand: One Voice
Self - Host
Bette Midler: Ol' Red Hair Is Back
Self
Annie Leibovitz: Life Through a Lens
Mama Rose (archive footage)
Six by Sondheim
Self
Bette Midler: Kiss My Brass Live at Madison Square Garden
Self
Bette Midler: One Night Only
Self - Host
The Bette Midler Show
Mother Earth
The Earth Day Special
Self
Mickey's 60th Birthday
Self
Bette Midler: Art or Bust
Muv
Freak Show
Mondo Beyondo; Eudora P Quickly
Bette Midler's Mondo Beyondo
Self
'Twas the Night - A Holiday Celebration
Dr. J. M. Perkins (uncredited)
What Women Want
Self
From the Big Apple to the Big Easy: The Concert for New Orleans
Self
Bette Midler at the Continental Baths
Self - Narrator
Atlantic Records: The House That Ahmet Built
Self
The Divine Miss M in Performance
Self
Live Aid
Grandma (voice)
The Addams Family
Self
Barry Manilow: Greatest Hits & Then Some
Self
Bette Midler Sings the Peggy Lee Songbook
Self
Hocus Pocus 25th Anniversary Halloween Bash
Bella Abzug
The Glorias
Self
Camp! The Movie
Self
BBC Imagine: The Divine Miss M
Self
Bette Midler: Divine Miss Millennium
Host
What the World Needs Now: Words by Hal David
Woman
The Lottery
Self
A Barry Manilow Christmas: Live by Request
Passenger (uncredited)
Hawaii
Self - The Divine Miss M
Divine Madness
A Childhood History Plan
Reader (voice)
Earth and the American Dream
Self
The Divine Bette Midler
Virgin Mary
The Thorn
Self
We Are the World: The Story Behind the Song
Self
A Century of Cinema
Miriam Nessler
Coastal Elites
Doris Saphron
Get Shorty
Grandma (voice)
The Addams Family 2
Winifred Sanderson
In Search of the Sanderson Sisters: A Hocus Pocus Hulaween Takeover
Winifred Sanderson
Hocus Pocus 2
Bette Midler
Jackie's Back!
Self
Women in Rock
Self
AN EVENING WITH: FRIENDS OF THE ENVIRONMENT
Self
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Songs: America's Greatest Music in the Movies
Self
Mariah Carey's Magical Christmas Special
Self
Barbara Walters: Tell Me Everything
Self
Annie Leibovitz 1993 Phaidon Documentary
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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
96
Gender
Female
Birthday
1945-12-01
Place of Birth
Honolulu, Territory of Hawaii, USA [now Hawaii, USA]
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