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Bette Midler


Bette Midler

Birthday:

12/01/1945

Place of birth:

Honolulu, Territory of Hawaii, USA [now Hawaii, USA]:

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.


Credits

Barbara Walters: Tell Me Everything (2025)
as Self
The Fabulous Four (2024)
as Marilyn
The Greatest Night in Pop (2024)
as Self (archive footage)
Sitting in Bars with Cake (2023)
as Benita
Commitment to Life (2023)
as Self (archive footage)
Hocus Pocus 2 (2022)
as Winifred Sanderson
Lucy and Desi (2022)
as Self
The Addams Family 2 (2021)
as Grandma (voice)
Parkinson at 50 (2021)
as Self (archive footage)
The Glorias (2020)
as Bella Abzug
Mariah Carey's Magical Christmas Special (2020)
as Self
In Search of the Sanderson Sisters: A Hocus Pocus Hulaween Takeover (2020)
as Winifred Sanderson
Coastal Elites (2020)
as Miriam Nessler
The Addams Family (2019)
as Grandma (voice)
Camp! The Movie (2019)
as Self
What the World Needs Now: Words by Hal David (2019)
as Host
Hocus Pocus 25th Anniversary Halloween Bash (2018)
as Self
Freak Show (2018)
as Muv
Bette Midler: One Night Only (2014)
as Self
BBC Imagine: The Divine Miss M (2014)
as Self
Six by Sondheim (2013)
as Mama Rose (archive footage)
20 Feet from Stardom (2013)
as Self
Parental Guidance (2012)
as Diane Decker
Casting By (2012)
as Self
Bette Midler: The Showgirl Must Go On (2010)
as Self
Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore (2010)
as Kitty Galore (voice)
The Greatest Ears in Town: The Arif Mardin Story (2010)
as Self
The Divine Miss M in Performance (2010)
as Self
Waking Sleeping Beauty (2009)
as Self - Barbara Whiteman / Barbara Stone (archive footage)
The Women (2008)
as Leah Miller
Then She Found Me (2007)
as Bernice Graves
Annie Leibovitz: Life Through a Lens (2007)
as Self
Atlantic Records: The House That Ahmet Built (2007)
as Self - Narrator
From the Big Apple to the Big Easy: The Concert for New Orleans (2006)
as Self
Bette Midler Sings the Peggy Lee Songbook (2005)
as Self
Nos Bastidores de Hollywood (2005)
as Self (archive footage)
The Divine Bette Midler (2005)
as Self
'Twas the Night - A Holiday Celebration (2004)
as Self
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Songs: America's Greatest Music in the Movies (2004)
as Self
Bette Midler: Kiss My Brass Live at Madison Square Garden (2004)
as Self
The Stepford Wives (2004)
as Bobbie Markowitz
A Barry Manilow Christmas: Live by Request (2003)
as Self
What Women Want (2000)
as Dr. J. M. Perkins (uncredited)
Barry Manilow: Greatest Hits & Then Some (2000)
as Self
Drowning Mona (2000)
as Mona Dearly
Isn't She Great (2000)
as Jacqueline Susann
Fantasia 2000 (2000)
as Self - Host
Bette Midler: Divine Miss Millennium (1999)
as Self
Jackie's Back! (1999)
as Bette Midler
Get Bruce! (1999)
as Self
Motown 40: The Music is Forever (1998)
as Self (archive footage)
That Old Feeling (1997)
as Lilly Leonard
Bette Midler: Diva Las Vegas (1997)
as Self
The First Wives Club (1996)
as Brenda Morelli Cushman
Get Shorty (1995)
as Doris Saphron
How to Be Absolutely Fabulous (1995)
as Self
Peter Allen: The Boy From Oz (1995)
as Self
Gypsy (1994)
as Rose Hovick
A Century of Cinema (1994)
as Self
Hocus Pocus (1993)
as Winifred Sanderson
Annie Leibovitz 1993 Phaidon Documentary (1993)
as Self
Earth and the American Dream (1992)
as Reader (voice)
For the Boys (1991)
as Dixie Leonard
Scenes from a Mall (1991)
as Dr. Deborah Finegold-Fifer
AN EVENING WITH: FRIENDS OF THE ENVIRONMENT (1990)
as Self
The Earth Day Special (1990)
as Mother Earth
Stella (1990)
as Stella Claire
The Lottery (1989)
as Woman
Beaches (1988)
as CC Bloom
Oliver & Company (1988)
as Georgette (voice)
Mickey's 60th Birthday (1988)
as Self
Big Business (1988)
as Sadie Ratliff / Sadie Shelton
Bette Midler's Mondo Beyondo (1988)
as Mondo Beyondo; Eudora P Quickly
Outrageous Fortune (1987)
as Sandy Brozinsky
Barbra Streisand: One Voice (1986)
as Self (Interviewee)
Ruthless People (1986)
as Barbara Stone
Down and Out in Beverly Hills (1986)
as Barbara Whiteman
Women in Rock (1986)
as Self
Live Aid (1985)
as Self
We Are the World: The Story Behind the Song (1985)
as Self
Bette Midler: Art or Bust (1984)
as Self
Bette Midler: No Frills (1983)
as Herself
Jinxed! (1982)
as Bonita Friml
Divine Madness (1980)
as Self - The Divine Miss M
The Sensational Shocking Wonderful Wacky 70's (1980)
as Self (archive footage)
The Rose (1979)
as Mary Rose Foster
Bette Midler: Ol' Red Hair Is Back (1977)
as Self - Host
Rolling Stone Magazine: The 10th Anniversary (1977)
as Self
The Bette Midler Show (1976)
as Self - Host
The Thorn (1974)
as Virgin Mary
Bette Midler at the Continental Baths (1971)
as Self
Goodbye, Columbus (1969)
as Wedding Guest (uncredited)
The Detective (1968)
as Woman at Party
Hawaii (1966)
as Passenger (uncredited)
Cut Off ()
as
Hocus Pocus 3 ()
as Winifred Sanderson
A Childhood History Plan ()
as
Mae West: Dirty Blonde (2020)
Executive Producer
Bette Midler: The Showgirl Must Go On (2010)
Director
Bette Midler: The Showgirl Must Go On (2010)
Executive Producer
Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood (2002)
Executive Producer
For the Boys (1991)
Producer
Beaches (1988)
Producer
Miami Vice: Brother's Keeper (1984)
Songs
Bette Midler: Art or Bust (1984)
Writer
Divine Madness (1980)
Writer
Bette Midler: Ol' Red Hair Is Back (1977)
Writer