Bette Midler
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- December 1, 1945 (age 80)
- Birthplace
- 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.
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Filmography
Hocus Pocus 3
Movie · as Winifred Sanderson
A Childhood History Plan
Movie
Cut Off
Movie
Steps
Movie · as Fairy Godmother (voice)
Barbara Walters: Tell Me Everything
Movie · as Self
The Fabulous Four
Movie · as Marilyn
Sitting in Bars with Cake
Movie · as Benita
Lucy and Desi
Movie · as Self
Hocus Pocus 2
Movie · as Winifred Sanderson
George Carlin's American Dream
TV · as Self · 2 eps
The Addams Family 2
Movie · as Grandma (voice)
The Circuit
TV · as Self - Singer/Actor · 1 ep
When Ruby Wax Met...
TV · as Self (archive footage) · 1 ep
The Glorias
Movie · as Bella Abzug
Coastal Elites
Movie · as Miriam Nessler
In Search of the Sanderson Sisters: A Hocus Pocus Hulaween Takeover
Movie · as Winifred Sanderson
Mariah Carey's Magical Christmas Special
Movie · as Self
The Addams Family
Movie · as Grandma (voice)
Camp! The Movie
Movie · as Self
The Politician
TV · as Hadassah Gold · 8 eps
Freak Show
Movie · as Muv
Hocus Pocus 25th Anniversary Halloween Bash
Movie · as Self
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
Late Night with Seth Meyers
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
20 Feet from Stardom
Movie · as Self
Parental Guidance
Movie · as Diane Decker
Inside Comedy
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore
Movie · as Kitty Galore (voice)
Bette Midler: The Showgirl Must Go On
Movie · as Self
The Marriage Ref
TV · as Self - Panelist · 1 ep
RuPaul's Drag Race
TV · as Self (archive footage) · 1 ep
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
The Women
Movie · as Leah Miller
Then She Found Me
Movie · as Bernice Graves
Annie Leibovitz: Life Through a Lens
Movie · as Self
The Alan Titchmarsh Show
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
The Graham Norton Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The One Show
TV · as Self - Guest · 3 eps
Dancing on Ice
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Reichen Show
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
The Stepford Wives
Movie · as Bobbie Markowitz
Strictly Come Dancing
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Project Runway
TV · as Self - Guest Judge · 1 ep
Parkinson
TV · as Self - Guest / Performer (archive footage), Self - Guest (archive footage) · 1 ep
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep
American Idol
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Good Day Live
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Drowning Mona
Movie · as Mona Dearly
Fantasia 2000
Movie · as Self - Host
Isn't She Great
Movie · as Jacqueline Susann
What Women Want
Movie · as Dr. J. M. Perkins (uncredited)
Bette
TV · as Bette · 18 eps
Get Bruce!
Movie · as Self
Jackie's Back!
Movie · as Bette Midler
That Old Feeling
Movie · as Lilly Leonard
The View
TV · as Self · 3 eps
The First Wives Club
Movie · as Brenda Morelli Cushman
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
Ruby Wax Meets
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
Get Shorty
Movie · as Doris Saphron
Gypsy
Movie · as Rose Hovick
Inside the Actors Studio
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Hocus Pocus
Movie · as Winifred Sanderson
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
Intimate Portrait
TV · as Self (archive footage) · 1 ep
The Nanny
TV · as Bette Midler · 1 ep
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
TV · as Self - Guest · 3 eps
Shelley Duvall's Bedtime Stories
TV · as Narrator (voice) · 1 ep
For the Boys
Movie · as Dixie Leonard
Scenes from a Mall
Movie · as Dr. Deborah Finegold-Fifer
Laf Lafı Açıyor
TV · 1 ep
Stella
Movie · as Stella Claire
The Earth Day Special
Movie · as Mother Earth
The Lottery
Movie · as Woman
The Simpsons
TV · as Bette Midler (voice) · 1 ep
Seinfeld
TV · as Bette Midler · 1 ep
Oliver & Company
Movie · as Georgette (voice)
Big Business
Movie · as Sadie Ratliff / Sadie Shelton
Beaches
Movie · as CC Bloom
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
Outrageous Fortune
Movie · as Sandy Brozinsky
Ruthless People
Movie · as Barbara Stone
Down and Out in Beverly Hills
Movie · as Barbara Whiteman
American Masters
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Live Aid
Movie · as Self
MTV Video Music Awards
TV · as Self - Host · 1 ep
Jinxed!
Movie · as Bonita Friml
Wogan
TV · as Self · 2 eps
Champs-Elysées
TV · as Self (archive footage) · 1 ep
Wetten, dass..?
TV · as Self · 2 eps
Entertainment Tonight
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Divine Madness
Movie · as Self - The Divine Miss M
The Rose
Movie · as Mary Rose Foster
The Bette Midler Show
Movie · as Self - Host
Vegetable Soup
TV · as Woody The Spoon · 57 eps
Cher
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
Saturday Night Live
TV · as Self - Musical Guest · 1 ep
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
Numéro un
TV · as Self (archive footage) · 1 ep
Musikladen
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Film '72
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Goodbye, Columbus
Movie · as Wedding Guest (uncredited)
The Detective
Movie · as Woman at Party
Hawaii
Movie · as Passenger (uncredited)
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
TV · as Self · 3 eps
The Mike Douglas Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Tony Awards
TV · as Self - Performer · 1 ep
The Oscars
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Today
TV · as Self · 2 eps