Bette Midler
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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
Credits
What Women Want (2000)
as Dr. J. M. Perkins (uncredited)
The Addams Family (2019)
as Grandma (voice)
Hocus Pocus 2 (2022)
as Winifred Sanderson
Hocus Pocus (1993)
as Winifred Sanderson
Fantasia 2000 (2000)
as Self - Host
Oliver & Company (1988)
as Georgette (voice)
Mariah Carey's Magical Christmas Special (2020)
as Self
The Addams Family 2 (2021)
as Grandma (voice)
The First Wives Club (1996)
as Brenda Morelli Cushman
The Stepford Wives (2004)
as Bobbie Markowitz
Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore (2010)
as Kitty Galore (voice)
Beaches (1988)
as CC Bloom
Parental Guidance (2012)
as Diane Decker
Get Bruce! (1999)
as Self
The Women (2008)
as Leah Miller
Ruthless People (1986)
as Barbara Stone
Steps (2026)
as Fairy Godmother (voice)
Get Shorty (1995)
as Doris Saphron
The Earth Day Special (1990)
as Mother Earth
The Greatest Night in Pop (2024)
as Self (archive footage)
Cut Off (—)
Actor
Waking Sleeping Beauty (2009)
as Self - Barbara Whiteman / Barbara Stone (archive footage)
Then She Found Me (2007)
as Bernice Graves
Isn't She Great (2000)
as Jacqueline Susann
Down and Out in Beverly Hills (1986)
as Barbara Whiteman
Drowning Mona (2000)
as Mona Dearly
That Old Feeling (1997)
as Lilly Leonard
Sitting in Bars with Cake (2023)
as Benita
Mickey's 60th Birthday (1988)
as Self
Freak Show (2018)
as Muv
Hawaii (1966)
as Passenger (uncredited)
Live Aid (1985)
as Self
Big Business (1988)
as Sadie Ratliff / Sadie Shelton
Nos Bastidores de Hollywood (2005)
as Self (archive footage)
The Glorias (2020)
as Bella Abzug
Outrageous Fortune (1987)
as Sandy Brozinsky
The Rose (1979)
as Mary Rose Foster
The Fabulous Four (2024)
as Marilyn
50 Years of NBC Late Night (2001)
as Self (archive footage)
20 Feet from Stardom (2013)
as Self
Casting By (2012)
as Self
Six by Sondheim (2013)
as Mama Rose (archive footage)
The Detective (1968)
as Woman at Party
Commitment to Life (2023)
as Self (archive footage)
Women in Rock (1986)
as Self
Goodbye, Columbus (1969)
as Wedding Guest (uncredited)
For the Boys (1991)
as Dixie Leonard
Barbra Streisand: One Voice (1986)
as Self (Interviewee)
A Century of Cinema (1994)
as Self
Annie Leibovitz: Life Through a Lens (2007)
as Self
Gypsy (1994)
as Rose Hovick
Earth and the American Dream (1992)
as Reader (voice)
Stella (1990)
as Stella Claire
Lucy and Desi (2022)
as Self
Jackie's Back! (1999)
as Bette Midler
Hocus Pocus 25th Anniversary Halloween Bash (2018)
as Self
Vito (2011)
as Self (archive)
Camp! The Movie (2019)
as Self
Scenes from a Mall (1991)
as Dr. Deborah Finegold-Fifer
Parkinson at 50 (2021)
as Self (archive footage)
The Lottery (1989)
as Woman
Jinxed! (1982)
as Bonita Friml
Hocus Pocus 3 (—)
as Winifred Sanderson
Bette Midler: The Showgirl Must Go On (2010)
as Self
Bette Midler's Mondo Beyondo (1988)
as Mondo Beyondo; Eudora P Quickly
The Sensational Shocking Wonderful Wacky 70's (1980)
as Self (archive footage)
We Are the World: The Story Behind the Song (1985)
as Self
Bette Midler: Art or Bust (1984)
as Self
Divine Madness (1980)
as Self - The Divine Miss M
The Divine Bette Midler (2005)
as Self
Coastal Elites (2020)
as Miriam Nessler
Barbara Walters: Tell Me Everything (2025)
as Self
In Search of the Sanderson Sisters: A Hocus Pocus Hulaween Takeover (2020)
as Winifred Sanderson
Peter Allen: The Boy From Oz (1995)
as Self
Annie Leibovitz 1993 Phaidon Documentary (1993)
as Self
Bette Midler: Diva Las Vegas (1997)
as Self
A Childhood History Plan (—)
Actor
The Bette Midler Show (1976)
as Self - Host
Atlantic Records: The House That Ahmet Built (2007)
as Self - Narrator
Motown 40: The Music Is Forever (1998)
as Self (archive footage)
A Barry Manilow Christmas: Live by Request (2003)
as Self
Bette Midler: No Frills (1983)
as Herself
The Thorn (1974)
as Virgin Mary
Rolling Stone Magazine: The 10th Anniversary (1977)
as Self
From the Big Apple to the Big Easy: The Concert for New Orleans (2006)
as Self
'Twas the Night - A Holiday Celebration (2004)
as Self
Bette Midler: One Night Only (2014)
as Self
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Songs: America's Greatest Music in the Movies (2004)
as Self
BBC Imagine: The Divine Miss M (2014)
as Self
How to Be Absolutely Fabulous (1995)
as Self
The Greatest Ears in Town: The Arif Mardin Story (2010)
as Self
AN EVENING WITH: FRIENDS OF THE ENVIRONMENT (1990)
as Self
The Divine Miss M in Performance (2010)
as Self
What the World Needs Now: Words by Hal David (2019)
as Host
Barry Manilow: Greatest Hits & Then Some (2000)
as Self
Bette Midler: Divine Miss Millennium (1999)
as Self
Bette Midler: Ol' Red Hair Is Back (1977)
as Self - Host
Bette Midler: Kiss My Brass Live at Madison Square Garden (2004)
as Self
Bette Midler at the Continental Baths (1971)
as Self
Bette Midler Sings the Peggy Lee Songbook (2005)
as Self