Bette Midler
Acting
Born: December 1, 1945 (age 80) · Honolulu, Territory of Hawaii, USA [now Hawaii, USA]
Highest Rated
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
The Simpsons
1989
What Women Want
2000
Hocus Pocus
1993
The Addams Family
2019
Seinfeld
1989
Hocus Pocus 2
2022
Oliver & Company
1988
The Stepford Wives
2004
The Addams Family 2
2021
Fantasia 2000
2000
The Nanny
1993
Get Shorty
1995
Photos (3)
Movies (44)
Hocus Pocus
Winifred Sanderson
The Addams Family
Grandma (voice)
Hocus Pocus 2
Winifred Sanderson
Oliver & Company
Georgette (voice)
Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore
Kitty Galore (voice)
What Women Want
Dr. J. M. Perkins (uncredited)
The First Wives Club
Brenda Morelli Cushman
Get Shorty
Doris Saphron
The Addams Family 2
Grandma (voice)
The Stepford Wives
Bobbie Markowitz
Sitting in Bars with Cake
Benita
Parental Guidance
Diane Decker
The Women
Leah Miller
Big Business
Sadie Ratliff / Sadie Shelton
Then She Found Me
Bernice Graves
The Glorias
Bella Abzug
Ruthless People
Barbara Stone
Outrageous Fortune
Sandy Brozinsky
Beaches
CC Bloom
The Detective
Woman at Party
Scenes from a Mall
Dr. Deborah Finegold-Fifer
That Old Feeling
Lilly Leonard
The Fabulous Four
Marilyn
Freak Show
Muv
Down and Out in Beverly Hills
Barbara Whiteman
Stella
Stella Claire
For the Boys
Dixie Leonard
The Earth Day Special
Mother Earth
Isn't She Great
Jacqueline Susann
Drowning Mona
Mona Dearly
Hawaii
Passenger (uncredited)
Jinxed!
Bonita Friml
Six by Sondheim
Mama Rose (archive footage)
Jackie's Back!
Bette Midler
The Rose
Mary Rose Foster
Gypsy
Rose Hovick
Goodbye, Columbus
Wedding Guest (uncredited)
Coastal Elites
Miriam Nessler
Earth and the American Dream
Reader (voice)
The Lottery
Woman
Bette Midler's Mondo Beyondo
Mondo Beyondo; Eudora P Quickly
What the World Needs Now: Words by Hal David
Host
The Thorn
Virgin Mary
In Search of the Sanderson Sisters: A Hocus Pocus Hulaween Takeover
Winifred Sanderson
TV Shows (8)
The Simpsons
Bette Midler (voice) · 1 eps
Seinfeld
Bette Midler · 1 eps
The Nanny
Bette Midler · 1 eps
The Politician
Hadassah Gold · 8 eps
Laf Lafı Açıyor
1 eps
Bette
Bette · 18 eps
Shelley Duvall's Bedtime Stories
Narrator (voice) · 1 eps
Vegetable Soup
Woody The Spoon · 57 eps
Self / Appearances (95)
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Self - Guest · 1 eps
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self · 3 eps
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Self - Guest · 1 eps
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Self - Guest · 1 eps
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self - Guest · 1 eps
The Mike Douglas Show
Self · 1 eps
Saturday Night Live
Self - Musical Guest · 1 eps
The View
Self · 3 eps
The Graham Norton Show
Self · 1 eps
RuPaul's Drag Race
Self (archive footage) · 1 eps
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Self - Guest · 1 eps
The One Show
Self - Guest · 3 eps
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Self - Guest · 1 eps
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
Self - Guest · 3 eps
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Self · 1 eps
Project Runway
Self - Guest Judge · 1 eps
American Idol
Self · 1 eps
Tony Awards
Self - Performer · 1 eps
Champs-Elysées
Self (archive footage) · 1 eps
Champs-Elysées
Self · 2 eps
Wogan
Self · 2 eps
Good Day Live
Self · 1 eps
Today
Self · 2 eps
Intimate Portrait
Self (archive footage) · 1 eps
MTV Video Music Awards
Self - Host · 1 eps
Wetten, dass..?
Self · 2 eps
Strictly Come Dancing
Self · 1 eps
American Masters
Self · 1 eps
Numéro un
Self (archive footage) · 1 eps
Numéro un
Self · 1 eps
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
Self - Guest · 1 eps
The Oscars
Self · 1 eps
Dancing on Ice
Self - Guest · 1 eps
Entertainment Tonight
Self · 1 eps
Fantasia 2000
Self - Host
Parkinson
Self - Guest / Performer (archive footage) · 1 eps
Parkinson
Self - Guest (archive footage) · 1 eps
Parkinson
Self - Guest / Performer · 1 eps
The Greatest Night in Pop
Self (archive footage)
Musikladen
Self · 1 eps
Inside Comedy
Self · 1 eps
Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List
Self · 1 eps
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
Self - Guest · 1 eps
Mariah Carey's Magical Christmas Special
Self
Cher
Self - Guest · 1 eps
George Carlin's American Dream
Self · 2 eps
Waking Sleeping Beauty
Self - Barbara Whiteman / Barbara Stone (archive footage)
Ruby Wax Meets
Self - Guest · 1 eps
When Ruby Wax Met...
Self (archive footage) · 1 eps
Get Bruce!
Self
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Songs: America's Greatest Music in the Movies
Self
Lucy and Desi
Self
Annie Leibovitz: Life Through a Lens
Self
Hocus Pocus 25th Anniversary Halloween Bash
Self
20 Feet from Stardom
Self
Live Aid
Self
Inside the Actors Studio
Self · 1 eps
Commitment to Life
Self (archive footage)
The Circuit
Self - Singer/Actor · 1 eps
Barbra Streisand: One Voice
Self (Interviewee)
We Are the World: The Story Behind the Song
Self
Peter Allen: The Boy From Oz
Self
A Century of Cinema
Self
Camp! The Movie
Self
Nos Bastidores de Hollywood
Self (archive footage)
Casting By
Self
Women in Rock
Self
The Sensational Shocking Wonderful Wacky 70's
Self (archive footage)
'Twas the Night - A Holiday Celebration
Self
Barbara Walters: Tell Me Everything
Self
Mickey's 60th Birthday
Self
From the Big Apple to the Big Easy: The Concert for New Orleans
Self
Divine Madness
Self - The Divine Miss M
Parkinson at 50
Self (archive footage)
How to Be Absolutely Fabulous
Self
Bette Midler: The Showgirl Must Go On
Self
Annie Leibovitz 1993 Phaidon Documentary
Self
Bette Midler: Ol' Red Hair Is Back
Self - Host
Bette Midler: Art or Bust
Self
Rolling Stone Magazine: The 10th Anniversary
Self
50 Years of NBC Late Night
Self (archive footage)
Motown 40: The Music Is Forever
Self (archive footage)
The Greatest Ears in Town: The Arif Mardin Story
Self
The Bette Midler Show
Self - Host
Vito
Self (archive footage)
The Divine Bette Midler
Self
Atlantic Records: The House That Ahmet Built
Self - Narrator
Bette Midler: Diva Las Vegas
Self
Bette Midler: Kiss My Brass Live at Madison Square Garden
Self
BBC Imagine: The Divine Miss M
Self
Bette Midler: Divine Miss Millennium
Self
Barry Manilow: Greatest Hits & Then Some
Self
Bette Midler Sings the Peggy Lee Songbook
Self
Bette Midler at the Continental Baths
Self
A Barry Manilow Christmas: Live by Request
Self
Upcoming (4)
Directing (1)
Writing (3)
Producing (6)
American Masters
Executive Producer
Beaches
Producer
Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood
Executive Producer
Mae West: Dirty Blonde
Executive Producer
For the Boys
Producer
Bette Midler: The Showgirl Must Go On
Executive Producer
