10.0
10.0
The Divine Miss M in Performance
2010
as Self
Bette Midler
Also known as: The Divine Miss M
Acting
Born:December 1, 1945(age 80)
Birthplace:Honolulu, Territory of Hawaii, USA [now Hawaii, USA]
Nationality:United States
Education:University of Hawaiʻi System, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, Admiral Arthur W. Radford High School, HB Studio, Pratt Institute School of Information
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CommunityBiography
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.
Notable Works
The RoseThe RoseWind Beneath My Wings
Filmography (81 movies)
10.0
10.0
Parkinson at 50
2021
as Self (archive footage)
9.5
9.5
The Bette Midler Show
1976
as Self - Host
8.7
8.7
Bette Midler: Ol' Red Hair Is Back
1977
Writer
8.5
8.5
The Thorn
1974
as Virgin Mary
8.0
8.0
A Century of Cinema
1994
as Self
8.0
8.0
Bette Midler: The Showgirl Must Go On
2010
Executive Producer
7.6
7.6
Barbra Streisand: One Voice
1986
as Self (Interviewee)
7.3
7.3
Bette Midler: Diva Las Vegas
1997
as Self
7.2
7.2
20 Feet from Stardom
2013
as Self
7.2
7.2
Hocus Pocus 2
2022
as Winifred Sanderson
7.1
7.1
In Search of the Sanderson Sisters: A Hocus Pocus Hulaween Takeover
2020
as Winifred Sanderson
7.1
7.1
Six by Sondheim
2013
as Mama Rose (archive footage)
7.1
7.1
Lucy and Desi
2022
as Self
7.0
7.0
Hocus Pocus
1993
as Winifred Sanderson
7.0
7.0
Atlantic Records: The House That Ahmet Built
2007
as Self - Narrator
7.0
7.0
Hocus Pocus 25th Anniversary Halloween Bash
2018
as Self
7.0
7.0
Fantasia 2000
2000
as Self - Host
7.0
7.0
Sitting in Bars with Cake
2023
as Benita
6.9
6.9
The Addams Family 2
2021
as Grandma (voice)
6.8
6.8
Barbara Walters: Tell Me Everything
2025
as Self
6.8
6.8
Mae West: Dirty Blonde
2020
Executive Producer
6.7
6.7
Oliver & Company
1988
as Georgette (voice)
6.7
6.7
The First Wives Club
1996
as Brenda Morelli Cushman
6.7
6.7
Freak Show
2018
as Muv
6.7
6.7
Earth and the American Dream
1992
as Reader (voice)
6.7
6.7
Beaches
1988
Producer
6.7
6.7
The Rose
1979
as Mary Rose Foster
6.6
6.6
Ruthless People
1986
as Barbara Stone
6.6
6.6
The Addams Family
2019
as Grandma (voice)
6.5
6.5
Get Shorty
1995
as Doris Saphron
6.4
6.4
The Glorias
2020
as Bella Abzug
6.3
6.3
Big Business
1988
as Sadie Ratliff / Sadie Shelton
6.3
6.3
The Earth Day Special
1990
as Mother Earth
6.3
6.3
For the Boys
1991
Producer
6.2
6.2
Gypsy
1993
as Rose Hovick
6.2
6.2
That Old Feeling
1997
as Lilly Leonard
6.2
6.2
Divine Madness
1980
Writer
6.2
6.2
Get Bruce!
1999
as Self
6.1
6.1
Mariah Carey's Magical Christmas Special
2020
as Self
6.1
6.1
Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood
2002
Executive Producer
6.0
6.0
The Fabulous Four
2024
as Marilyn
6.0
6.0
How to Be Absolutely Fabulous
1995
as Self
6.0
6.0
Bette Midler: Art or Bust
1984
Writer
6.0
6.0
Outrageous Fortune
1987
as Sandy Brozinsky
6.0
6.0
Parental Guidance
2012
as Diane Decker
5.9
5.9
Down and Out in Beverly Hills
1986
as Barbara Whiteman
5.8
5.8
Coastal Elites
2020
as Miriam Nessler
5.7
5.7
The Stepford Wives
2004
as Bobbie Markowitz
5.7
5.7
Stella
1990
as Stella Claire
5.6
5.6
Then She Found Me
2007
as Bernice Graves
5.5
5.5
The Lottery
1989
as Woman
5.4
5.4
Drowning Mona
2000
as Mona Dearly
5.2
5.2
Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore
2010
as Kitty Galore (voice)
5.1
5.1
Scenes from a Mall
1991
as Dr. Deborah Finegold-Fifer
5.1
5.1
The Women
2008
as Leah Miller
5.0
5.0
Isn't She Great
2000
as Jacqueline Susann
4.7
4.7
The Greatest Ears in Town: The Arif Mardin Story
2010
as Self
4.6
4.6
Camp! The Movie
2019
as Self
4.5
4.5
Jinxed!
1982
as Bonita Friml
What the World Needs Now: Words by Hal David
2019
as Host
Bette Midler Sings the Peggy Lee Songbook
2005
as Self
A Barry Manilow Christmas: Live by Request
2003
as Self
Hocus Pocus 3
TBA
as Winifred Sanderson
A Childhood History Plan
TBA
Barry Manilow: Greatest Hits & Then Some
2000
as Self
Bette Midler's Mondo Beyondo
1988
as Mondo Beyondo; Eudora P Quickly
'Twas the Night - A Holiday Celebration
2004
as Self
Bette Midler: Divine Miss Millennium
1999
as Self
BBC Imagine: The Divine Miss M
2014
as Self
Bette Midler: One Night Only
2014
as Self
From the Big Apple to the Big Easy: The Concert for New Orleans
2006
as Self
Bette Midler: Kiss My Brass Live at Madison Square Garden
2004
as Self
The Divine Bette Midler
2005
as Self
Bette Midler: No Frills
1983
as Herself
Rolling Stone Magazine: The 10th Anniversary
1977
as Self
Women in Rock
1986
as Self
AN EVENING WITH: FRIENDS OF THE ENVIRONMENT
1990
as Self
Cut Off
2026
Annie Leibovitz 1993 Phaidon Documentary
1993
as Self
Bette Midler at the Continental Baths
1971
as Self
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