Bette Midler
- Acting
- December 1, 1945 · 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.
Known for
Filmography
- Steps · Fairy Godmother (Voice)
- Barbara Walters: Tell Me Everything · Self
- The Fabulous Four · Marilyn
- The Greatest Night in Pop · Self
- Sitting in Bars with Cake · Benita
- Commitment to Life · Self
- Hocus Pocus 2 · Winifred Sanderson
- George Carlin's American Dream · Self
- Lucy and Desi · Self
- The Addams Family 2 · Grandma (Voice)
- Parkinson at 50 · Self
- When Ruby Wax Met... · Self
- The Circuit · Self
- The Glorias · Bella Abzug
- Mariah Carey's Magical Christmas Special · Self
- In Search of the Sanderson Sisters: A Hocus Pocus Hulaween Takeover · Winifred Sanderson
- Coastal Elites · Miriam Nessler
- Mae West: Dirty Blonde · Executive producer
- The Addams Family · Grandma (Voice)
- The Politician · Hadassah Gold
- Camp! The Movie · Self
- What the World Needs Now: Words by Hal David · Host
- Hocus Pocus 25th Anniversary Halloween Bash · Self
- Freak Show · Muv
- The Late Show with Stephen Colbert · Self
- Bette Midler: One Night Only · Self
- BBC Imagine: The Divine Miss M · Self
- Late Night with Seth Meyers · Self
- The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon · Self
- Six by Sondheim · Mama Rose (archive footage)
- 20 Feet from Stardom · Self
- Parental Guidance · Diane Decker
- Casting By · Self
- Inside Comedy · Self
- Vito · Self
- Bette Midler: The Showgirl Must Go On · Self, Executive producer
- Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore · Kitty Galore (Voice)
- The Greatest Ears in Town: The Arif Mardin Story · Self
- Waking Sleeping Beauty · Self
- The Marriage Ref · Self
- The Divine Miss M in Performance · Self
- Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen · Self
- RuPaul's Drag Race · Self
- The Women · Leah Miller
- Then She Found Me · Bernice Graves
- The Alan Titchmarsh Show · Self
- Annie Leibovitz: Life Through a Lens · Self
- Atlantic Records: The House That Ahmet Built · Self
- The Graham Norton Show · Self
- The One Show · Self
- Dancing on Ice · Self
- From the Big Apple to the Big Easy: The Concert for New Orleans · Self
- The Reichen Show · Self
- Bette Midler Sings the Peggy Lee Songbook · Self
- Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List · Self
- Nos Bastidores de Hollywood · Self
- The Divine Bette Midler · Self
- Project Runway · Self
- 'Twas the Night - A Holiday Celebration · Self
- Parkinson · Self
- AFI's 100 Years... 100 Songs: America's Greatest Music in the Movies · Self
- Bette Midler: Kiss My Brass Live at Madison Square Garden · Self
- The Stepford Wives · Bobbie Markowitz
- Strictly Come Dancing · Self
- A Barry Manilow Christmas: Live by Request · Self
- The Ellen DeGeneres Show · Self
- American Idol · Self
- Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood · Executive producer
- 50 Years of NBC Late Night · Self
- Good Day Live · Self
- What Women Want · Dr. J. M. Perkins (uncredited)
- Bette · Bette
- Barry Manilow: Greatest Hits & Then Some · Self
- Drowning Mona · Mona Dearly
- Isn't She Great · Jacqueline Susann
- Fantasia 2000 · Self
- Bette Midler: Divine Miss Millennium · Self
- Jackie's Back! · Bette Midler
- Get Bruce! · Self
- Motown 40: The Music Is Forever · Self