Bette Midler
Actor
Born December 1, 1945 in Honolulu, Territory of Hawaii, USA [now Hawaii, USA]
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".
Filmography
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Steps
Fairy Godmother (voice)
Hocus Pocus 3
Winifred Sanderson
A Childhood History Plan
Bette Midler: The Showgirl Must Go On
Barbara Walters: Tell Me Everything
Self
The Fabulous Four
Marilyn
The Greatest Night in Pop
Self (archive footage)
Sitting in Bars with Cake
Benita
Commitment to Life
Self (archive footage)
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 (archive footage)
When Ruby Wax Met...
Self (archive footage)
The Circuit
Self - Singer/Actor
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
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 - Guest
BBC Imagine: The Divine Miss M
Self
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Self - Guest
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Self - Guest
Six by Sondheim
Mama Rose (archive footage)
20 Feet from Stardom
Self
Parental Guidance
Diane Decker
Casting By
Self
Inside Comedy
Self
Vito
Self (archive)
Bette Midler: The Showgirl Must Go On
Self
Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore
Kitty Galore (voice)
The Greatest Ears in Town: The Arif Mardin Story
Self
Waking Sleeping Beauty
Self - Barbara Whiteman / Barbara Stone (archive footage)
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Self - Guest
RuPaul's Drag Race
Self (archive footage)
The Women
Leah Miller
Then She Found Me
Bernice Graves
Annie Leibovitz: Life Through a Lens
Self
Atlantic Records: The House That Ahmet Built
Self - Narrator
The Graham Norton Show
Self
The One Show
Self - Guest
Dancing on Ice
Self - Guest
From the Big Apple to the Big Easy: The Concert for New Orleans
Self
The Reichen Show
Self - Guest
Bette Midler Sings the Peggy Lee Songbook
Self
Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List
Self
Nos Bastidores de Hollywood
Self (archive footage)
The Divine Bette Midler
Self
Project Runway
Self - Guest Judge
'Twas the Night - A Holiday Celebration
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
50 Years of NBC Late Night
Self (archive footage)
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 - Host
Bette Midler: Divine Miss Millennium
Self
Jackie's Back!
Bette Midler
Get Bruce!
Self
Motown 40: The Music Is Forever
Self (archive footage)
The View
Self
That Old Feeling
Lilly Leonard
Bette Midler: Diva Las Vegas
Self
The First Wives Club
Brenda Morelli Cushman
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
Self - Guest
Ruby Wax Meets
Self - Guest
Get Shorty
Doris Saphron
How to Be Absolutely Fabulous
Self
Peter Allen: The Boy From Oz
Self
Gypsy
Rose Hovick
Inside the Actors Studio
Self
A Century of Cinema
Self
Intimate Portrait
Self (archive footage)
The Nanny
Bette Midler
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Self - Guest
Hocus Pocus
Winifred Sanderson
Annie Leibovitz 1993 Phaidon Documentary
Self
Earth and the American Dream
Reader (voice)
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
Self - Guest
Shelley Duvall's Bedtime Stories
Narrator (voice)
For the Boys
Dixie Leonard
Laf Lafı Açıyor
Scenes from a Mall
Dr. Deborah Finegold-Fifer
The Earth Day Special
Mother Earth
Stella
Stella Claire
The Simpsons
Bette Midler (voice)
Seinfeld
Bette Midler
The Lottery
Woman
Beaches
CC Bloom
Oliver & Company
Georgette (voice)
Mickey's 60th Birthday
Self
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Self - Guest
Big Business
Sadie Ratliff / Sadie Shelton
Bette Midler's Mondo Beyondo
Mondo Beyondo; Eudora P Quickly
Outrageous Fortune
Sandy Brozinsky
Barbra Streisand: One Voice
Self (Interviewee)
Ruthless People
Barbara Stone
American Masters
Self
Down and Out in Beverly Hills
Barbara Whiteman
Women in Rock
Self
Live Aid
Self
We Are the World: The Story Behind the Song
Self
Miami Vice: Brother's Keeper
MTV Video Music Awards
Self - Host
Bette Midler: Art or Bust
Self
Jinxed!
Bonita Friml
Wogan
Self
Champs-Elysées
Self (archive footage)
Entertainment Tonight
Self
Wetten, dass..?
Self
Divine Madness
Self - The Divine Miss M
The Sensational Shocking Wonderful Wacky 70's
Self (archive footage)
The Rose
Mary Rose Foster
Bette Midler: Ol' Red Hair Is Back
Self - Host
Rolling Stone Magazine: The 10th Anniversary
Self
The Bette Midler Show
Self - Host
Saturday Night Live
Self - Musical Guest
Vegetable Soup
Woody The Spoon
Numéro un
Self (archive footage)
Cher
Self - Guest
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
Self - Guest
The Thorn
Virgin Mary
Musikladen
Self
Bette Midler at the Continental Baths
Self
Goodbye, Columbus
Wedding Guest (uncredited)
The Detective
Woman at Party
Hawaii
Passenger (uncredited)
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self
The Mike Douglas Show
Self
Tony Awards
Self - Performer
The Oscars
Self
Today
Self