Bette Midler
Acting
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
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movieSteps
2026
Fairy Godmother (voice)
movieThe Fabulous Four
2024
Marilyn
movieThe Greatest Night in Pop
2024
Self (archive footage)
movieCommitment to Life
2023
Self (archive footage)
movieHocus Pocus 2
2022
Winifred Sanderson
movieThe Addams Family 2
2021
Grandma (voice)
movieParkinson at 50
2021
Self (archive footage)
tvWhen Ruby Wax Met...
2021
Self (archive footage)
tvThe Circuit
2021
Self - Singer/Actor
movieThe Glorias
2020
Bella Abzug
movieCoastal Elites
2020
Miriam Nessler
movieThe Addams Family
2019
Grandma (voice)
tvThe Politician
2019
Hadassah Gold
tvThe Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
Self - Guest
tvLate Night with Seth Meyers
2014
Self - Guest
tvThe Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014
Self - Guest
movieSix by Sondheim
2013
Mama Rose (archive footage)
movieParental Guidance
2012
Diane Decker
movieVito
2011
Self (archive)
movieCats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore
2010
Kitty Galore (voice)
The Marriage Ref
2010
Self - Panelist
movieWaking Sleeping Beauty
2009
Self - Barbara Whiteman / Barbara Stone (archive footage)
tvWatch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009
Self - Guest
tvRuPaul's Drag Race
2009
Self (archive footage)
movieThe Women
2008
Leah Miller
movieThen She Found Me
2007
Bernice Graves
movieAtlantic Records: The House That Ahmet Built
2007
Self - Narrator
tvThe One Show
2006
Self - Guest
tvDancing on Ice
2006
Self - Guest
The Reichen Show
2005
Self - Guest
movieNos Bastidores de Hollywood
2005
Self (archive footage)
tvProject Runway
2004
Self - Guest Judge
movieThe Stepford Wives
2004
Bobbie Markowitz
movie50 Years of NBC Late Night
2001
Self (archive footage)
movieWhat Women Want
2000
Dr. J. M. Perkins (uncredited)
tvBette
2000
Bette
movieDrowning Mona
2000
Mona Dearly
movieIsn't She Great
2000
Jacqueline Susann
movieFantasia 2000
2000
Self - Host
movieJackie's Back!
1999
Bette Midler
movieMotown 40: The Music Is Forever
1998
Self (archive footage)
tvThe View
1997
Self
movieThat Old Feeling
1997
Lilly Leonard
movieThe First Wives Club
1996
Brenda Morelli Cushman
tvThe Rosie O'Donnell Show
1996
Self - Guest
tvRuby Wax Meets
1996
Self - Guest
movieGet Shorty
1995
Doris Saphron
movieGypsy
1994
Rose Hovick
tvIntimate Portrait
1993
Self (archive footage)
tvThe Nanny
1993
Bette Midler
tvLate Night with Conan O'Brien
1993
Self - Guest
movieHocus Pocus
1993
Winifred Sanderson
movieEarth and the American Dream
1992
Reader (voice)
tvThe Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992
Self - Guest
tvShelley Duvall's Bedtime Stories
1992
Narrator (voice)
movieFor the Boys
1991
Dixie Leonard
movieScenes from a Mall
1991
Dr. Deborah Finegold-Fifer
movieThe Earth Day Special
1990
Mother Earth
movieStella
1990
Stella Claire
tvThe Simpsons
1989
Bette Midler (voice)
tvSeinfeld
1989
Bette Midler
movieThe Lottery
1989
Woman
movieBeaches
1988
CC Bloom
movieOliver & Company
1988
Georgette (voice)
tvLIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988
Self - Guest
movieBig Business
1988
Sadie Ratliff / Sadie Shelton
movieBette Midler's Mondo Beyondo
1988
Mondo Beyondo; Eudora P Quickly
movieOutrageous Fortune
1987
Sandy Brozinsky
movieBarbra Streisand: One Voice
1986
Self (Interviewee)
movieRuthless People
1986
Barbara Stone
movieDown and Out in Beverly Hills
1986
Barbara Whiteman
tvMTV Video Music Awards
1984
Self - Host
movieJinxed!
1982
Bonita Friml
tvWogan
1982
Self
tvChamps-Elysées
1982
Self (archive footage) / Self
movieDivine Madness
1980
Self - The Divine Miss M
movieThe Sensational Shocking Wonderful Wacky 70's
1980
Self (archive footage)
movieThe Rose
1979
Mary Rose Foster
movieBette Midler: Ol' Red Hair Is Back
1977
Self - Host
movieThe Bette Midler Show
1976
Self - Host
tvSaturday Night Live
1975
Self - Musical Guest
tvVegetable Soup
1975
Woody The Spoon
tvNuméro un
1975
Self (archive footage) / Self
tvCher
1975
Self - Guest
tvLes Rendez-vous du dimanche
1975
Self - Guest
movieThe Thorn
1974
Virgin Mary
tvMusikladen
1972
Self
movieGoodbye, Columbus
1969
Wedding Guest (uncredited)
movieThe Detective
1968
Woman at Party
movieHawaii
1966
Passenger (uncredited)
tvTony Awards
1956
Self - Performer
tvThe Oscars
1953
Self
tvToday
1952
Self
movieHocus Pocus 3
Winifred Sanderson
Production6
movieMae West: Dirty Blonde
2020
Executive Producer
movieBette Midler: The Showgirl Must Go On
2010
Executive Producer
movieDivine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood
2002
Executive Producer
movieFor the Boys
1991
Producer
movieBeaches
1988
Producer
tvAmerican Masters
1986
Executive Producer
