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Bette Midler

Comedian / Film Actress / Musician / Television Actress / Voice Actress / Film Producer / Stage Actress | * 12/01/1945 (78) | Honolulu, Hawaii (United States of America (USA))
Bette Midler (born December 1, 1945) is an American singer, actress, comedian and author. Throughout her career, which spans over five decades, 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, prior to 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 in the Continental Baths, a local gay bathhouse where 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 Multiplatinum albums by 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, B... ()
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Most frequent genres for this person: Comedies | Documentaries | Music

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Awards & Nominations for Bette Midler

Primetime Emmy Awards Grammy Award for Best New Artist Rachel Carson Award Crystal Award Star On Hollywood Walk of Fame Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actress in a Musical Kennedy Center Honors Drama League Award Hasty Pudding Woman of the Year 2x Academy Award for Best Actress Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Actress Grammy Award for Best New Artist
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Movies with Bette Midler as Actress(76)

as Winifred Sanderson2022 Hocus Pocus 2
as herself2022 Lucy and Desi
as Self (archive footage)2021 Live at Mister Kelly's
as Grandma (voice)2021 The Addams Family 2
as Bella Abzug2020 The Glorias
as Miriam Nessler2020 Coastal Elites
as Grandmama (voice)2019 The Addams Family
as herself2019 Camp! The Movie
as Muv2018 Freak Show
as Self (archive footage)2014 And the Oscar Goes To...
as Mama Rose (archive footage)2013 Six by Sondheim
as herself2013 20 Feet from Stardom
as Diane Decker2012 Parental Guidance
as herself2012 Casting By
as Kitty Galore (voice)2010 Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore
as Self / Barbara Whiteman / Barbara Stone (archive footage)2009 Waking Sleeping Beauty
as Leah Miller2008 The Women
as Bernice Graves2007 Then She Found Me
as Bobbie Markowitz2004 The Stepford Wives
as Dr. J. M. Perkins (uncredited)2000 What Women Want
as Jacqueline Susann2000 Isn't She Great
as Mona Dearly2000 Drowning Mona
as herself1999 Jackie's Back!
as herself1999 Get Bruce!
as Self - Host1999 Fantasia 2000
as Lilly Leonard1997 That Old Feeling
as Brenda Morelli Cushman1996 The First Wives Club
as Doris Saphron1995 Get Shorty
as herself1994 A Century of Cinema
as Mama Rose1993 Gypsy
as Winifred 'Winnie' Sanderson1993 Hocus Pocus
as Dr. Deborah Finegold-Fifer1991 Scenes from a Mall
as Dixie Leonard1991 For the Boys
as Mother Earth1990 The Earth Day Special
as Stella Claire1990 Stella
as Woman1989 The Lottery
as Mondo Beyondo; Eudora P Quickly1988 Bette Midler's Mondo Beyondo
as CC Bloom1988 Beaches
as herself1988 Mickey's 60th Birthday
as Georgette (voice)1988 Oliver & Company
as Sadie Ratliff / Sadie Shelton1988 Big Business
as Sandy Brozinsky1987 Outrageous Fortune
as Barbara Whiteman1986 Down and Out in Beverly Hills
as Barbara Stone1986 Ruthless People
as herself1985 Live Aid
as Bonita Friml1982 Jinxed!
as Herself / The Divine Miss M1980 Divine Madness
as Mary Rose Foster1979 The Rose
as Virgin Mary1974 The Thorn
as Lullaby Singer (voice)1972 Scarecrow in a Garden of Cucumbers
as Wedding Guest (uncredited)1969 Goodbye, Columbus
as Woman at Party1968 The Detective
as Passenger (uncredited)1966 Hawaii

TV Shows/Series with Bette Midler as Actress(40)

as Hadassah Gold2019 The Politician
as herself2012 Inside Comedy
as Self - Panelist2010 The Marriage Ref
as Self (archive footage)2009 RuPaul's Drag Race
as herself2007 The Graham Norton Show
as Self - Guest2006 The One Show
as Self - Guest2005 The Reichen Show
as herself2004 Strictly Come Dancing
as Self - Guest Judge2004 Project Runway
as herself2002 American Idol
as herself2001 Good Day Live
as Bette2000 Bette
as herself1997 The View
as Self - Guest1996 The Rosie O'Donnell Show
as Self (archive footage)1993 Intimate Portrait
as Self - Guest1993 Late Night with Conan O'Brien
as Bette Midler (voice)1989 The Simpsons
as herself1989 Seinfeld
as herself1986 American Masters
as Herself - Host1984 MTV Video Music Awards
as herself1982 Wogan
as Self (archive footage)1982 Champs-Elysées
as herself1982 Champs-Elysées
as herself1981 Wetten, dass..?
as Self - Guest1975 Cher
as Self - Musical Guest1975 Saturday Night Live
as Self (archive footage)1975 Numéro un
as herself1975 Numéro un
as Self - Guest1975 Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
as herself1972 Musikladen
as herself1952 Today

Movies with Bette Midler as Crew(8)

Production/Executive Producer2010 Bette Midler: The Showgirl Must Go On
Production/Executive Producer2002 Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood
Production/Producer1991 For the Boys
Production/Producer1988 Beaches
Writing/Writer1984 Bette Midler: Art or Bust
Writing/Writer1980 Divine Madness

TV Shows/Series with Bette Midler as Crew(1)

Production/Executive Producer1986 American Masters

Additional Information

Full Name: Bette Midler
Born: Saturday, 12/01 1945 (December) in Honolulu, Hawaii (United States of America (USA)) (current age: 78 years + 119 days)
Zodiac sign: Sagittarius (Chinese zodiac sign: Rooster)
Languages: English (EN)
Educated at: University of Hawaiʻi, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, Admiral Arthur W. Radford High School, HB Studio, Pratt Institute School of Information
Record Label: Warner Bros. Records, Atlantic Records, Columbia Records
Spouses (current/former): Martin von Haselberg
Other names for Bette Midler (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"Бетт Мидлер"
Bette Midler frequently works together with these people:
Larry David (40x, Actor)
Tress MacNeille (36x, Actress)
Andy Samberg (35x, Actor)
Bill Hader (26x, Actor)
Norman Brenner (24x, Actor)
Fred Armisen (23x, Actor)
Elton John (23x, Actor)
Pamela Hayden (23x, Actress)
Kristen Wiig (22x, Actress)
Kenan Thompson (22x, Actor)
Chris Rock (20x, Actor)
Bruce Vilanch (11x, Actor)
WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:5487, Added: 03/23/2018, Last updated: 03/23/2024