
Bette Midler
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.
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Acting (89 movies)

Hocus Pocus
1993

The First Wives Club
1996

Outrageous Fortune
1987

Motown 40: The Music is Forever
1998

Drowning Mona
2000

For the Boys
1991

Ruthless People
1986

Oliver & Company
1988

That Old Feeling
1997

Down and Out in Beverly Hills
1986

Then She Found Me
2007

Big Business
1988

The Stepford Wives
2004

The Women
2008

The Sensational Shocking Wonderful Wacky 70's
1980

Goodbye, Columbus
1969

Beaches
1988

Peter Allen: The Boy From Oz
1995

The Detective
1968

The Rose
1979

Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore
2010

Stella
1990

Gypsy
1993

Scenes from a Mall
1991

Get Bruce!
1999

Casting By
2012

Lucy and Desi
2022

Fantasia 2000
2000

Bette Midler: The Showgirl Must Go On
2010

Isn't She Great
2000

Bette Midler: Diva Las Vegas
1997

Jinxed!
1982

Parental Guidance
2012

20 Feet from Stardom
2013

Parkinson at 50
2021

The Fabulous Four
2024

The Greatest Ears in Town: The Arif Mardin Story
2010

Waking Sleeping Beauty
2009

How to Be Absolutely Fabulous
1995

Rolling Stone Magazine: The 10th Anniversary
1977

Sitting in Bars with Cake
2023

The Greatest Night in Pop
2024

Nos Bastidores de Hollywood
2005

Barbra Streisand: One Voice
1986

Bette Midler: Ol' Red Hair Is Back
1977

Annie Leibovitz: Life Through a Lens
2007

Six by Sondheim
2013

Bette Midler: Kiss My Brass Live at Madison Square Garden
2004

The Bette Midler Show
1976

The Earth Day Special
1990

Mickey's 60th Birthday
1988

Bette Midler: Art or Bust
1984

Freak Show
2018

Bette Midler's Mondo Beyondo
1988

'Twas the Night - A Holiday Celebration
2004

What Women Want
2000

From the Big Apple to the Big Easy: The Concert for New Orleans
2006

Bette Midler at the Continental Baths
1971

Atlantic Records: The House That Ahmet Built
2007

Live Aid
1985

The Addams Family
2019

Barry Manilow: Greatest Hits & Then Some
2000

Bette Midler Sings the Peggy Lee Songbook
2005

Hocus Pocus 25th Anniversary Halloween Bash
2018

The Glorias
2020

Camp! The Movie
2019

BBC Imagine: The Divine Miss M
2014

Bette Midler: Divine Miss Millennium
1999

What the World Needs Now: Words by Hal David
2019

The Lottery
1989

A Barry Manilow Christmas: Live by Request
2003

Hawaii
1966

Divine Madness
1980

Earth and the American Dream
1992

The Divine Bette Midler
2005

The Thorn
1974

We Are the World: The Story Behind the Song
1985

A Century of Cinema
1994

Coastal Elites
2020

Get Shorty
1995

The Addams Family 2
2021

In Search of the Sanderson Sisters: A Hocus Pocus Hulaween Takeover
2020

Hocus Pocus 2
2022

Jackie's Back!
1999

Women in Rock
1986

AFI's 100 Years... 100 Songs: America's Greatest Music in the Movies
2004

Mariah Carey's Magical Christmas Special
2020

Barbara Walters: Tell Me Everything
2025

Annie Leibovitz 1993 Phaidon Documentary
1993
Directing (1 movie)
| Title | Year | Job |
|---|---|---|
| Bette Midler: Ol' Red Hair Is Back | 1977 | Writer |
| Divine Madness | 1980 | Writer |
| Bette Midler: Art or Bust | 1984 | Writer |
| Beaches | 1988 | Producer |
| For the Boys | 1991 | Producer |
| Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood | 2002 | Executive Producer |
| Bette Midler: The Showgirl Must Go On | 2010 | Executive Producer |
| Mae West: Dirty Blonde | 2020 | Executive Producer |