Bette Midler

Bette Midler

Birthdate
December 1, 1945 (79 years old)
Place of Birth
Honolulu, Territory of Hawaii, USA [now Hawaii, USA]
Known For
Acting

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Birthdate
December 1, 1945 (79 years old)
Place of Birth
Honolulu, Territory of Hawaii, USA [now Hawaii, USA]
Known For
Acting

Biography

Bette Midler (born December 1, 1945) is an American singer, songwriter, actress, comedian, and film producer. 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. Throughout her career, many of her songs became hits on the record charts, including her renditions of "The Rose", "Wind Beneath My Wings", "Do You Want to Dance", "Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy", and "From a Distance".

In a career spanning almost half a century, Midler has won three Grammy Awards, four Golden Globes, three Emmy Awards, and a Tony Award. She has sold over 30 million records worldwide, and has received four Gold, three Platinum, and three Multiplatinum albums by RIAA.

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Bette Midler's LGBTQ+ Titles

Freak Show
Freak Show
Muv

Acting (149)

A Childhood History Plan
Sister Act 3: Kicking the Habit
Hocus Pocus 3 as Winifred Sanderson
2024
The Fabulous Four as Marilyn
2024
The Greatest Night in Pop as Self (archive footage)
2023
Sitting in Bars with Cake as Benita
2022
Hocus Pocus 2 as Winifred Sanderson
2022
George Carlin's American Dream as Self (2 episodes)
2022
Lucy and Desi as Self
2021
The Addams Family 2 as Grandma (voice)
2021
Live at Mister Kelly's as Self (archive footage)
2021
Parkinson at 50 as Self (archive footage)
2021
When Ruby Wax Met... as Self (archive footage) (1 episode)
2021
The Circuit as Self - Singer/Actor (1 episode)
2020
ariana grande: excuse me, i love you as Self (Archive Footage) (Uncredited)
2020
The Glorias as Bella Abzug
2020
In Search of the Sanderson Sisters: A Hocus Pocus Hulaween Takeover as Winifred Sanderson
2020
Coastal Elites as Miriam Nessler
2019
The Addams Family as Grandma (voice)
2019
The Politician as Hadassah Gold (8 episodes)
2019
Camp! The Movie as Self
2019
What the World Needs Now: Words by Hal David as Host
2018
Hocus Pocus 25th Anniversary Halloween Bash as Self
2018
Freak Show as Muv
2014
Bette Midler: One Night Only as Self
2014
BBC Imagine: The Divine Miss M as Self
2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers as Self (1 episode)
2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon as Self - Guest (1 episode)
2014
And the Oscar Goes To... as Self (archive footage)
2013
Six by Sondheim as Mama Rose (archive footage)
2013
20 Feet from Stardom as Self
2012
Parental Guidance as Diane Decker
2012
Casting By as Self
2012
Inside Comedy as Self (1 episode)
2010
Bette Midler: The Showgirl Must Go On as Self
2010
Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore as Kitty Galore (voice)
2010
The Greatest Ears in Town: The Arif Mardin Story as Self
2010
The Marriage Ref as Self - Panelist (1 episode)
2010
The Divine Miss M in Performance as Self
2009
Waking Sleeping Beauty as Self / Barbara Whiteman / Barbara Stone (archive footage)
2009
RuPaul's Drag Race as Self (archive footage) (1 episode)
2008
The Women as Leah Miller
2007
Then She Found Me as Bernice Graves
2007
The Alan Titchmarsh Show as Self - Guest (1 episode)
2007
Annie Leibovitz: Life Through a Lens as Self
2007
Atlantic Records: The House That Ahmet Built as Self - Narrator
2007
The Graham Norton Show as Self (1 episode)
2006
The One Show as Self - Guest (3 episodes)
2006
Dancing on Ice as Self - Guest (1 episode)
2006
From the Big Apple to the Big Easy: The Concert for New Orleans as Self
2005
The Reichen Show as Self - Guest (1 episode)
2005
Bette Midler Sings the Peggy Lee Songbook as Self
2005
Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List as Self (1 episode)
2005
Nos Bastidores de Hollywood as Self
2005
The Divine Bette Midler as Self
2004
Project Runway as Self - Guest Judge (1 episode)
2004
'Twas the Night - A Holiday Celebration as Self
2004
Bette Midler: Kiss My Brass Live at Madison Square Garden as Self
2004
The Stepford Wives as Bobbie Markowitz
2004
Strictly Come Dancing as Self (1 episode)
2003
A Barry Manilow Christmas: Live by Request as Self
2003
The Ellen DeGeneres Show (1 episode)
2002
American Idol as Self (1 episode)
2001
Good Day Live as Self (1 episode)
2000
What Women Want as Dr. J. M. Perkins (uncredited)
2000
Bette as Bette (18 episodes)
2000
Barry Manilow: Greatest Hits & Then Some as Self
2000
Drowning Mona as Mona Dearly
2000
Isn't She Great as Jacqueline Susann
2000
Fantasia 2000 as Self - Host
1999
Bette Midler: Divine Miss Millennium as Self
1999
Loose Women as Self (archive footage) (1 episode)
1999
Jackie's Back! as Bette Midler
1999
Get Bruce! as Self
1998
Motown 40: The Music is Forever as Self (archive footage)
1998
Parkinson as Self (archive footage) (1 episode)
1997
The View as Self (3 episodes)
1997
That Old Feeling as Lilly Leonard
1997
Bette Midler: Diva Las Vegas as Self
1996
The First Wives Club as Brenda Morelli Cushman
1996
The Rosie O'Donnell Show as Self - Guest (1 episode)
1996
Ruby Wax Meets as Self - Guest (1 episode)
1995
Get Shorty as Doris Saphron
1995
How to Be Absolutely Fabulous as Self
1995
Peter Allen: The Boy From Oz as Self
1994
Inside the Actors Studio as Self (1 episode)
1994
A Century of Cinema as Self
1993
Gypsy as Rose Hovick
1993
Intimate Portrait as Self (archive footage) (1 episode)
1993
Late Night with Conan O'Brien as Self - Guest (1 episode)
1993
Hocus Pocus as Winifred Sanderson
1992
Earth and the American Dream as Reader (voice)
1992
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno as Self - Guest (3 episodes)
1992
Shelley Duvall's Bedtime Stories as Narrator (Voice) (1 episode)
1991
For the Boys as Dixie Leonard
1991
Scenes from a Mall as Dr. Deborah Finegold-Fifer
1990
AN EVENING WITH: FRIENDS OF THE ENVIRONMENT as Self
1990
The Earth Day Special as Mother Earth
1990
Stella as Stella Claire
1989
The Simpsons as Bette Midler (voice) (1 episode)
1989
Seinfeld as Bette Midler (1 episode)
1989
The Lottery as Woman
1988
Beaches as CC Bloom
1988
Oliver & Company as Georgette (voice)
1988
Mickey's 60th Birthday as Self
1988
LIVE with Kelly and Mark as Self - Guest (1 episode)
1988
Big Business as Sadie Ratliff / Sadie Shelton
1988
Bette Midler's Mondo Beyondo as Mondo Beyondo; Eudora P Quickly
1987
Outrageous Fortune as Sandy Brozinsky
1986
Barbra Streisand: One Voice as Self (Interviewee)
1986
Ruthless People as Barbara Stone
1986
American Masters as Self (1 episode)
1986
Down and Out in Beverly Hills as Barbara Whiteman
1986
Women in Rock as Self
1985
Live Aid as Self
1985
We Are the World: The Story Behind the Song as Self
1984
MTV Video Music Awards as Self - Host (1 episode)
1984
Bette Midler: Art or Bust as Self
1983
Bette Midler: No Frills as Herself
1982
Jinxed! as Bonita Friml
1982
Wogan as Self (2 episodes)
1982
Champs-Elysées as Self (2 episodes)
1982
Champs-Elysées as Self (archive footage) (1 episode)
1981
Entertainment Tonight as Self (1 episode)
1981
Wetten, dass..? as Self (2 episodes)
1980
Divine Madness as Self - The Divine Miss M
1980
The Sensational Shocking Wonderful Wacky 70's as Self (archive footage)
1979
The Rose as Mary Rose Foster
1977
Bette Midler: Ol' Red Hair Is Back as Self - Host
1977
Rolling Stone Magazine: The 10th Anniversary as Self
1976
The Bette Midler Show as Self - Host
1975
Saturday Night Live as Self - Musical Guest (1 episode)
1975
Vegetable Soup as Woody The Spoon (57 episodes)
1975
Numéro un as Self (1 episode)
1975
Numéro un as Self (archive footage) (1 episode)
1975
Cher as Self - Guest (1 episode)
1975
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche as Self - Guest (1 episode)
1974
The Thorn as Virgin Mary
1972
Musikladen as Self (1 episode)
1972
Scarecrow in a Garden of Cucumbers as Lullaby Singer (voice)
1971
Bette Midler at the Continental Baths as Self
1969
Goodbye, Columbus as Wedding Guest (uncredited)
1968
The Detective as Woman at Party
1966
Hawaii as Passenger (uncredited)
1962
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson as Self (3 episodes)
1961
The Mike Douglas Show as Self (1 episode)
1956
Tony Awards as Self - Performer (1 episode)
1953
The Oscars as Self (1 episode)
1952
Today as Self (2 episodes)

Directing (1)

2010
Bette Midler: The Showgirl Must Go On • Director
• Director

Production (6)

2020
Mae West: Dirty Blonde • Executive Producer
• Executive Producer
2010
Bette Midler: The Showgirl Must Go On • Executive Producer
• Executive Producer
2002
Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood • Executive Producer
• Executive Producer
1991
For the Boys • Producer
• Producer
1988
Beaches • Producer
• Producer
1986
American Masters • Executive Producer (1 episode)
• Executive Producer (1 episode)

Creator (1)

Bette Midler: The Showgirl Must Go On • Creator
• Creator

Writing (3)

1984
Bette Midler: Art or Bust • Writer
• Writer
1980
Divine Madness • Writer
• Writer
1977
Bette Midler: Ol' Red Hair Is Back • Writer
• Writer