Acting
Bette Midler
EN, PT cinema · 102 credits
Born
1 December 1945 (age 80)
Birthplace
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". 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
Filmography
Hocus Pocus 3
as Winifred Sanderson
Steps
as Fairy Godmother (voice)
The Fabulous Four
as Marilyn
The Greatest Night in Pop
as Self (archive footage)
Commitment to Life
as Self (archive footage)
Lucy and Desi
as Self
Hocus Pocus 2
as Winifred Sanderson
Parkinson at 50
as Self (archive footage)
The Addams Family 2
as Grandma (voice)
The Glorias
as Bella Abzug
Coastal Elites
as Miriam Nessler
In Search of the Sanderson Sisters: A Hocus Pocus Hulaween Takeover
as Winifred Sanderson
Mae West: Dirty Blonde
Executive Producer
The Addams Family
as Grandma (voice)
Camp! The Movie
as Self
Freak Show
as Muv
Six by Sondheim
as Mama Rose (archive footage)
Casting By
as Self
Parental Guidance
as Diane Decker
Vito
as Self (archive footage)
Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore
as Kitty Galore (voice)
Bette Midler: The Showgirl Must Go On
as Self, Director, Executive Producer
Waking Sleeping Beauty
as Self - Barbara Whiteman / Barbara Stone (archive footage)
The Women
as Leah Miller
Then She Found Me
as Bernice Graves
Atlantic Records: The House That Ahmet Built
as Self - Narrator
Nos Bastidores de Hollywood
as Self (archive footage)
The Stepford Wives
as Bobbie Markowitz
Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood
Executive Producer
50 Years of NBC Late Night
as Self (archive footage)
Drowning Mona
as Mona Dearly
Fantasia 2000
as Self - Host
Isn't She Great
as Jacqueline Susann
What Women Want
as Dr. J. M. Perkins (uncredited)
Get Bruce!
as Self
Jackie's Back!
as Bette Midler
Motown 40: The Music Is Forever
as Self (archive footage)
That Old Feeling
as Lilly Leonard
The First Wives Club
as Brenda Morelli Cushman
Get Shorty
as Doris Saphron
Gypsy
as Rose Hovick
Hocus Pocus
as Winifred Sanderson
Earth and the American Dream
as Reader (voice)
For the Boys
as Dixie Leonard, Producer
Scenes from a Mall
as Dr. Deborah Finegold-Fifer
Stella
as Stella Claire
The Earth Day Special
as Mother Earth
The Lottery
as Woman
Oliver & Company
as Georgette (voice)
Big Business
as Sadie Ratliff / Sadie Shelton
Beaches
as CC Bloom, Producer
Bette Midler's Mondo Beyondo
as Mondo Beyondo; Eudora P Quickly
Outrageous Fortune
as Sandy Brozinsky
Ruthless People
as Barbara Stone
Down and Out in Beverly Hills
as Barbara Whiteman
Barbra Streisand: One Voice
as Self (Interviewee)
Women in Rock
as Self
Live Aid
as Self
Bette Midler: Art or Bust
as Self, Writer
Jinxed!
as Bonita Friml
The Sensational Shocking Wonderful Wacky 70's
as Self (archive footage)
Divine Madness
as Self - The Divine Miss M, Writer
The Rose
as Mary Rose Foster
Bette Midler: Ol' Red Hair Is Back
as Self - Host, Writer
The Bette Midler Show
as Self - Host
The Thorn
as Virgin Mary
Goodbye, Columbus
as Wedding Guest (uncredited)
The Detective
as Woman at Party
Hawaii
as Passenger (uncredited)