Bette Midler
Known for: 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.
Filmography
Series
The Simpsons
Bette Midler (voice)
1989
Series
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self
1962
Series
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Self - Guest
2009
Series
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Self - Guest
2014
Series
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self - Guest
2015
Series
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Self - Guest
2014
Series
The Graham Norton Show
Self
2007
Series
Saturday Night Live
Self - Musical Guest
1975
Series
Seinfeld
Bette Midler
1989
Series
The Mike Douglas Show
Self
1961
Series
The View
Self
1997
Series
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Self - Guest
1988
Series
Project Runway
Self - Guest Judge
2004
Series
The Nanny
Bette Midler
1993
Series
RuPaul's Drag Race
Self (archive footage)
2009
Series
Tony Awards
Self - Performer
1956
Series
The One Show
Self - Guest
2006
Series
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Self
2003
Series
American Idol
Self
2002
Series
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Self - Guest
1993
Series
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
Self - Guest
1992
Series
Wogan
Self
1982
Series
Champs-Elysées
Self (archive footage)
1982
Series
Champs-Elysées
Self
1982
Series
MTV Video Music Awards
Self - Host
1984
Good Day Live
Self
2001
Series
Wetten, dass..?
Self
1981
Series
American Masters
Self
1986
Series
Intimate Portrait
Self (archive footage)
1993
Series
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
Self - Guest
1975
Series
The Reichen Show
Self - Guest
2005
Series
Strictly Come Dancing
Self
2004
Series
The Oscars
Self
1953
Series
Numéro un
Self (archive footage)
1975
Series
Numéro un
Self
1975
The Alan Titchmarsh Show
Self - Guest
2007
Series
Dancing on Ice
Self - Guest
2006
Series
Today
Self
1952
Series
Entertainment Tonight
Self
1981
Series
Inside Comedy
Self
2012
Film
What Women Want
Dr. J. M. Perkins (uncredited)
2000
Series
Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List
Self
2005
Series
The Politician
Hadassah Gold
2019
The Marriage Ref
Self - Panelist
2010
Series
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
Self - Guest
1996
Film
Hocus Pocus
Winifred Sanderson
1993
Series
Musikladen
Self
1972
Film
Oliver & Company
Georgette (voice)
1988
Series
Cher
Self - Guest
1975
Film
The Addams Family
Grandma (voice)
2019
Film
Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore
Kitty Galore (voice)
2010
Series
Bette
Bette
2000
Film
Fantasia 2000
Self - Host
2000
Film
Mariah Carey's Magical Christmas Special
Self
2020
Series
Shelley Duvall's Bedtime Stories
Narrator (voice)
1992
Film
Hocus Pocus 2
Winifred Sanderson
2022
Film
Get Shorty
Doris Saphron
1995
Film
The Addams Family 2
Grandma (voice)
2021
Film
The Greatest Night in Pop
Self (archive footage)
2024
Series
Ruby Wax Meets
Self - Guest
1996
Film
Ruthless People
Barbara Stone
1986
Film
The First Wives Club
Brenda Morelli Cushman
1996
Film
The Stepford Wives
Bobbie Markowitz
2004
Film
Nos Bastidores de Hollywood
Self (archive footage)
2005
Film
Beaches
CC Bloom
1988
Film
Isn't She Great
Jacqueline Susann
2000
Film
The Women
Leah Miller
2008
Film
The Detective
Woman at Party
1968
Film
Drowning Mona
Mona Dearly
2000
Film
The Earth Day Special
Mother Earth
1990
Series
Vegetable Soup
Woody The Spoon
1975
Series
George Carlin's American Dream
Self
2022
Film
Big Business
Sadie Ratliff / Sadie Shelton
1988
Series
Laf Lafı Açıyor
1991
Series
When Ruby Wax Met...
Self (archive footage)
2021
Film
Get Bruce!
Self
1999
Film
Divine Madness
Self - The Divine Miss M
1980
Film
Parental Guidance
Diane Decker
2012
Film
Live Aid
Self
1985
Film
Down and Out in Beverly Hills
Barbara Whiteman
1986
Film
Waking Sleeping Beauty
Self - Barbara Whiteman / Barbara Stone (archive footage)
2009
Film
The Glorias
Bella Abzug
2020
Film
That Old Feeling
Lilly Leonard
1997
Series
Inside the Actors Studio
Self
1994
Film
Freak Show
Muv
2018
Film
Six by Sondheim
Mama Rose (archive footage)
2013
Film
Stella
Stella Claire
1990
Film
Hawaii
Passenger (uncredited)
1966
Film
For the Boys
Dixie Leonard
1991
Film
Casting By
Self
2012
Film
Gypsy
Rose Hovick
1994
Film
Women in Rock
Self
1986
Film
Hocus Pocus 25th Anniversary Halloween Bash
Self
2018
Film
The Rose
Mary Rose Foster
1979
Film
Annie Leibovitz: Life Through a Lens
Self
2007
Film
The Fabulous Four
Marilyn
2024
Film
Jackie's Back!
Bette Midler
1999
Film
Then She Found Me
Bernice Graves
2007
Film
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Songs: America's Greatest Music in the Movies
Self
2004
Film
Sitting in Bars with Cake
Benita
2023
Film
Mickey's 60th Birthday
Self
1988
Film
Outrageous Fortune
Sandy Brozinsky
1987
Film
20 Feet from Stardom
Self
2013
Film
In Search of the Sanderson Sisters: A Hocus Pocus Hulaween Takeover
Winifred Sanderson
2020
Cut Off
Film
Jinxed!
Bonita Friml
1982
Film
Parkinson at 50
Self (archive footage)
2021
Film
Earth and the American Dream
Reader (voice)
1992
Film
The Sensational Shocking Wonderful Wacky 70's
Self (archive footage)
1980
Film
Lucy and Desi
Self
2022
Film
We Are the World: The Story Behind the Song
Self
1985
Film
Goodbye, Columbus
Wedding Guest (uncredited)
1969
Series
The Circuit
Self - Singer/Actor
2021
Film
Scenes from a Mall
Dr. Deborah Finegold-Fifer
1991
Film
Annie Leibovitz 1993 Phaidon Documentary
Self
1993
Film
Commitment to Life
Self (archive footage)
2023
Film
Barbara Walters: Tell Me Everything
Self
2025
Film
Camp! The Movie
Self
2019
Film
Coastal Elites
Miriam Nessler
2020
Film
A Century of Cinema
Self
1994
Film
Motown 40: The Music Is Forever
Self (archive footage)
1998
Film
Steps
Fairy Godmother (voice)
Film
The Lottery
Woman
1989
Film
Barbra Streisand: One Voice
Self (Interviewee)
1986
Film
Vito
Self (archive)
2011
Film
Rolling Stone Magazine: The 10th Anniversary
Self
1977
AN EVENING WITH: FRIENDS OF THE ENVIRONMENT
Self
1990
Film
Peter Allen: The Boy From Oz
Self
1995
Film
How to Be Absolutely Fabulous
Self
1995
Film
Hocus Pocus 3
Winifred Sanderson
Film
'Twas the Night - A Holiday Celebration
Self
2004
Film
Bette Midler: The Showgirl Must Go On
Self
2010
Film
Bette Midler: Art or Bust
Self
1984
Film
A Barry Manilow Christmas: Live by Request
Self
2003
Film
The Thorn
Virgin Mary
1974
Film
The Divine Bette Midler
Self
2005
Film
Bette Midler's Mondo Beyondo
Mondo Beyondo; Eudora P Quickly
1988
Film
Bette Midler: Diva Las Vegas
Self
1997
Film
From the Big Apple to the Big Easy: The Concert for New Orleans
Self
2006
Bette Midler: One Night Only
Self
2014
Film
The Bette Midler Show
Self - Host
1976
Film
The Greatest Ears in Town: The Arif Mardin Story
Self
2010
Film
Atlantic Records: The House That Ahmet Built
Self - Narrator
2007
Film
BBC Imagine: The Divine Miss M
Self
2014
Film
Bette Midler at the Continental Baths
Self
1971
Film
What the World Needs Now: Words by Hal David
Host
2019
Film
A Childhood History Plan
Film
Bette Midler: Kiss My Brass Live at Madison Square Garden
Self
2004
Film
Bette Midler Sings the Peggy Lee Songbook
Self
2005
Film
Bette Midler: Divine Miss Millennium
Self
1999
Film
Bette Midler: Ol' Red Hair Is Back
Self - Host
1977
The Divine Miss M in Performance
Self
2010
Bette Midler: No Frills
Herself
1983
Film
Barry Manilow: Greatest Hits & Then Some
Self
2000