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Bette Midler
Actor, Producer, Writer, Director, Additional CreditsBorn December 1, 1945 (79 years)
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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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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Known For
Bette Midler Filmography
| 2026 | |
| 2024 | The Fabulous Four · as Marilyn |
| 2023 | Sitting in Bars with Cake · as Benita |
| 2022 | Hocus Pocus 2 · as Winifred Sanderson |
| 2021 | The Addams Family 2 · as Grandma (voice) |
| 2020 | In Search of the Sanderson Sisters: A Hocus Pocus Hulaween Takeover · as Winifred Sanderson |
| 2020 | The Glorias · as Bella Abzug |
| 2020 | Coastal Elites · as Miriam Nessler |
| 2019 | The Addams Family · as Grandma (voice) |
| 2019 | The Politician (TV Series) · as Hadassah Gold |
| 2017 | Freak Show · as Muv |
| 2013 | Six by Sondheim · as Mama Rose (archive Footage) |
| 2012 | Parental Guidance · as Diane Decker |
| 2010 | Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore · as Kitty Galore (voice) |
| 2008 | The Women · as Leah Miller |
| 2007 | Then She Found Me · as Bernice Graves |
| 2004 | The Stepford Wives · as Bobbie Markowitz |
| 2000 | What Women Want · as Dr. J. M. Perkins (uncredited) |
| 2000 | Bette (TV Series) · as Bette |
| 2000 | |
| 2000 | Isn't She Great · as Jacqueline Susann |
| 2000 | Drowning Mona · as Mona Dearly |
| 1999 | 100 Greatest Women of Rock & Roll · as Cast |
| 1997 | The Wonderful World of Disney (TV Series) · as Winifred Sanderson |
| 1997 | That Old Feeling · as Lilly Leonard |
| 1996 | The First Wives Club · as Brenda Morelli Cushman |
| 1995 | Get Shorty · as Doris Saphron |
| 1993 | |
| 1993 | Hocus Pocus · as Winifred Sanderson |
| 1992 | Earth and the American Dream · as Reader (voice) |
| 1992 | Shelley Duvall's Bedtime Stories (TV Series) · as Narrator (voice) |
| 1991 | For the Boys · as Dixie Leonard |
| 1991 | Scenes from a Mall · as Dr. Deborah Finegold-Fifer |
| 1990 | The Earth Day Special · as Mother Earth |
| 1990 | Stella · as Stella Claire |
| 1989 | The Simpsons (TV Series) · as Bette Midler (voice) |
| 1988 | Beaches · as Cc Bloom |
| 1988 | Oliver & Company · as Georgette (voice) |
| 1988 | Murphy Brown (TV Series) · as Caprice |
| 1988 | Big Business · as Sadie Ratliff / Sadie Shelton |
| 1988 | The Mondo Beyondo Show · as Mondo Beyondo; Eudora P Quickly |
| 1987 | Outrageous Fortune · as Sandy Brozinsky |
| 1986 | Ruthless People · as Barbara Stone |
| 1986 | Down and Out in Beverly Hills · as Barbara Whiteman |
| 1982 | Jinxed! · as Bonita Friml |
| 1979 | The Rose · as Mary Rose Foster |
| 1975 | Vegetable Soup (TV Series) · as Woody The Spoon |
| 1971 | The Thorn · as Virgin Mary |
| 1969 | Goodbye, Columbus · as Wedding Guest (uncredited) |
| 1968 | The Detective · as Woman At Party |
| 1966 | Hawaii · as Passenger (uncredited) |
| 2025 | Barbara Walters: Tell Me Everything · as Self |
| 2024 | Yacht Rock: A Dockumentary · as Self - Presenter, 1982 Academy Awards |
| 2024 | Luther: Never Too Much · as Self |
| 2024 | The Greatest Night in Pop · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 2023 | Commitment to Life · as Self |
| 2022 | George Carlin's American Dream (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2022 | Lucy and Desi · as Self |
| 2021 | The 44th Annual Kennedy Center Honors · as Self - Honoree |
| 2021 | Live at Mister Kelly's · as Self |
| 2021 | |
| 2021 | When Ruby Wax Met... (TV Series) · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 2021 | The Circuit (TV Series) · as Self - Singer/actor |
| 2021 | Wolfgang · as Self |
| 2021 | The 43rd Annual Kennedy Center Honors · as Self - Presenter |
| 2020 | Mariah Carey's Magical Christmas Special · as Self |
| 2020 | MTV 80s - Top 50 at the Movies! · as Bette Midler |
| 2020 | GMA3: What You Need to Know (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2020 | Stars In The House (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2019 | Rolling Thunder Revue · as Self |
| 2019 | The Oscars · as Self - Performer |
| 2018 | |
| 2017 | The 71st Annual Tony Awards · as Self - Winner |
| 2016 | |
| 2015 | The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2014 | The 37th Annual Kennedy Center Honors · as Self - Performer |
| 2014 | Bette Midler: One Night Only · as Self |
| 2014 | The Oscars · as Self - Performer |
| 2014 | And the Oscar Goes to... · as Self |
| 2014 | Late Night with Seth Meyers (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2014 | The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 2013 | |
| 2013 | Twenty Feet from Stardom · as Self |
| 2013 | Continental · as Self |
| 2012 | CBS Mornings (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2012 | Casting By · as Self |
| 2012 | Katie (2012) (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 2012 | The 2012 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony · as Self - Presenter |
| 2012 | Inside Comedy (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2012 | Oprah's Next Chapter (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 2011 | |
| 2011 | Vito · as Self |
| 2011 | The Voice (TV Series) · as Self - Advisor |
| 2010 | Bette Midler: The Showgirl Must Go On · as Self |
| 2010 | |
| 2010 | Paul O'Grady Live (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 2010 | Daybreak (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2010 | |
| 2010 | The Marriage Ref (TV Series) · as Self - Panelist |
| 2009 | |
| 2009 | Late Night with the Loose Women · as Self |
| 2009 | Waking Sleeping Beauty · as Self - Barbara Whiteman / Barbara Stone (archive Footage) |
| 2009 | Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 2009 | Alan Carr: Chatty Man (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 2009 | Streisand: Live in Concert · as Self - Audience |
| 2009 | Late Night with Jimmy Fallon (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 2009 | RuPaul's Drag Race (TV Series) · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 2007 | The Alan Titchmarsh Show (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 2007 | Talk to Me · as Self |
| 2007 | Annie Leibovitz: Life Through a Lens · as Self |
| 2007 | |
| 2007 | The Graham Norton Show (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2006 | The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts · as Self - Singer |
| 2006 | Rachael Ray (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 2006 | The ONE Show (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 2006 | I Love The 70s Volume 2 (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2006 | Dancing on Ice (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 2005 | The Reichen Show (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 2005 | The Colbert Report (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 2005 | Made In Hollywood (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2005 | The 57th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards · as Self |
| 2005 | Entertainment Tonight Canada (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2005 | The Martha Stewart Show (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 2005 | Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2005 | Gay Sex in the 70s · as Self |
| 2005 | |
| 2005 | The Divine Bette Midler · as Self |
| 2004 | Project Runway (TV Series) · as Self - Guest Judge |
| 2004 | 'Twas the Night - A Holiday Celebration · as Self |
| 2004 | The Insider (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2004 | Sex 'n' Pop (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2004 | |
| 2004 | Strictly Come Dancing (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2004 | E! 101 Most Starlicious Makeovers · as Self |
| 2004 | 50 Most Awesomely Bad Songs... Ever · as Self |
| 2003 | |
| 2003 | The Ellen DeGeneres Show (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2003 | imagine... (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2003 | Jimmy Kimmel Live! (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 2002 | The Caroline Rhea Show (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 2002 | Hollywood Rocks the Movies: The 1970s · as Self |
| 2002 | American Idol (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2001 | Good Day Live (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2001 | The 58th Annual Golden Globe Awards 2001 · as Self - Nominee |
| 2000 | Entertainers with Byron Allen (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 1999 | Fantasia 2000 · as Self - Host |
| 1999 | Loose Women (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1999 | Jackie's Back! · as Bette Midler |
| 1999 | After Stonewall · as Self - Bette Midler At The Continental Baths |
| 1999 | Get Bruce · as Self |
| 1998 | Hollywood Aids · as Self |
| 1998 | The 1998 Billboard Music Awards · as Self |
| 1998 | The 40th Annual Grammy Awards · as Self |
| 1998 | Motown 40: The Music Is Forever · as Self |
| 1997 | The Roseanne Show (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 1997 | Ground Force (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1997 | The 49th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards · as Self - Winner |
| 1997 | Behind the Music (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1997 | The View (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1997 | The 69th Annual Academy Awards · as Self - Presenter |
| 1997 | Bette Midler in Concert: Diva Las Vegas · as Self |
| 1996 | Access Hollywood (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1996 | The Rosie O'Donnell Show (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 1996 | VIP World (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1996 | E! True Hollywood Story (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1996 | Ruby Wax meets... (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 1995 | Golden Anniversary · as Self |
| 1995 | 50 Years of Funny Females · as Self |
| 1995 | 1995 VH1 Honors · as Self |
| 1995 | E! Live from the Red Carpet (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1995 | How to Be Absolutely Fabulous · as Self |
| 1995 | Peter Allen: The Boy from Oz · as Self |
| 1994 | The 46th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards · as Self - Nominee & Performer |
| 1994 | Extra (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1994 | Movie Magic (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1994 | Inside the Actors Studio (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1994 | Hocus Pocus: Begin the Magic · as Self |
| 1994 | A Century of Cinema · as Self |
| 1993 | The Nanny (TV Series) · as Bette Midler |
| 1993 | Late Night with Conan O'Brien (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 1993 | The 50th Annual Golden Globe Awards · as Self - Presenter |
| 1992 | Late Show with David Letterman (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 1992 | The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 1992 | The 64th Annual Academy Awards · as Self - Nominee |
| 1992 | Oscar's Greatest Moments · as Self |
| 1991 | Movie Days (TV Series) · as Self - Interviewee |
| 1991 | Charlie Rose (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 1991 | Laf Lafı Açıyor (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1991 | Maury (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 1991 | The 33rd Annual Grammy Awards · as Self - Nominee & Performer |
| 1990 | Christmas In Rockefeller Center (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1990 | Sinatra 75: The Best Is Yet to Come · as Self |
| 1990 | Intimate Portrait (TV Series) · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 1990 | The 32nd Annual Grammy Awards · as Self - Performer & Winner |
| 1989 | Seinfeld (TV Series) · as Bette Midler |
| 1989 | The Arsenio Hall Show (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 1988 | Inside Edition (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1988 | Mickey's 60th Birthday · as Self |
| 1988 | LIVE with Kelly and Mark (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 1987 | Biography (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1987 | The 59th Annual Academy Awards · as Self - Presenter |
| 1987 | The 44th Annual Golden Globe Awards · as Self - Nominee |
| 1986 | One Voice · as Self (interviewee) |
| 1986 | The Oprah Winfrey Show (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 1986 | Women in Rock · as Self |
| 1985 | David Letterman's Holiday Film Festival · as Self (segment: Angst On A Shoestring) |
| 1985 | American Masters (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1985 | Live Aid · as Self |
| 1985 | Larry King Live (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 1985 | We Are the World · as Self |
| 1984 | MTV Video Music Awards (TV Series) · as Self - Host |
| 1984 | 1st Annual MTV Video Music Awards · as Self - Hostess |
| 1984 | Bette Midler: Art or Bust! · as Self |
| 1982 | Wogan (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1982 | The 54th Annual Academy Awards · as Self - Presenter |
| 1982 | Champs-Elysees (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1981 | Entertainment Tonight (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1981 | Wetten, dass..? (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1981 | The 38th Annual Golden Globe Awards · as Self - Nominee |
| 1980 | Divine Madness · as Self - The Divine Miss M |
| 1980 | The 52nd Annual Academy Awards · as Self - Nominee |
| 1979 | CBS Sunday Morning With Jane Pauley (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 1978 | Bruce Forsyth's Big Night (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1978 | The 30th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards · as Self |
| 1978 | 20/20 (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1978 | The South Bank Show (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1977 | Bette Midler: Ol' Red Hair Is Back · as Self - Host |
| 1977 | |
| 1977 | The 19th Annual Grammy Awards · as Self |
| 1976 | The Bette Midler Show · as Self - Host |
| 1975 | Saturday Night Live (TV Series) · as Self - Musical Guest |
| 1975 | Number One (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1975 | Cher (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 1975 | Sunday meetings (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 1975 | Good Morning America (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 1974 | Dinah! (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 1974 | The 28th Annual Tony Awards · as Self - Special Award Recipient |
| 1973 | AFI Life Achievement Award (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1972 | The Music Shop (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1972 | The Midnight Special (TV Series) · as Self - Musical Guest |
| 1971 | Film (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1971 | The Old Grey Whistle Test (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1971 | Parkinson (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 1969 | Sesame Street (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1968 | The 22nd Annual Tony Awards · as Self - Performer |
| 1967 | The Phil Donahue Show (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 1964 | Top of the Pops (TV Series) · as Self - Musical Guest |
| 1962 | The Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1962 | The Merv Griffin Show (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 1961 | The Mike Douglas Show (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1956 | Tony Awards (TV Series) · as Self - Performer |
| 1953 | The Academy Awards (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1952 | Today (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2021 | Mae West: Die verruchte Blonde · as Executive Producer |
| 2020 | In Search of the Sanderson Sisters: A Hocus Pocus Hulaween Takeover · as Executive Producer |
| 2010 | Bette Midler: The Showgirl Must Go On · as Executive Producer |
| 2002 | Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood · as Executive Producer |
| 2001 | Some of My Best Friends (TV Series) · as Executive Producer |
| 2000 | Bette (TV Series) · as Executive Producer |
| 1997 | Bette Midler in Concert: Diva Las Vegas · as Executive Producer |
| 1991 | |
| 1988 | |
| 1985 | American Masters (TV Series) · as Executive Producer |
| 1988 | The Mondo Beyondo Show · as Character Creator: "mondo Beyondo" |
| 1984 | Miami Vice: Brother's Keeper · as Songs |