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Bette Midler
Actor, Producer, Writer, Director
Born December 1, 1945 (76 years)
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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Filmography
| 2022 | Hocus Pocus 2 · as Winifred 'Winnie' Sanderson |
| 2021 | The Addams Family 2 · as Grandma (voice) |
| 2020 | The Glorias · as Bella Abzug |
| 2020 | Coastal Elites · as Miriam Nessler |
| 2019 | The Addams Family · as Grandmama (voice) |
| 2019 | The Politician (TV Series) · as Hadassah Gold |
| 2017 | Freak Show · as Muv |
| 2014 | The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 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 |
| 2006 | Dancing on Ice (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 2005 | Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 2004 | The Stepford Wives · as Bobbie Markowitz |
| 2000 | What Women Want · as Dr. J. M. Perkins (uncredited) |
| 2000 | Drowning Mona · as Mona Dearly |
| 2000 | Isn't She Great · as Jacqueline Susann |
| 2000 | Twentieth Century Fox: The Blockbuster Years · as Rose |
| 2000 | Bette (TV Series) · as Bette |
| 1999 | Jackie's Back! · as Bette Midler |
| 1997 | That Old Feeling · as Lilly Leonard |
| 1996 | The First Wives Club · as Brenda Morelli Cushman |
| 1995 | Get Shorty · as Doris Saphron |
| 1993 | Hocus Pocus · as Winifred 'Winnie' Sanderson |
| 1993 | Gypsy · as Mama Rose |
| 1993 | The Nanny (TV Series) · as Bette Midler |
| 1992 | The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1991 | For the Boys · as Dixie Leonard |
| 1991 | Scenes from a Mall · as Dr. Deborah Finegold-Fifer |
| 1990 | Stella · as Stella Claire |
| 1989 | The Simpsons (TV Series) · as Bette Midler (voice) |
| 1989 | Seinfeld (TV Series) · as Bette Midler |
| 1988 | Oliver & Company · as Georgette (voice) |
| 1988 | Big Business · as Sadie Ratliff / Sadie Shelton |
| 1988 | LIVE with Kelly and Ryan (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1988 | Murphy Brown (TV Series) · as Caprice |
| 1988 | Beaches · as Cecilia 'CC' Carol Bloom |
| 1987 | Outrageous Fortune · as Sandy Brozinsky |
| 1986 | Ruthless People · as Barbara Stone |
| 1986 | Down and Out in Beverly Hills · as Barbara Whiteman |
| 1985 | We Are the World · as Unknown |
| 1982 | Jinxed! · as Bonita Friml |
| 1979 | The Rose · as Mary Rose Foster |
| 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) |
| 1952 | Today (TV Series) · as Unknown |