Bette Midler
Known for Acting · 152 credits
- Born
- 1945-12-01 (age 80)
- Place of birth
- Honolulu, Territory of Hawaii, USA [now Hawaii, USA]
Biography
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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Known For
The Simpsons
1989
as Bette Midler (voice)
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
as Self
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009
as Self - Guest
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014
as Self - Guest
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
as Self - Guest
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014
as Self - Guest
TV Shows (53)
The Simpsons
1989
as Bette Midler (voice)
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
as Self
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009
as Self - Guest
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014
as Self - Guest
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
as Self - Guest
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014
as Self - Guest
The Graham Norton Show
2007
as Self
Seinfeld
1989
as Bette Midler
Saturday Night Live
1975
as Self - Musical Guest
The Mike Douglas Show
1961
as Self
The View
1997
as Self
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988
as Self - Guest
Project Runway
2004
as Self - Guest Judge
RuPaul's Drag Race
2009
as Self (archive footage)
The Nanny
1993
as Bette Midler
The One Show
2006
as Self - Guest
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
2003
as Self
American Idol
2002
as Self
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993
as Self - Guest
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992
as Self - Guest
Wogan
1982
as Self
Champs-Elysées
1982
as Self (archive footage)
Tony Awards
1956
as Self - Performer
MTV Video Music Awards
1984
as Self - Host
Wetten, dass..?
1981
as Self
Good Day Live
2001
as Self
Intimate Portrait
1993
as Self (archive footage)
American Masters
1986
as Self
The Reichen Show
2005
as Self - Guest
Strictly Come Dancing
2004
as Self
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
1975
as Self - Guest
Numéro un
1975
as Self (archive footage)
The Oscars
1953
as Self
The Alan Titchmarsh Show
2007
as Self - Guest
Dancing on Ice
2006
as Self - Guest
Today
1952
as Self
Entertainment Tonight
1981
as Self
Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List
2005
as Self
Inside Comedy
2012
as Self
The Politician
2019
as Hadassah Gold
The Marriage Ref
2010
as Self - Panelist
Musikladen
1972
as Self
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
1996
as Self - Guest
Cher
1975
as Self - Guest
Bette
2000
as Bette
Shelley Duvall's Bedtime Stories
1992
as Narrator (voice)
Ruby Wax Meets
1996
as Self - Guest
Vegetable Soup
1975
as Woody The Spoon
George Carlin's American Dream
2022
as Self
When Ruby Wax Met...
2021
as Self (archive footage)
Inside the Actors Studio
1994
as Self
Laf Lafı Açıyor
1991
The Circuit
2021
as Self - Singer/Actor
Movies (99)
What Women Want
2000
as Dr. J. M. Perkins (uncredited)
Hocus Pocus
1993
as Winifred Sanderson
The Addams Family
2019
as Grandma (voice)
Oliver & Company
1988
as Georgette (voice)
Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore
2010
as Kitty Galore (voice)
Fantasia 2000
2000
as Self - Host
Mariah Carey's Magical Christmas Special
2020
as Self
Hocus Pocus 2
2022
as Winifred Sanderson
Get Shorty
1995
as Doris Saphron
The First Wives Club
1996
as Brenda Morelli Cushman
The Addams Family 2
2021
as Grandma (voice)
The Stepford Wives
2004
as Bobbie Markowitz
The Greatest Night in Pop
2024
as Self (archive footage)
Ruthless People
1986
as Barbara Stone
The Women
2008
as Leah Miller
Beaches
1988
as CC Bloom
Nos Bastidores de Hollywood
2005
as Self (archive footage)
Drowning Mona
2000
as Mona Dearly
The Earth Day Special
1990
as Mother Earth
Big Business
1988
as Sadie Ratliff / Sadie Shelton
Down and Out in Beverly Hills
1986
as Barbara Whiteman
The Detective
1968
as Woman at Party
Six by Sondheim
2013
as Mama Rose (archive footage)
The Glorias
2020
as Bella Abzug
Live Aid
1985
as Self
Isn't She Great
2000
as Jacqueline Susann
Stella
1990
as Stella Claire
Get Bruce!
1999
as Self
Then She Found Me
2007
as Bernice Graves
That Old Feeling
1997
as Lilly Leonard
Parental Guidance
2012
as Diane Decker
Freak Show
2018
as Muv
Waking Sleeping Beauty
2009
as Self - Barbara Whiteman / Barbara Stone (archive footage)
Sitting in Bars with Cake
2023
as Benita
The Fabulous Four
2024
as Marilyn
For the Boys
1991
as Dixie Leonard
Hawaii
1966
as Passenger (uncredited)
Casting By
2012
as Self
Divine Madness
1980
as Self - The Divine Miss M
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Songs: America's Greatest Music in the Movies
2004
as Self
Jackie's Back!
1999
as Bette Midler
In Search of the Sanderson Sisters: A Hocus Pocus Hulaween Takeover
2020
as Winifred Sanderson
The Rose
1979
as Mary Rose Foster
Annie Leibovitz: Life Through a Lens
2007
as Self
Jinxed!
1982
as Bonita Friml
Earth and the American Dream
1992
as Reader (voice)
Gypsy
1994
as Rose Hovick
Outrageous Fortune
1987
as Sandy Brozinsky
Hocus Pocus 25th Anniversary Halloween Bash
2018
as Self
Mickey's 60th Birthday
1988
as Self
Cut Off
The Sensational Shocking Wonderful Wacky 70's
1980
as Self (archive footage)
20 Feet from Stardom
2013
as Self
Women in Rock
1986
as Self
We Are the World: The Story Behind the Song
1985
as Self
Commitment to Life
2023
as Self (archive footage)
Barbra Streisand: One Voice
1986
as Self (Interviewee)
A Century of Cinema
1994
as Self
Motown 40: The Music Is Forever
1998
as Self (archive footage)
Goodbye, Columbus
1969
as Wedding Guest (uncredited)
Camp! The Movie
2019
as Self
Parkinson at 50
2021
as Self (archive footage)
Lucy and Desi
2022
as Self
Vito
2011
as Self (archive)
Rolling Stone Magazine: The 10th Anniversary
1977
as Self
Coastal Elites
2020
as Miriam Nessler
Barbara Walters: Tell Me Everything
2025
as Self
Scenes from a Mall
1991
as Dr. Deborah Finegold-Fifer
Annie Leibovitz 1993 Phaidon Documentary
1993
as Self
Peter Allen: The Boy From Oz
1995
as Self
Steps
as Fairy Godmother (voice)
The Lottery
1989
as Woman
AN EVENING WITH: FRIENDS OF THE ENVIRONMENT
1990
as Self
How to Be Absolutely Fabulous
1995
as Self
Bette Midler's Mondo Beyondo
1988
as Mondo Beyondo; Eudora P Quickly
Bette Midler: Art or Bust
1984
as Self
Bette Midler: The Showgirl Must Go On
2010
as Self
Hocus Pocus 3
as Winifred Sanderson
'Twas the Night - A Holiday Celebration
2004
as Self
The Bette Midler Show
1976
as Self - Host
The Thorn
1974
as Virgin Mary
From the Big Apple to the Big Easy: The Concert for New Orleans
2006
as Self
Bette Midler: Diva Las Vegas
1997
as Self
The Greatest Ears in Town: The Arif Mardin Story
2010
as Self
Bette Midler at the Continental Baths
1971
as Self
The Divine Bette Midler
2005
as Self
A Barry Manilow Christmas: Live by Request
2003
as Self
Bette Midler: Ol' Red Hair Is Back
1977
as Self - Host
Atlantic Records: The House That Ahmet Built
2007
as Self - Narrator
What the World Needs Now: Words by Hal David
2019
as Host
Bette Midler: One Night Only
2014
as Self
A Childhood History Plan
The Divine Miss M in Performance
2010
as Self
Bette Midler: Kiss My Brass Live at Madison Square Garden
2004
as Self
BBC Imagine: The Divine Miss M
2014
as Self
Bette Midler: Divine Miss Millennium
1999
as Self
Bette Midler Sings the Peggy Lee Songbook
2005
as Self
Barry Manilow: Greatest Hits & Then Some
2000
as Self
Bette Midler: No Frills
1983
as Herself
About Bette Midler
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 Roo… With 152 credits spanning from 1952 to 2025, Bette Midler has appeared in 99 films and 53 TV shows.
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Most Popular Bette Midler Movies
- What Women Want (2000) — as Dr. J. M. Perkins (uncredited)
- Hocus Pocus (1993) — as Winifred Sanderson
- The Addams Family (2019) — as Grandma (voice)
- Oliver & Company (1988) — as Georgette (voice)
- Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore (2010) — as Kitty Galore (voice)
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