Bette Midler

Bette Midler in 1990

Bette Midler (born December 1, 1945) is an American actress, singer and comedian. She starred in movies including Ruthless People, Beaches and Hocus Pocus. Midler has won many awards in the entertainment industry. She was born in Honolulu, Hawaii.

Career

Midler released her first album, The Divine Miss M, in December 1972. Midler won the 1973 Grammy Award for Best New Artist because of it.

In 1979 Midler appeared in her first movie, The Rose, as the main character.

In 1998 she played Cecilia Bloom in Beaches. The movie's soundtrack featured a cover version of "Wind Beneath My Wings" sung by Midler. It reached No.1.

In 2000 she had her own sitcom called Bette. It ended after one season.

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1966	Hawaii	Passenger	Uncredited
1968	The Detective	Girl at Party	Uncredited
1969	Goodbye, Columbus	Wedding Guest	Uncredited, cut scene
1971	The Thorn	Virgin Mary	Also known as The Divine Mr. J; blocked distribution of movie
1972	Scarecrow in a Garden of Cucumbers	unknown	Voice
1979	The Rose	Mary Rose Foster
1980	Divine Madness!	Herself/ Divine Miss M.	Concert movie
1982	Jinxed!	Bonita Friml
1986	Down and Out in Beverly Hills	Barbara Whiteman
	Ruthless People	Barbara Stone
1987	Outrageous Fortune	Sandy Brozinsky
1988	Big Business	Sadie Shelton/Sadie Ratliff
	Oliver & Company	Georgette	Voice
	Beaches	C. C. Bloom
1989	The Lottery	Music Teacher	Short film
1990	Stella	Stella Claire
1991	Scenes from a Mall	Deborah Fifer
	For the Boys	Dixie Leonard
1993	Hocus Pocus	Winifred 'Winnie' Sanderson
1995	Get Shorty	Doris Saphron	Uncredited
1996	The First Wives Club	Brenda Cushman
1997	That Old Feeling	Lilly Leonard
1999	Get Bruce	Herself
	Fantasia 2000	Herself / Hostess	Segment: "Piano Concerto No. 2, Allegro, Opus 102"
2000	Drowning Mona	Mona Dearly
	Isn't She Great	Jacqueline Susann
	What Women Want	Dr. J.M. Perkins	Uncredited
2002	Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood		Executive producer
2004	The Stepford Wives	Bobbie Markowitz
2007	Then She Found Me	Bernice Graves
2008	The Women	Leah Miller
2010	Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore	Kitty Galore	Voice
2012	Casting By	Herself	Documentary
	Parental Guidance	Diane Decker
2017	Freak Show	Muv
2019	The Addams Family	Grandmama	Voice
TBA	The Glorias: A Life on the Road	Bella Abzug	Post-production

Other websites

• Bette Midler on IMDb