Bette Midler

Also known as The Divine Miss M

Bette Midler is an American actress, comedian, singer, and author. Throughout her six-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.

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Bette Midler is an American comedian, film actor, singer, and television actor. Born in Honolulu in 1945, she began her work period in 1965. She is educated at the University of Hawaiʻi System, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, and HB Studio. Her professional activities have included work locations in New York City and the United States.

Midler’s musical career spans genres including pop music, rock music, disco, and jazz. She has recorded for Atlantic Records and Columbia Records, performing as a mezzo-soprano using her voice. She is recognized with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame and the Kennedy Center Honors. Additionally, she has received a Primetime Emmy Award and a Grammy Award for Best New Artist. She was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress and a Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Actress. She speaks and writes in American English and has one child, Sophie von Haselberg.

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Honolulu, Territory of Hawaii, USA [now Hawaii, USA]

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…

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Steps — Fairy Godmother (voice)2026
Barbara Walters: Tell Me Everything — Self2025
The Fabulous Four — Marilyn2024
The Greatest Night in Pop — Self (archive footage)2024
Sitting in Bars with Cake — Benita2023
Commitment to Life — Self (archive footage)2023
Lucy and Desi — Self2022
Hocus Pocus 2 — Winifred Sanderson2022
George Carlin's American Dream — Self2022
Parkinson at 50 — Self (archive footage)2021

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Type: Person
Gender: Female
Country: United States
Active from: 1945

Discography

Do You Want to Dance? / Superstar1972
The Divine Miss M1972
Bette Midler1973
Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy1973
Do You Want to Dance? / Daytime Hustler1973
Friends / Chapel of Love1973
In the Mood1973
Bette Midler1974
Higher and Higher (Your Love Keeps Lifting Me)1974
Songs for the New Depression1976

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Instance of: human
Named after: Bette Davis
Gender: female
Citizenship: United States
Place of birth: Honolulu
Child: Sophie von Haselberg
Occupation: film director
Languages spoken: English language
Native language: American English
Award: Hasty Pudding Woman of the Year
Notable work: Wind Beneath My Wings
Field of work: show business
Hair colour: blond hair
Genre: jazz
Instrument: voice
Record label: Columbia Records
Official website: bettemidler.com
Image: Bette Midler 2021 Kennedy Center Honors (cropped).jpg
Number of children: 1
Work location: United States
Voice type: mezzo-soprano

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Commons category: Bette Midler
date of birth: 1945-12-01
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nominated for: Grammy Award for Best New Artist
Commons gallery: Bette Midler
start of work period: 1965-00-00
name in native language: Bette Midler
social media followers: 111000
writing language: American English
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Bette Midler (/bɛt ˈmɪdlər/ bet MID-lər; born December 1, 1945) is an American actress, comedian, singer, and author. Throughout her six-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, 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, selling over 30 million records worldwide, and has received four Gold, three Platinum, and three Multiplatinum albums by 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".

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