- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- December 1, 1945
- Place of Birth
- Honolulu, Territory of Hawaii, USA [now Hawaii, USA]
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 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…
Filmography
movieSteps
2026 · Fairy Godmother (voice)
movieBarbara Walters: Tell Me Everything
2025 · Self
movieThe Fabulous Four
2024 · Marilyn
movieThe Greatest Night in Pop
2024 · Self (archive footage)
movieSitting in Bars with Cake
2023 · Benita
movieCommitment to Life
2023 · Self (archive footage)
movieHocus Pocus 2
2022 · Winifred Sanderson
tvGeorge Carlin's American Dream
2022 · Self
movieLucy and Desi
2022 · Self
movieThe Addams Family 2
2021 · Grandma (voice)
movieParkinson at 50
2021 · Self (archive footage)
tvWhen Ruby Wax Met...
2021 · Self (archive footage)
tvThe Circuit
2021 · Self - Singer/Actor
movieThe Glorias
2020 · Bella Abzug
movieMariah Carey's Magical Christmas Special
2020 · Self
movieIn Search of the Sanderson Sisters: A Hocus Pocus Hulaween Takeover
2020 · Winifred Sanderson
movieCoastal Elites
2020 · Miriam Nessler
movieMae West: Dirty Blonde
2020 · Executive Producer
movieThe Addams Family
2019 · Grandma (voice)
tvThe Politician
2019 · Hadassah Gold
movieCamp! The Movie
2019 · Self
movieWhat the World Needs Now: Words by Hal David
2019 · Host
movieHocus Pocus 25th Anniversary Halloween Bash
2018 · Self
movieFreak Show
2018 · Muv
tvThe Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015 · Self - Guest
Bette Midler: One Night Only
2014 · Self
movieBBC Imagine: The Divine Miss M
2014 · Self
tvLate Night with Seth Meyers
2014 · Self - Guest
tvThe Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014 · Self - Guest
movieSix by Sondheim
2013 · Mama Rose (archive footage)
movie20 Feet from Stardom
2013 · Self
movieParental Guidance
2012 · Diane Decker
movieCasting By
2012 · Self
tvInside Comedy
2012 · Self
movieVito
2011 · Self (archive)
movieBette Midler: The Showgirl Must Go On
2010 · Self, Director, Executive Producer
movieCats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore
2010 · Kitty Galore (voice)
movieThe Greatest Ears in Town: The Arif Mardin Story
2010 · Self
The Marriage Ref
2010 · Self - Panelist
The Divine Miss M in Performance
2010 · Self
movieWaking Sleeping Beauty
2009 · Self - Barbara Whiteman / Barbara Stone (archive footage)
tvWatch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009 · Self - Guest
tvRuPaul's Drag Race
2009 · Self (archive footage)
movieThe Women
2008 · Leah Miller
movieThen She Found Me
2007 · Bernice Graves
The Alan Titchmarsh Show
2007 · Self - Guest
movieAnnie Leibovitz: Life Through a Lens
2007 · Self
movieAtlantic Records: The House That Ahmet Built
2007 · Self - Narrator
tvThe Graham Norton Show
2007 · Self
tvThe One Show
2006 · Self - Guest
tvDancing on Ice
2006 · Self - Guest
movieFrom the Big Apple to the Big Easy: The Concert for New Orleans
2006 · Self
tvThe Reichen Show
2005 · Self - Guest
movieBette Midler Sings the Peggy Lee Songbook
2005 · Self
tvKathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List
2005 · Self
movieNos Bastidores de Hollywood
2005 · Self (archive footage)
movieThe Divine Bette Midler
2005 · Self
tvProject Runway
2004 · Self - Guest Judge
movie'Twas the Night - A Holiday Celebration
2004 · Self
movieAFI's 100 Years... 100 Songs: America's Greatest Music in the Movies
2004 · Self
movieBette Midler: Kiss My Brass Live at Madison Square Garden
2004 · Self
movieThe Stepford Wives
2004 · Bobbie Markowitz
tvStrictly Come Dancing
2004 · Self
movieA Barry Manilow Christmas: Live by Request
2003 · Self
tvThe Ellen DeGeneres Show
2003 · Self
tvAmerican Idol
2002 · Self
movieDivine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood
2002 · Executive Producer
movie50 Years of NBC Late Night
2001 · Self (archive footage)
Good Day Live
2001 · Self
movieWhat Women Want
2000 · Dr. J. M. Perkins (uncredited)
tvBette
2000 · Bette
movieBarry Manilow: Greatest Hits & Then Some
2000 · Self
movieDrowning Mona
2000 · Mona Dearly
movieIsn't She Great
2000 · Jacqueline Susann
movieFantasia 2000
2000 · Self - Host
movieBette Midler: Divine Miss Millennium
1999 · Self
movieJackie's Back!
1999 · Bette Midler
movieGet Bruce!
1999 · Self
movieMotown 40: The Music Is Forever
1998 · Self (archive footage)
tvThe View
1997 · Self
movieThat Old Feeling
1997 · Lilly Leonard
movieBette Midler: Diva Las Vegas
1997 · Self
movieThe First Wives Club
1996 · Brenda Morelli Cushman
tvThe Rosie O'Donnell Show
1996 · Self - Guest
tvRuby Wax Meets
1996 · Self - Guest
movieGet Shorty
1995 · Doris Saphron
movieHow to Be Absolutely Fabulous
1995 · Self
moviePeter Allen: The Boy From Oz
1995 · Self
movieGypsy
1994 · Rose Hovick
tvInside the Actors Studio
1994 · Self
movieA Century of Cinema
1994 · Self
tvIntimate Portrait
1993 · Self (archive footage)
tvThe Nanny
1993 · Bette Midler
tvLate Night with Conan O'Brien
1993 · Self - Guest
movieHocus Pocus
1993 · Winifred Sanderson
movieAnnie Leibovitz 1993 Phaidon Documentary
1993 · Self
movieEarth and the American Dream
1992 · Reader (voice)
tvThe Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992 · Self - Guest
tvShelley Duvall's Bedtime Stories
1992 · Narrator (voice)
movieFor the Boys
1991 · Dixie Leonard, Producer
tvLaf Lafı Açıyor
1991
movieScenes from a Mall
1991 · Dr. Deborah Finegold-Fifer
AN EVENING WITH: FRIENDS OF THE ENVIRONMENT
1990 · Self
movieThe Earth Day Special
1990 · Mother Earth
movieStella
1990 · Stella Claire
tvThe Simpsons
1989 · Bette Midler (voice)
tvSeinfeld
1989 · Bette Midler
movieThe Lottery
1989 · Woman
movieBeaches
1988 · CC Bloom, Producer
movieOliver & Company
1988 · Georgette (voice)
movieMickey's 60th Birthday
1988 · Self
tvLIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988 · Self - Guest
movieBig Business
1988 · Sadie Ratliff / Sadie Shelton
movieBette Midler's Mondo Beyondo
1988 · Mondo Beyondo; Eudora P Quickly
movieOutrageous Fortune
1987 · Sandy Brozinsky
movieBarbra Streisand: One Voice
1986 · Self (Interviewee)
movieRuthless People
1986 · Barbara Stone
tvAmerican Masters
1986 · Self, Executive Producer
movieDown and Out in Beverly Hills
1986 · Barbara Whiteman
movieWomen in Rock
1986 · Self
movieLive Aid
1985 · Self
movieWe Are the World: The Story Behind the Song
1985 · Self
movieMiami Vice: Brother's Keeper
1984 · Songs
tvMTV Video Music Awards
1984 · Self - Host
movieBette Midler: Art or Bust
1984 · Self, Writer
Bette Midler: No Frills
1983 · Herself
movieJinxed!
1982 · Bonita Friml
tvWogan
1982 · Self
tvChamps-Elysées
1982 · Self (archive footage)
tvEntertainment Tonight
1981 · Self
tvWetten, dass..?
1981 · Self
movieDivine Madness
1980 · Self - The Divine Miss M, Writer
movieThe Sensational Shocking Wonderful Wacky 70's
1980 · Self (archive footage)
movieThe Rose
1979 · Mary Rose Foster
movieBette Midler: Ol' Red Hair Is Back
1977 · Self - Host, Writer
movieRolling Stone Magazine: The 10th Anniversary
1977 · Self
movieThe Bette Midler Show
1976 · Self - Host
tvSaturday Night Live
1975 · Self - Musical Guest
tvVegetable Soup
1975 · Woody The Spoon
tvNuméro un
1975 · Self (archive footage)
tvCher
1975 · Self - Guest
tvLes Rendez-vous du dimanche
1975 · Self - Guest
movieThe Thorn
1974 · Virgin Mary
tvMusikladen
1972 · Self
movieBette Midler at the Continental Baths
1971 · Self
movieGoodbye, Columbus
1969 · Wedding Guest (uncredited)
movieThe Detective
1968 · Woman at Party
movieHawaii
1966 · Passenger (uncredited)
tvThe Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962 · Self
tvThe Mike Douglas Show
1961 · Self
tvTony Awards
1956 · Self - Performer
tvThe Oscars
1953 · Self
tvToday
1952 · Self
movieHocus Pocus 3
— · Winifred Sanderson
movieA Childhood History Plan
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Cut Off
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tvBette Midler: The Showgirl Must Go On
— · Creator