Bette Midler

Bette Midler

Date of Birth:

Dec 01, 1945

Place of Birth:

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

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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Bette Midler, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

filmography:

Hawaii Hawaii

1966

The Thorn The Thorn

1974

Get Shorty Get Shorty

1995

Casting By Casting By

2012

Live Aid Live Aid

1985

Gypsy Gypsy

1993

Stella Stella

1990

The Rose The Rose

1979

Get Bruce! Get Bruce!

1999

Jinxed! Jinxed!

1982

Beaches Beaches

1988

The Women The Women

2008

Freak Show Freak Show

2018

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