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Bette Midler
Bette Midler backstage at the Grammy Awards, February 1990
Background information
Also known as	The Divine Miss M
Born	December 1, 1945 (1945-12-01) (age 64)
Origin	Honolulu, Hawaii, U.S.
Genres	Vocal, pop, rock, comedy
Occupations	Singer, actress, comedienne
Years active	1965–present
Labels	Atlantic (1972–1997) Warner Bros. (1998–2001) Columbia (2003–present)
Associated acts	Barry Manilow
Website	Bette Midler

Bette Midler (born December 1, 1945) is an American singer, actress and comedian, also known (by her informal stage name) as The Divine Miss M. During her more than forty year career, she has been nominated for two Academy Awards; and won four Grammy Awards, four Golden Globes, three Emmy Awards, and a special Tony Award.

Contents 1 Early life 2 Career 2.1 The theater actress 2.2 1970-1980 Success 2.3 1981-1989 Decline & Comeback 2.4 1990-2000: Continued Success 2.5 2000 2.6 Music 3 Recent work 4 Charity work 5 Discography 6 Tours 7 Filmography 7.1 Television 8 See also 9 References 10 Further reading 11 External links

Early life

Midler was born in Honolulu, Hawaii. She is the daughter of seamstress/housewife Ruth (née Schindel) and house painter Fred Midler, who worked at a Navy base in Hawaii.¹² Her parents were from Paterson, New Jersey and moved to Honolulu before Midler was born. She was named after the actress Bette Davis, though Davis pronounced her first name in two syllables, and Midler uses one, /ˈbɛt/. Midler's family was one of the few Jewish families in a mostly Asian neighborhood³. She was raised in nearby Aiea and attended Radford High School ⁴ in Honolulu. She was voted in Hoss Election 1961 "Most Talkative" and in her Senior Year (Class of 1963) "Most Dramatic".⁵ She majored in drama at the University of Hawaii (though she only attended for three semesters) ⁶ and earned money in the film Hawaii (released in 1966) as an extra, playing a seasick passenger named Mrs David Buff in the film.

Career

The theater actress

In the summer of 1965, Midler relocated to New York City, using the money from having worked as an extra in the film Hawaii. She landed her first professional onstage role in Tom Eyen's Off-Off-Broadway plays in 1965, Miss Nefertiti Regrets and Cinderella Revisited, a children's play by day and an adult show by night.⁷ From 1966 to 1969, she played the role of Tzeitel in Fiddler on the Roof on Broadway; tragically, during this period, her sister Judith, visiting New York to see her perform, was killed by a taxi cab^{citation needed}.It was very sad and hurtful moment but Bette was the most heartbroken of all.

In the summer of 1970, Midler began singing in the Continental Baths, a gay bathhouse in the city, where she became close to her piano accompanist, Barry Manilow. He later produced her first album, 1972's The Divine Miss M. It was during her time at the Continental Baths that she built up a core following. In the late 1990s, during the release of her album Bathhouse Betty, Midler commented on her time performing there:

"Despite the way things turned out [with the AIDS crisis], I'm still proud of those days. I feel like I was at the forefront of the gay liberation movement, and I hope I did my part to help it move forward. So, I kind of wear the label of 'Bathhouse Betty' with pride." ⁸

In 1971, Midler starred in the first professional production of The Who's rock opera Tommy with director Richard Pearlman and the Seattle Opera.⁹ It was during the run of Tommy that Midler was asked to appear on the The Tonight Show. She proved to be so popular that her career immediately skyrocketed.

1970-1980 Success

Midler released her debut album The Divine Miss M on Atlantic Records in December 1972. It streaked into Billboard's Top 10 and became a million-selling Platinum-certified album, making her a star in the process and earning Midler the 1973 Grammy Award for Best New Artist. It featured three hit singles with "Do You Want To Dance?", "Friends", and "Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy" which became Bette's first #1 Adult Contemporary hit. Bette's self titled follow-up album was released at the end of 1973. It also zoomed into Billboard's Top 10 and eventually sold close to a million copies in the United States alone. Midler continued the success of her first album with the self-titled Bette Midler (1973), Songs For The New Depression (1976) and Broken Blossom all of which established her as one of the most diversified and versatile talents in the industry at that time.

In 1975, she received a Special Tony Award for her contribution to Broadway with Clams on the Half Shell Revue playing at the Minskoff Theater. From 1975–1978, she also provided the voice of Woody the Spoon on the PBS educational series Vegetable Soup.

In 1977, Midler's first television special, Ol' Red Hair is Back, premiered, featuring guest stars Dustin Hoffman and Emmett Kelly. It went on to win the Emmy Award for Outstanding Special - Comedy-Variety or Music.

In 1979, Midler made her first motion picture, starring in the 1960s-era rock and roll tragedy The Rose, as a drug-addicted rock star modeled after Janis Joplin. That year she also released her fifth studio album; Thighs and Whispers. Midler's first foray into disco did not however match her previous successes and went on to be her all-time lowest charting album, peaking at #65 on the Billboard Pop Albums chart. Soon afterwards she left to go on a world concert tour, with one of the shows (in Pasadena) being filmed and released as the concert film Divine Madness. Also in 1980, she was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress for The Rose, for which she won the Golden Globe for Best Actress (Comedy or Musical). The film's acclaimed soundtrack album sold over two million copies in the United States alone, earning a Double Platinum certification. The single version of the song held the #1 position on Billboard's Adult Contemporary chart for five consecutive weeks and reached #3 on Billboard's Hot 100. It earned Midler her first Gold single, and won the Grammy award for Best Pop Vocal Performance, Female.

1981-1989 Decline & Comeback

In 1981, Midler worked on the troubled project Jinxed! It was a comedy, but during its production, she did not get along with her co-star (Ken Wahl) or the film's director (veteran Don Siegel). Released in 1982, the film was a major flop. Midler would appear in no other films till 1986, and during those four years, she concentrated on her music career. In 1983 she released the album No Frills, produced by Chuck Plotkin, best known for his work with Bob Dylan and Bruce Springsteen, the album included three single releases; the ballad All I Need To Know, a cover of Marvin Crenshaw's My Favorite Waste of Time and Midler's take on the Rolling Stones cover Beast of Burden. The rock and New Wave album went on to become Midler's second lowest charting album in the US, yet surprisingly went on to become her highest selling album to date in Continental Europe and Scandinavia, as well as West Germany.

In 1985, she was a performer on USA for Africa's fund-raising single "We Are the World," and participated at the 'Live Aid' event at JFK stadium in Philadelphia. Also in 1985, she signed a multi-picture deal with Touchstone Pictures. She was subsequently cast by director Paul Mazursky in Down and Out in Beverly Hills, beginning a successful comedic acting career. She followed that with Ruthless People (1986), Outrageous Fortune (1987), and Big Business (1988). She scored a hit with the 1988 tearjerker Beaches, co-starring Barbara Hershey. The accompanying soundtrack remains Bette's all-time biggest selling disc, reaching #2 on Billboard's album chart and with US sales of four million copies. It featured her biggest hit, "Wind Beneath My Wings," which went to #1 on Billboard's Hot 100, achieved Platinum status, and won Midler the Record of the Year award at the 1990 Grammys.

1990-2000: Continued Success

Midler lent her voice to the animated character Georgette, a snobbish poodle, in Disney's Oliver & Company (1989). In 1990, she co-starred with Woody Allen in Scenes from a Mall, again for Mazursky. She earned another Academy Award nomination for Best Actress for 1991's For the Boys, co-starring with James Caan and directed by Mark Rydell, who had also directed The Rose. For the latter she was awarded another Golden Globe for Best Actress (Comedy or Musical). She reportedly turned down the lead role in 1992's Sister Act, which instead went to Whoopi Goldberg.

Other films include Stella (1990), Hocus Pocus (1993), The First Wives Club (1996), and The Stepford Wives (2004). Her television work includes an Emmy-nominated version of the stage musical Gypsy and a guest appearance as herself in Fran Drescher's The Nanny.

Midler won an Emmy Award in 1992 for her memorable performance on the next-to-last episode of The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson in May 1992; during which she sang an emotion-laden "One for My Baby (and One More for the Road)" to Johnny Carson. Another memorable event occurred that night, Midler began singing "Here's That Rainy Day," Carson's favorite song. Carson then joined a few lyrics later, and a piano soon after. She appeared on Seinfeld in the episode "The Understudy," which was the season finale of that show's sixth season in 1995.

Her 1997 HBO special Diva Las Vegas earned her a third Emmy Award, for Outstanding Performance in a Variety or Music Program.

2000

Midler has guest-starred in various sitcoms over the years, including The Simpsons in the episode "Krusty Gets Kancelled" (she is first seen traversing a highway picking up trash when she is approached by Bart and Lisa with a request for Midler to appear on a show to revive Krusty's dying career). She also appeared on The Nanny in the aptly titled episode "You Bette Your Life". In 2000, Midler starred in her own sitcom, Bette. Airing on CBS, initial ratings were high but soon declined and the show did not last a full season, being cancelled in early 2001. During the show's short lifespan, Bette's daughter (played by Lindsay Lohan in the pilot, then by Marina Malota starting with the third episode) and her husband were recast (Robert Hays succeeded Kevin Dunn in the final episode aired). The show was also reportedly rocked by backstage turmoil.

Also in 2001, Bette or Bust, a book chronicling Midler's "Divine Miss Millennium Tour", was released.

Music

Midler has won four Grammy Awards including the 1973 Best New Artist and the prestigious Record of the Year in 1989 for her Platinum-certified #1 Pop hit "Wind Beneath My Wings", the theme from Beaches. Her rendition of the 1990 "From a Distance" also earned a Grammy award (for the song's composer Julie Gold), and became her longest running #1 - six consecutive weeks - on Billboard's Adult Contemporary chart. It also reached #2 Pop and was another Platinum-selling single for Bette. When the American Film Institute announced "The 100 Years of the Greatest Songs" on June 22, 2004, two of Midler's recordings were selected by the board: "Wind Beneath My Wings" (#44) and "The Rose" (#83). However, after years of erratic record sales, Midler was dropped from the Warner Brothers label in 2001, after nearly three decades with Warner Music Group.

After a long-standing feud with Barry Manilow, the two joined forces for the first time in twenty years in 2003 to record "Bette Midler Sings the Rosemary Clooney Songbook." Of the project, Manilow said he'd had a dream that he was recording with Midler again, so he called her up with the idea and she agreed that it was due time to work together again. Now signed to Columbia Records, the album was an instant success, being certified gold in only a few weeks. One of the Clooney Songbook selections, "This Ole House," became Midler's first Christian radio single shipped by Rick Hendrix and his positive music movement. The album was nominated for a Grammy the following year. worldwide ¹⁰.

In 2003–2004, Midler toured the U.S. in her new show, Kiss My Brass, to sell-out audiences. In early 2005, an Australian tour, Kiss My Brass Down Under, was equally successful. Midler joined forces again with Manilow for another tribute album, Bette Midler Sings the Peggy Lee Songbook. Released in October 2005, the album sold 55,000 copies the first week of release and debuted at #10.

Recent work

In 2006, a new Christmas album Cool Yule was released by Midler featuring the title song (written by Steve Allen) and a duet with Johnny Mathis of "Winter Wonderland/Let It Snow". Midler next starred in the 2007 film Then She Found Me, directed by Helen Hunt and starring Hunt, Matthew Broderick and Colin Firth, and appeared on the American Idol (season 6) finale, singing "The Wind Beneath My Wings" live at the Kodak Theatre.

On December 6, 2007, Midler's album Cool Yule received a Grammy nomination for Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album.

Midler has a Vegas show titled "Bette Midler: The Showgirl Must Go On" at The Colosseum at Caesars Palace¹¹. The show consisted The Staggering Harlettes, twenty female dancers and a thirteen piece band. Midler was reportedly paid $40 million per year for her 200 shows¹¹ The show debuted on February 20, 2008 and played it's final performance on January 31, 2010 after a two year run. ¹¹¹².

A new "best of" album, "Jackpot: The Best Bette", was released in 2008 and reached #66 on the U.S. charts, and #6 in the U.K., where it was certified Platinum.

In June 2009, Midler appeared on the Bravo TV show "My Life on the D-List" with Kathy Griffin.

December 2009 saw Bette Midler appear on the British Royal Variety Performance in front of Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II. She performed "In My Life" and "Wind Beneath My Wings" (also known as "Hero") as the closing act.

More recently, Midler confirmed that she will be releasing a new album of love songs in 2010. It is slated to be released in March of this year under the title Leavin' Las Vegas in the United States. The first track is scheduled to be released in early March and is widely believed to be called "I Sang A Lullaby." In October, at her annual Halloween Ball, she spoke about the track saying that it would be a track accompanied by a ukelele, written and composed for her by Julie Gold, who had also contributed "From A Distance" to Midler's repertoire. The title was derived from the only song Bette knew as a young singer.

Charity work

In 1995, Midler founded the New York Restoration Project, a non-profit organization with the goal of revitalizing neglected neighborhood parks in economically disadvantaged neighborhoods of New York City. These include Highbridge Park, Fort Washington Park, and Fort Tryon Park in upper Manhattan and Roberto Clemente State Park and Bridge Park in the Bronx.

In 1999, the city planned to auction 114 community gardens for commercial development. Midler led a coalition of greening organizations to save them. NYRP took ownership of 60 of the most neglected plots. Today Midler and her organization work with local volunteers and community groups to ensure that these gardens are kept safe, clean and vibrant. In 2003, Midler opened Swindler Cove Park, a new 5-acre (20,000 m²) public park on the Harlem River shore featuring specially designed educational facilities and the Peter Jay Sharp Boathouse, the first community rowing facility to be built on the Harlem River in more than 100 years. The organization offers free in-school and after-school environmental education programming to students from high-poverty Title I schools.

Discography

Tours

1970-1972: Continental Baths 1972: Cross Country Tour 1973: The Divine Miss M Tour 1975: Clams on the Half Shell Revue 1975-1976: The Depression Tour 1977-1978: An Intimate Evening with Bette 1978: The Rose Live In Concert 1978: World Tour (Bette Midler)|World Tour 1979-1980: Bette! Divine Madness

1980: Divine Madness - Pasadena 1982-1983: De Tour 1993: Experience The Divine 1994: Experience The Divine Again! 1997: Diva Las Vegas 1999: Bathhouse Betty Club Tour 1999-2000: The Divine Miss Millennium Tour 2003-2004: Kiss My Brass 2005: Kiss My Brass Down Under 2008-2010: The Showgirl Must Go On

Filmography

Year	Film	Role	Notes
1966	Hawaii	Passenger	uncredited
1969	Goodbye, Columbus	Wedding Guest	(uncredited)
1972	Scarecrow in a Garden of Cucumbers	unknown	voice
1974	The Thorn	Virgin Mary
1979	The Rose	Mary Rose Foster	Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy Nominated — Academy Award for Best Actress Nominated — BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role
1980	Divine Madness	Herself/ Divine Miss M.	concert film Nominated — Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy
1982	Jinxed!	Bonita Friml
1986	Ruthless People	Barbara Stone	American Comedy Award for Funniest Actress in a Motion Picture
	Down and Out in Beverly Hills	Barbara Whiteman	Nominated — Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy
1987	Outrageous Fortune	Sandy Brozinsky	American Comedy Award for Funniest Actress in a Motion Picture Nominated — Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy
1988	Beaches	C.C. Bloom
	Oliver and Company	Georgette	voice
	Big Business	Sadie Shelton/Sadie Ratliff	American Comedy Award for Funniest Actress in a Motion Picture
1989	The Lottery		Short film
1990	Stella	Stella Claire
1991	For the Boys	Dixie Leonard	Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy Nominated — Academy Award for Best Actress
	Scenes from a Mall	Deborah Fifer
1993	Gypsy	Mama Rose	TV movie Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for TV Nominated — Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress – Miniseries or a Movie
	Hocus Pocus	Winifred 'Winnie' Sanderson	Nominated — Saturn Award for Best Actress
1995	Get Shorty	Doris Saphron	uncredited American Comedy Award for Funniest Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture
1996	The First Wives Club	Brenda Cushman	National Board of Review Award for Best Cast Nominated — Satellite Award for Best Actress - Motion Picture Musical or Comedy
1997	That Old Feeling	Lilly Leonard
1999	Get Bruce	Herself
	Fantasia 2000	Herself / Hostess	(segment "Piano Concerto No. 2, Allegro, Opus 102")
2000	What Women Want	Dr. J.M. Perkins	uncredited
	Isn't She Great	Jacqueline Susann
	Drowning Mona	Mona Dearly
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
	Sex and the City 2	Cameo Role

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1976	Vegetable Soup	Woody the Spoon	voice
	The Bette Midler Show	Herself	TV special
1977	Ol' Red Hair is Back	Herself	TV special Emmy Award for Outstanding Comedy-Variety or Music Special Nominated — Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing in a Comedy-Variety or Music Special
1984	Art Or Bust	Herself/ Divine Miss M.	TV special
1989	The Lottery	Music teacher	Created to demonstrate special effects; shown only at Disney-MGM Studios
1990	Earth Day Special	Mother Nature
1993	The Simpsons	Herself	"Krusty Gets Kancelled"
1997	Diva Las Vegas	Herself/ Divine Miss M.	TV special Emmy Award for Individual Performance in a Variety or Music Program Nominated — Emmy Award for Outstanding Comedy-Variety or Music Special
	The Nanny	Herself	"You Bette Your Life"
1995	Seinfeld	Herself	"The Understudy"
1999	Jackie's Back	Herself
2000-2001	Bette	Bette	18 episodes Nominated — Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Television Series Musical or Comedy
2008	Strictly Come Dancing	Herself	Performed Wind Beneath My Wings
2009	Loose Women	Herself	Guest Host
	Dancing On Ice	Herself	Performed
	Strictly Come Dancing	Herself	Performed The Rose
	"The One Show"	Herself	Guest
	"The Royal Variety Performance"	Herself	Performed

See also

• List of number-one hits (United States)
• List of artists who reached number one on the Hot 100 (U.S.)
• List of number-one dance hits (United States)
• List of artists who reached number one on the U.S. Dance chart

References

Further reading

"A View From A Broad" 1981

• The Saga of Baby Divine (Crown Publishers, 1984), ISBN 978-0517550403
• Bette: An Intimate Biography of Bette Midler by George Mair (Birch Lane Press, 1995), ISBN 1-55972-272-X

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Preceded by none

MTV Video Music Awards host 1984 (co-host with Dan Aykroyd)

Succeeded by Eddie Murphy

v • d • e Bette Midler Studio albums The Divine Miss M · Bette Midler · Songs for the New Depression · Broken Blossom · Thighs and Whispers · No Frills · Some People's Lives · Bette of Roses · Bathhouse Betty · Bette · Bette Midler Sings the Rosemary Clooney Songbook · Bette Midler Sings the Peggy Lee Songbook · Cool Yule Soundtracks The Rose · Beaches · For The Boys · Gypsy Live albums Live at Last · Divine Madness · Mud Will Be Flung Tonight Compilation albums The Best of Bette (1978) · The Best of Bette (1981) · Just Hits · Experience the Divine · Jackpot: The Best Bette Tours Kiss My Brass Films Hawaii (1966) · The Rose (1979) · Divine Madness! (1980) · Jinxed! (1982) · Down and Out in Beverly Hills (1986) · Ruthless People (1986) · Outrageous Fortune (1987) · Big Business (1988) · Oliver & Company (1988) · Beaches (1988) · Stella (1990) · Scenes from a Mall (1991) · For the Boys (1991) · Hocus Pocus (1993) · Get Shorty (1995) · The First Wives Club (1996) · That Old Feeling (1997)  · Drowning Mona (2000) · Isn't She Great (2000) · What Women Want (2000) · The Stepford Wives (2004) · Then She Found Me (2007) · The Women (2008) Other television work The Bette Midler Show · Art or Bust · "Krusty Gets Kancelled" · Gypsy · Diva Las Vegas · Bette

v • d • e Primetime Emmy Award for Individual Performance in a Variety or Music Program Harvey Korman / Brenda Vaccaro (1974) · Jack Albertson / Cloris Leachman (1975) · Chevy Chase / Vicki Lawrence (1976) · Tim Conway / Rita Moreno (1977) · Tim Conway / Gilda Radner (1978) · George Hearn (1985) · Whitney Houston (1986) · Robin Williams (1987) · Robin Williams (1988) · Linda Ronstadt (1989) · Tracey Ullman (1990) · Billy Crystal (1991) · Billy Crystal (1992) · Dana Carvey (1993) · Tracey Ullman (1994) · Barbra Streisand (1995) · Tony Bennett (1996) · Bette Midler (1997) · Billy Crystal (1998) · John Leguizamo (1999) · Eddie Izzard (2000) Complete list: (1974–2000) · (2001–present)

v • d • e Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy Rosalind Russell (1961) · Rosalind Russell (1962) · Shirley MacLaine (1963) · Julie Andrews (1964) · Julie Andrews (1965) · Lynn Redgrave (1966) · Anne Bancroft (1967) · Barbra Streisand (1968) · Patty Duke (1969) · Carrie Snodgress (1970) · Twiggy (1971) · Liza Minnelli (1972) · Glenda Jackson (1973) · Raquel Welch (1974) · Ann-Margret (1975) · Barbra Streisand (1976) · Diane Keaton/Marsha Mason (1977) · Ellen Burstyn/Maggie Smith (1978) · Bette Midler (1979) · Sissy Spacek (1980) Complete List · (1950–1960) · (1961–1980) · (1981–2000) · (2001–present)

v • d • e Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy Bernadette Peters (1981) · Julie Andrews (1982) · Julie Walters (1983) · Kathleen Turner (1984) · Kathleen Turner (1985) · Sissy Spacek (1986) · Cher (1987) · Melanie Griffith (1988) · Jessica Tandy (1989) · Julia Roberts (1990) · Bette Midler (1991) · Miranda Richardson (1992) · Angela Bassett (1993) · Jamie Lee Curtis (1994) · Nicole Kidman (1995) · Madonna (1996) · Helen Hunt (1997) · Gwyneth Paltrow (1998) · Janet McTeer (1999) · Renée Zellweger (2000) Complete List · (1950–1960) · (1961–1980) · (1981–2000) · (2001–present)

v • d • e Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Miniseries or Television Film Jane Seymour (1981) · Ingrid Bergman (1982) · Ann-Margret (1983) · Ann-Margret (1984) · Liza Minnelli (1985) · Loretta Young (1986) · Gena Rowlands (1987) · Ann Jillian (1988) · Christine Lahti (1989) · Barbara Hershey (1990) · Judy Davis (1991) · Laura Dern (1992) · Bette Midler (1993) · Joanne Woodward (1994) · Jessica Lange (1995) · Helen Mirren (1996) · Alfre Woodard (1997) · Angelina Jolie (1998) · Halle Berry (1999) Complete List · (1981-1999) · (1990–2009)

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NAME	Midler, Bette
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Midler, Bette Davis
SHORT DESCRIPTION	Singer, actress
DATE OF BIRTH	December 1, 1945
PLACE OF BIRTH	Honolulu, Hawaii, U.S.
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH