Bette Midler
Birthday: 1945-12-01 | Place of Birth: Honolulu, Hawaii, USABette 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.
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as Marilyn
as Benita
as Self
as Self
as Winifred Sanderson
as Grandma (voice)
as Self (archive footage)
as Bella Abzug
as Miriam Nessler
as Self (Archive Footage) (Uncredited)
as Winifred Sanderson
as Grandma (voice)
as Hadassah Gold
as Muv
as Self
as Self
as Diane Decker
as Kitty Galore (voice)
as Self
as Leah Miller
as Winifred Sanderson
