Bette Midler
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Other names | "The Divine Miss M" |
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Years active | 1965–present |
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Children | Sophie von Haselberg |
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Website | bettemidler.com |
Bette Midler (
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.[3][4] 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".
Midler made her starring film debut with the musical drama The Rose (1979), which won her the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Comedy or Musical, as well as nominations for the Academy Award for Best Actress, the BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role, the New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actress, and the National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Actress. She went on to star in numerous films, including Down and Out in Beverly Hills (1986), Ruthless People (1986), Outrageous Fortune (1987), Big Business (1988), Beaches (1988), Hocus Pocus (1993) and its sequel (2022), The First Wives Club (1996), The Stepford Wives (2004), Parental Guidance (2012), and The Addams Family (2019) and its sequel (2021). Midler also had starring roles in For the Boys (1991) and Gypsy (1993), winning two additional Golden Globe Awards for these films and receiving a second Academy Award nomination for the former.
In 2008, Midler signed a contract with
Early life
Bette Midler was born in
Career
1965–1971: Beginnings and early theatre work
Midler relocated to New York City in the summer of 1965, using money from her work in the film Hawaii. She studied theatre at HB Studio[16] under Uta Hagen. 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.[17] In October 1966, she joined the Broadway company of Fiddler on the Roof, playing the ensemble role of Rivka and understudying the oldest daughter Tzeitel. She assumed the role of Tzeitel in February 1967, and played the role until February 1970.[18] After Fiddler, she joined the original cast of Salvation in 1969.[19]
In the summer of 1970, Midler began singing at the
Midler starred in the first professional production of
1972–1980: The Divine Miss M and success
Midler released her debut album, The Divine Miss M, on
Her
Midler made her first motion picture in 1979, starring in the 1960s-era rock and roll tragedy The Rose, as a drug-addicted rock star modeled after Janis Joplin.[1] That year, she also released her fifth studio album, Thighs and Whispers. Midler's first foray into disco was a commercial and critical failure and went on to be her all-time lowest charting album, peaking at No. 65 on the Billboard album chart.[28] Soon afterward, she began a world concert tour, with one of her shows in Pasadena being filmed and released as the concert film Divine Madness (1980).
Her performance in The Rose earned her a nomination for Academy Award for Best Actress, a role for which she won the Golden Globe for Best Actress (Comedy or Musical).[1] The film's acclaimed soundtrack album sold over two million copies in the United States alone, earning a Double Platinum certification.[22] The single version of the title song, which Amanda McBroom had written and composed, held the No. 1 position on Billboard's Adult Contemporary chart for five consecutive weeks and reached No. 3 on Billboard's Hot 100. It earned Midler her first Gold single[22] and won the Grammy award for Best Pop Vocal Performance, Female.[23]
1981–1989: "Wind Beneath My Wings", Beaches, and chart comeback
Midler worked on the troubled comedy project
Midler performed on
1990–1999: Further acting career, and television appearances
Midler's 1990 cover of the
She co-starred with Woody Allen in the 1991 film Scenes from a Mall, again for Paul Mazursky. In the film, Allen's character reveals to his author wife Deborah, played by Midler, after years of a happy marriage, that he has had an affair, resulting in her request for divorce. The movie performed poorly,[34] and received a mixed reception by critics.[35][36][37] Midler fared somewhat better with her other 1991 project For the Boys, on which she reteamed with The Rose director Mark Rydell. A historical musical drama, it tells the story of 1940s actress and singer Dixie Leonard, played by Midler, who teams up with Eddie Sparks, a famous performer, to entertain American troops. While the film received a mixed reception from critics, Midler earned rave reviews for her portrayal. The following year she was awarded her second Golden Globe and received her second Academy Award nomination for Best Actress.[38]
Midler turned down the lead role in the musical comedy
Midler appeared on
In 1998, Midler released her ninth studio album, Bathhouse Betty, named after the nickname she was given for performing at bathhouses early in her career. In 1999, she appeared in an episode of the CBS sitcom Murphy Brown and was featured in the animated musical film Fantasia 2000.
2000–2005: Bette sitcom, tribute albums, and Kiss My Brass tour
Midler starred in her own sitcom in 2000, Bette, which featured Midler playing herself, a divine celebrity who is adored by her fans. Airing on CBS, initial ratings were high, marking the best sitcom debut for the network in more than five years, but viewers percentage soon declined, resulting in the show's cancellation in early 2001.[47] Midler openly griped about the show's demanding shooting schedule, while the show itself was also reportedly rocked by backstage turmoil, involving the replacement of co-star Kevin Dunn whose departure was attributed to his behind-the scenes bickering with Midler by the media.[47] However, Midler, critically praised, was awarded a People's Choice Award for her performance in the show and received a Golden Globe Award nomination the following year.[48] Also in 2000, Midler made an uncredited cameo appearance in Nancy Meyers' fantasy rom–com What Women Want, starring Mel Gibson and Helen Hunt.[49] In the film, she portrayed a therapist who realizes that central character Nick, played by Gibson, is able to understand women's thoughts.[49] Released to generally mixed reviews, it became the then-most successful film ever directed by a woman, taking in $183 million in the United States, and grossing upward of $370 million worldwide.[50][51]
The same year Midler starred in
After nearly three decades of erratic record sales, Midler was dropped from the Warner Music Group in 2001. Following a reported long-standing feud with Barry Manilow, the two joined forces after many years in 2003 to record Bette Midler Sings the Rosemary Clooney Songbook. Now signed to Columbia Records, the album was an instant success, being certified gold by RIAA. 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.[55]
Throughout 2003 and 2004, Midler toured the United States in her new show, Kiss My Brass, to sell-out audiences. Also in 2004, she appeared in a supporting role in Frank Oz' science fiction satire The Stepford Wives, a remake of the 1975 film of the same name also based on the Ira Levin novel. Also starring Nicole Kidman, Matthew Broderick, Christopher Walken and Glenn Close, Midler played Bobbie Markowitz, a writer and recovering alcoholic. The project underwent numerous production problems that occurred throughout its shooting schedule, with reports of problems on-set between director Oz and the actors being rampant in the press. Oz later blamed Midler — who was amid recording her next album and rehearsing for her tour — for being under a lot of stress by other projects and making "the mistake of bringing her stress on the set."[56] While the original book and film had tremendous cultural impact, the remake was marked by poor reviews by many critics, and a financial loss of approximately $40 million at the box office.[57][58]
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, returned Midler to the top ten of US Billboard 200,[59] and was nominated for a Grammy Award.[60]
2006–2011: Albums, Vegas show and appearances
Midler released a new Christmas album titled
Midler debuted her
Midler appeared on the
2012–present: Return to Broadway
Midler received the Sammy Cahn Lifetime Achievement Award at the Songwriters Hall of Fame in June 2012, recognizing how she "captivated the world" with her "stylish presentation and unmistakable voice."[68] The same year, she co-starred alongside Billy Crystal in the family film Parental Guidance, playing a couple of old school grandparents trying to adapt to their daughter's 21st-century parenting style. Despite generally negative reviews by critics, who felt the film was "sweet but milquetoast", box office totals for the movie were higher than initially expected.[69][70]
Midler portrayed Hollywood super-agent Sue Mengers in the play I'll Eat You Last: A Chat with Sue Mengers, dramatized by John Logan, opening April 24, 2013, at the Booth Theatre, her first time on Broadway in three decades. After the show's success in New York, recouping its initial $2.4 million investment, the play transferred to Los Angeles at the Geffen Playhouse.[71] A December 2013 announcement cast Midler as actress Mae West in an HBO biopic written by Harvey Fierstein and directed by William Friedkin.[72] (The project remains unproduced a decade later.)
She performed at the March 2014
She returned to the stage in the title role of . Midler continued in Hello, Dolly! through January 2018, then returned on July 17, 2018, to close out the run of the successful revival.
Midler performed the song "The Place Where Lost Things Go" from Mary Poppins Returns at the 91st Annual Academy Awards ceremony on February 24, 2019.[77] Midler voiced the character of Grandmama, Gomez and Fester's mother, in the animated film version of The Addams Family released in October 2019.[78] She reprised the role in the 2021 sequel The Addams Family 2.[79]
Midler portrayed Bella Abzug in The Glorias, a 2020 biographical film revolving around the life of Gloria Steinem, directed by Julie Taymor.[80] She also starred in the second season of The Politician after previously guest starring in the first.[81]
Midler has written several books, including The Saga of Baby Divine and A View from a Broad.[82] She published the children's book The Tale of the Mandarin Duck in 2020, based on the 2018 story of a rare duck spotted in Central Park.[83]
She played Miriam Nessler, a retired teacher from New York, in HBO's Coastal Elites by Paul Rudnick.[84]
Midler received the
Midler reprised her role as Winifred Sanderson in Hocus Pocus 2 for Disney+ in October 2022.[90] In 2023, she starred in the comedy-drama film Sitting in Bars with Cake.
Personal life
Midler married artist
Charity work
In 1991, Midler was an early sponsor of the
Midler founded the
When the city planned in 1991 to auction 114
In 2001 after
Bette Midler pledged to match Pink with a donation of $500,000 to help Australia during the wildfires in 2020.[96]
Filmography
Film
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1966 | Hawaii | Passenger | Uncredited |
1968 | The Detective | Girl at Party | |
1969 | Goodbye, Columbus | Wedding Guest | |
1971 | The Thorn | Virgin Mary | Also known as The Divine Mr. J |
1972 | Scarecrow in a Garden of Cucumbers | Lullabye Singer (voice) | |
1979 | The Rose | Mary Rose Foster | |
1980 | Divine Madness! | Herself / Divine Miss M. | Concert film |
1982 | Jinxed! | Bonita Friml | |
1986 | Women in Rock | Herself | Documentary |
Down and Out in Beverly Hills | Barbara Whiteman | ||
Ruthless People | Barbara Stone | ||
1987 | Outrageous Fortune | Sandy Brozinsky | |
1988 | Big Business | Sadie Shelton / Sadie Ratliff | |
Oliver & Company | Georgette (voice) | ||
Beaches | C. C. Bloom | Also producer | |
1989 | The Lottery | Music Teacher | Short film |
1990 | Stella | Stella Claire | |
1991 | Scenes from a Mall | Deborah Fifer | |
For the Boys | Dixie Leonard | Also producer | |
1992 | Earth and the American Dream | Reader (voice) | Documentary |
1993 | Hocus Pocus | Winifred 'Winnie' Sanderson | |
1994 | A Century of Cinema | Herself | Documentary |
1995 | Get Shorty | Doris Saphron | Uncredited |
1996 | The First Wives Club | Brenda Cushman | |
1997 | That Old Feeling | Lilly Leonard | |
1999 | Get Bruce | Herself | |
Fantasia 2000 | Herself / hostess | Segment: "Piano Concerto No. 2, Allegro, Opus 102" | |
2000 | Drowning Mona | Mona Dearly | |
Isn't She Great | Jacqueline Susann | ||
What Women Want | Dr. J.M. Perkins | Uncredited | |
2004 | The Stepford Wives | Bobbie Markowitz | |
2005 | The Divine Bette Midler | Herself | Documentary |
2007 | Then She Found Me | Bernice Graves | |
2008 | The Women | Leah Miller | |
2010 | Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore | Kitty Galore (voice) | |
2012 | Casting By | Herself | Documentary |
Parental Guidance | Diane Decker | ||
2013 | 20 Feet from Stardom | Herself | Documentary |
2017 | Freak Show | Muv | |
2019 | The Addams Family | Grandmama (voice) | |
2020 | The Glorias | Bella Abzug | |
2021 | The Addams Family 2 | Grandmama (voice) | |
2022 | Hocus Pocus 2 | Winifred 'Winnie' Sanderson | |
2023 | Sitting in Bars with Cake | Benita | |
TBA | The Fabulous Four | Post-production |
Television
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1970–1992 | The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson | Herself | 11 episodes |
1975 | Cher | Herself | Episode: "#1.1" |
1976 | Vegetable Soup | Woody the Spoon (voice) | Unknown episodes |
1976 | The Bette Midler Show | Herself | Television special |
1977 | Ol' Red Hair is Back | Herself | Television special |
1977 | Bing! A 50th Anniversary Gala | Herself | Television special |
1977 | Rolling Stone Magazine: The 10th Anniversary | Herself | Television special |
1978;1980 | Countdown | Herself - Guest | ABC TV series Australia, 1 episode |
1979 | Bill Collins | Herself - Guest on 'The Rose' film set | TV series Australia, 1 episode |
1979 | Saturday Night Live | Herself | Episode: "Buck Henry/Bette Midler" Sings "Married Men" / "My Knight In Black Leather" |
1980;1984 | Countdown | Herself - Studio Guest Co-Host | ABC TV series, 1 episode |
1984 | A Celebration of Life: A Tribute to Martin Luther King, Jr. | Herself | Television special |
1984 | Superstars of Comedy Salute the Improv | Herself | Television special |
1984 | Art or Bust | Herself / Divine Miss M. | Television special |
1984 | MTV Video Music Awards | Herself / co-host | Television special |
1988 | The Mondo Beyondo Show | Mondo Beyondo | Television special |
1988 | Mickey's 60th Birthday | Herself | Television special |
1990 | Sinatra 75: The Best Is Yet to Come | Herself | Television special |
1990 | The Earth Day Special | Mother Nature | Television special |
1991 | Walt Disney World's 20th Anniversary Celebration | Herself | Television special |
1991 | Tonight Live With Steve Vizard | Herself - Guest | TV series Australia, 1 episode |
1992 | Shelley Duvall's Bedtime Stories | Narrator (voice) | Episode: "Weird Parents" |
1993 | Gypsy | Rose Hovick | Television film |
1993 | The Simpsons | Herself (voice) | Episode: "Krusty Gets Kancelled" |
1995 | Seinfeld | Herself | Episode: "The Understudy" |
1997 | Diva Las Vegas | Herself / Divine Miss M. | Television special; also executive producer |
1997 | The Nanny | Herself | Episode: "You Bette Your Life" |
1998, 2018 | Murphy Brown | Caprice Morton (née Feldman) | 2 episodes |
1999 | Jackie's Back | Herself | Television film |
2000–2001 | Bette | Bette | 18 episodes; also executive producer |
2001 | Crossover | Herself | Television special |
2003 | Today | Herself - Guest | TV series Australia, 1 episode |
2003 | A Barry Manilow Christmas: Live by Request | Herself | Television special |
2005 | A Current Affair | Herself | TV series Australia, 1 episode |
2005 | Ten News | Herself | TV series Australia, 1 episode |
2005 | Nine News | Herself | TV series Australia, 1 episode |
2005 | Seven News | Herself | TV series Australia, 1 episode |
2005 | Molly Meldrum Presents... Bette Midler | Herself | TV special, Australia |
2006–2007 | American Masters | Herself / narrator | 2 episodes |
2009 | The Magic 7 | Herself | Television film |
2009 | Loose Women | Herself / Guest Host | Episode: "#13.107" |
2009 | The Royal Variety Performance
|
Herself | Television special |
2009 | The Marriage Ref
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Herself | Episode: "Episode Eleven" |
2009 | Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List | Herself | Episode: "Place Your Bette" |
2010 | The Ellen Show | Herself - Guest | TV series, 1 episode |
2010 | The Showgirl Must Go On | Herself | Television special; also director and producer |
2010 | Paul O'Grady's Christmas | Herself | Television special |
2013 | Project Runway | Herself / Guest Judge | Episode: "The Ultimate Hard and Soft" |
2014 | Inside Comedy | Herself | Episode: "Bette Midler & Richard Belzer" |
2014 | Bette Midler: One Night Only | Herself | Television special |
2016 | The Voice | Herself / Adviser | 6 episodes |
2018 | The Hocus Pocus 25th Anniversary Halloween Bash | Herself / Winifred Sanderson | Television special |
2019–2020 | The Politician | Hadassah Gold | 8 episodes |
2020 | Saturday Night Seder | Herself | Television special |
2020 | Coastal Elites | Miriam Nessler | Television film |
Stage
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1967 | Fiddler on the Roof | Tzeitel | Broadway |
1970 | Salvation | Betty Lou | Off-Broadway |
1973 | Bette Midler | Herself | Concerts |
1975 | Bette Midler's Clams on the Half Shell Revue | Herself | Revue |
1979 | Bette! Divine Madness | Herself | Concerts |
2002 | Short Talks on the Universe | Nora | Special event |
2011 | Priscilla, Queen of the Desert | Producer | Broadway |
2013 | I'll Eat You Last: A Chat with Sue Mengers | Sue Mengers | Broadway |
2017–2018 | Hello, Dolly! | Dolly Gallagher Levi | Broadway |
Discography
- Studio albums
- The Divine Miss M (1972)
- Bette Midler (1973)
- Songs for the New Depression (1976)
- Broken Blossom (1977)
- Thighs and Whispers (1979)
- No Frills (1983)
- Some People's Lives (1990)
- Bette of Roses (1995)
- Bathhouse Betty (1998)
- Bette (2000)
- Bette Midler Sings the Rosemary Clooney Songbook (2003)
- Bette Midler Sings the Peggy Lee Songbook (2005)
- Cool Yule (2006)
- It's the Girls! (2014)
Tours
- 1970–72: Continental Baths Tour
- 1972: Cross Country Tour
- 1973: The Divine Miss M Tour
- 1975: Clams on the Half Shell Revue
- 1975–76: The Depression Tour
- 1977–78: An Intimate Evening with Bette
- 1978: The Rose Live in Concert
- 1978: World Tour
- 1979–80: Bette! Divine Madness
- 1980: Divine Madness: Pasadena
- 1982–83: 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
- 2003–04: Kiss My Brass
- 2005: Kiss My Brass Down Under
- 2008–10: The Showgirl Must Go On
- 2015: Divine Intervention Tour [97]
Awards and nominations
Midler has received numerous accolades throughout her career. She is one of few artists to have been nominated for an Emmy, a Grammy, an Oscar, and a Tony (EGOT), of which she has won all but the Oscar. Her wins include three Emmys, three Grammys, two Tonys, a Drama Desk Award, four Golden Globe Awards, and a National Board of Review Award.
The
- 52nd Academy Awards: Best Actress in a Leading Role, for The Rose (1979)
- 64th Academy Awards: Best Actress in a Leading Role, for For the Boys (1991)
Both of the above performances also won her the
Bibliography
- Bette Midler: A View from a Broad (Simon & Schuster, 1980; Updated edition April 1, 2014).
- The Saga of Baby Divine (Crown Publishers, 1983).
- The Tale of the Mandarin Duck: A Modern Fable (Random House, 2021).
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
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Further reading
- A View from a Broad (Simon & Schuster, 1980, updated edition April 1, 2014)
- The Saga of Baby Divine (Crown Publishers, 1984), ISBN 978-0-517-55040-3
- Bette Midler, Outrageously Divine: An Unauthorized Biography, by Mark Bego (New American Library, 1987), ISBN 0-451-14814-2
- Bette: An Intimate Biography of Bette Midler, by George Mair (Birch Lane Press, 1995), ISBN 1-55972-272-X