Birth Place: Honolulu, HI, USA
Winner of the 2017 Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical for her starring role in Hello, Dolly!, Bette Midler made her Broadway debut in Fiddler on the Roof, and even then, she understood the importance of doing matinees. Her remarkable career started while singing in New York bathhouses, where she was given the name, "The Divine Miss M."
Her record debut, "The Divine Miss M," earned her a Grammy Award for Best New Artist. In 1979, Bette made her film debut in portraying a doomed and self-destructive rock & roll singer in The Rose, for which she earned the Golden Globe for Best Actress, Academy Award nomination, and Grammy Award for Best Pop Vocal performance.
In 1988 Bette starred in Beaches, and received her third Grammy Award, Record of the Year, for the film's title song, "Wind Beneath My Wings." Midler garnered her second Best Actress Golden Globe and Academy Award nomination for Mark Rydell's For The Boys.
Additional film credits include: Down and Out in Beverly Hills, Ruthless People, Big Business, Scene's From a Mall, Hocus Pocus, The First Wives Club, The Stepford Wives, Then She Found Me and The Women.
She concluded her critically acclaimed Vegas extravaganza The Showgirl Must Go On at the Colosseum at Caesars Palace, with over 200 performances that were seen by over a half-million people in two years.
Forty years, four Grammys, four Golden Globes, three Emmys, a Tony Award and tons of record-breaking performances since she hit the scene, the "Divine Miss M" is still going strong.
Bette Midler, Hello, Dolly!
Bette Midler, Hello, Dolly!
Bette Midler, Hello, Dolly!
Bette Midler, Hello, Dolly!
Bette Midler, I'll Eat You Last: A Chat with Sue Mengers
Bette Midler, I'll Eat You Last: A Chat With Sue Mengers
Bette Midler, I'll Eat You Last: A Chat With Sue Mengers
Bette Midler
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Bette Midler has appeared on Broadway in 7 shows.
Bette Midler has not appeared in the West End.
Bette Midler has been nominated for several awards, including Best Leading Actress in a Musical at the BroadwayWorld Awards for Hello, Dolly!, Outstanding Actress in a Musical at the Drama Desk Awards for Hello, Dolly!, and Outstanding Actress in a Musical at the Outer Critics Circle Awards for Hello, Dolly! She was also nominated for Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical at the Tony Awards for Hello, Dolly! Additionally, Midler received nominations for Best Leading Actress in a Play at the BroadwayWorld Awards for I'll Eat You Last: A Chat with Sue Mengers, Outstanding Solo Performance at the Drama Desk Awards for I'll Eat You Last: A Chat With Sue Mengers, and the Distinguished Performance Award at the Drama League Awards for I'll Eat You Last: A Chat With Sue Mengers. She also received a Special Tony Award at the Tony Awards.
Bette Midler has won several awards for her performances on Broadway, including Best Leading Actress in a Musical from BroadwayWorld Awards, Drama Desk Awards, and Outer Critics Circle Awards for "Hello, Dolly!" She also won the Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical Tony Award for the same show. Additionally, she won Best Leading Actress in a Play from BroadwayWorld Awards for "I'll Eat You Last: A Chat with Sue Mengers" and received a Special Tony Award.
Bette Midler has written 2 shows including Bette Midler's Clams on the Half Shell Revue (Lyricist), Bette! Divine Madness (Additional Material).
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