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Best 17 Bette Midler Facts

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1- Bette Midler born December 1, 1945 Honolulu, Hawaii

bette Midler childhood

2- Bette was named after Hollywood actress Bette Davis

3- On June 11, 2017, Midler received the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical for the title role in Hello, Dolly!.

4- Her first big album “The Divine Miss M” was produced by Barry Manilow.

5- She was voted “Most Talkative” in the 1961 school Hoss Election, and “Most Dramatic” in her senior year (class of 1963)

6- Mick Jagger made an appearance at one of Bette Midler’s performances at the Continental Baths.

bette Midler Mick Jagger

7- In one of her most memorable roles, Midler earned an Academy Award nomination and won a Golden Globe for her portrayal of Mary Rose Foster in the 1978 film, The Rose.

bette Midler The Rose

8- Bette Midler Ranked #51 on VH1’s 100 Greatest Women of Rock N Roll

9- She studied drama at HB Studio in Greenwich Village in New York City.

10- Bette started working in experimental theater in the male gay bathhouse scene

11- She Worked at a Dole pineapple processing plant in Hawaii in her early years.

bette Midler Hawaii

12- Midler won a GRAMMY award for her very first album

13- Her mother, Ruth (née Schindel), was a seamstress and housewife, and her father, Fred Midler, worked at a Navy base in Hawaii as a painter, and was also a housepainter

14- Since 1970, Midler has released 14 studio albums as a solo artist

15- Bette Midler Was the final guest on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson 

bette Midler The Tonight Show

16- Midler first performed under the stage name of The Divine Miss M as part of a cabaret at the Continental Baths, which was a gay bathhouse in new York

17-She has sold over 30 million records worldwide, and has received four Gold, three Platinum, and three Multiplatinum albums by RIAA

How old Bette Midler : 74 yearsold (in 2019) learn now here

List of Bette Midler Movies Order By Date

  • Hawaii (1966)
  • The Detective (1968)
  • Goodbye, Columbus (1969)
  • The Thorn (1971)
  • Scarecrow in a Garden of Cucumbers (1972)
  • The Rose (1979)
  • Jinxed! (1982)
  • The Mondo Beyondo Show (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)
  • Gypsy (1993)
  • Get Shorty (1995)
  • The First Wives Club (1996)
  • That Old Feeling (1997)
  • Jackie’s Back! (1999)
  • Fantasia 2000 (2000)
  • Drowning Mona (2000)
  • Isn’t She Great (2000)
  • What Women Want (2000)
  • The Stepford Wives (2004)
  • Then She Found Me (2007)
  • The Women (2008)
  • Cats & Dogs 2 : The Revenge of Kitty Galore (2010)
  • Parental Guidance (2012)

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