Bette Midler

Bette Midler bɛt ˈmɪdlər bet MIDlər born December 1 1945 is an American actress comedian singer and author Throughout her fivedecade career Midler has received numerous accolades including four Golden Globe Awards three Grammy Awards three Primetime Emmy Awards two Tony Awards and a Kennedy Center Honor in addition to nominations for two Academy Awards and a British Academy Film Award Born in Honolulu Hawaii Midler began her professional career in several offoffBroadway plays before 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 at the Continental Baths In this local gay bathhouse 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 from the RIAA 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 Stella 1990 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 Midler held a residency at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas with the show Bette Midler The Showgirl Must Go On from 2008 to 2010 She starred in the Broadway revival of Hello Dolly which began previews in March 2017 and premiered at the Shubert Theatre in April 2017 The show was her first leading role in a Broadway musical Midler received the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical for her performance Description above from the Wikipedia article Bette Midler licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia