Bette Midler

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Biography

Recent Role:
Herself on Live! with Kelly
Gender:
Female
Born:
12-1-1945
Birthplace:
Honolulu, Hawaii (USA)
Birth Name:
Bette Midler
AKA:
The Divine Miss M
Hawaiian-born Bette Midler remains one of the most revered multi-talented performers in entertainment. The actress, comedian, and singer, who has had international record hits and has achieved box office successes with 1979's The Rose (as a drug-addicted, Janis Joplin-esque rock star), the drama, Beaches (1988), and in 1991, as a 1940s singer/actress in For the Boys, made a name for herself electrifying the towel-clad gay clientele of the Continental Baths with Barry Manilow backing her on piano. Bette constructed the larger-than-life persona of The Divine Miss MMore (also the title of her 1972 debut album for Atlantic Records) and built her career on outrageousness, yet the bawdy, red-haired performer with the wide, toothsome smile also balanced the camp by interspersing a few tears for the human spirit amidst the sequins and fringes.

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    She's done it all. hide show

    Bette Midler has nearly done it all. She has been successful in her movie career, singing career, as a comidienne, and she even had a brief tv series called "Bette". She is such a wonderful actress, she can play the most comical role or the most serious, dramatic role and she can pull it off quite wonerfully. Her performance in the 1988 movie, "Beaches" was outstanding and highly reccommended to everyone. Her singing is just as wonderful as her acting. Her voice is very lovely and she even adds some unique and quirky comedy to it sometimes. More people should go out and rent her movies.

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    A very talented and wonderful person. hide show

    Bette Midler is a very talented person. She can do so much wheither it is on stage or on screen. Shes the only person in her Genre that I like, however I do like a lot of her movies Hocus Pocus being my favorite, she was great in it, and the song she sang "I put a spell on you" is a cachie tune. I hope to see more of her in the near future.

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