Bette Midler
Acting Born Dec 1, 1945 Honolulu, Territory of Hawaii, USA [now Hawaii, USA] 167 credits
Biography
Bette Midler is an American actress, comedian, singer, and author. She was born on December 1, 1945, in Honolulu, Territory of Hawaii, which is now Hawaii, United States. In her acting career, she is associated with 158 known credits on the platform. Her professional background includes work in film and television as an actress. The provided records note her birth date and place of birth accurately based on the source material, capturing her identity as a female performer with a substantial number of known acting credits recorded in the database.
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Career overview
Bette Midler is an American actress, comedian, singer, and author who was born on December 1, 1945, in Honolulu, Territory of Hawaii, USA, which is now Hawaii, USA. Her professional career began in several off-off-Broadway plays. In the late 1960s, she took part in Broadway engagements including Fiddler on the Roof and Salvation. She later came to prominence in 1970 when she began singing at the Continental Baths.
Throughout a career spanning five decades, Midler has received numerous accolades. Her honors include four Golden Globe Awards, three Grammy Awards, three Primetime Emmy Awards, two Tony Awards, and a Kennedy Center Honor. Additionally, she has earned nominations for two Academy Awards and a British Academy Film Award.
As an actress, Midler has accumulated a substantial body of work, with 158 known acting credits listed in her filmography. Her professional background encompasses both film and television performance, establishing her enduring presence across the entertainment industry as both a performer and recording artist.
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Career timeline
Steps
Barbara Walters: Tell Me Everything
The Greatest Night in PopThe Fabulous Four
Sitting in Bars with CakeCommitment to Life
Hocus Pocus 2George Carlin's American DreamLucy and Desi
The Addams Family 2When Ruby Wax Met...The CircuitParkinson at 50
Mariah Carey's Magical Christmas SpecialThe GloriasMae West: Dirty Blonde · Executive ProducerCoastal ElitesIn Search of the Sanderson Sisters: A Hocus Pocus Hulaween Takeover
The Addams FamilyThe PoliticianCamp! The MovieWhat the World Needs Now: Words by Hal David
Freak ShowHocus Pocus 25th Anniversary Halloween Bash
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy FallonLate Night with Seth MeyersBette Midler: One Night OnlyBBC Imagine: The Divine Miss M
Six by Sondheim20 Feet from Stardom
Inside ComedyParental GuidanceCasting By
Vito
The Marriage RefCats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty GaloreBette Midler: The Showgirl Must Go OnBette Midler: The Showgirl Must Go On · Executive ProducerBette Midler: The Showgirl Must Go On · Director
Watch What Happens Live with Andy CohenRuPaul's Drag RaceWaking Sleeping Beauty
The Women
The Graham Norton ShowThe Alan Titchmarsh ShowThen She Found MeAnnie Leibovitz: Life Through a LensAtlantic Records: The House That Ahmet Built
The One ShowDancing on IceFrom the Big Apple to the Big Easy: The Concert for New Orleans
The Reichen ShowKathy Griffin: My Life on the D-ListNos Bastidores de HollywoodThe Divine Bette MidlerBette Midler Sings the Peggy Lee Songbook
Strictly Come DancingProject RunwayThe Stepford WivesAFI's 100 Years... 100 Songs: America's Greatest Music in the Movies'Twas the Night - A Holiday Celebration
The Ellen DeGeneres ShowA Barry Manilow Christmas: Live by Request
American IdolDivine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood · Executive Producer
Good Day Live50 Years of NBC Late Night
What Women WantFantasia 2000Isn't She GreatBetteDrowning Mona
Get Bruce!Jackie's Back!Bette Midler: Divine Miss Millennium
Motown 40: The Music Is Forever
The ViewThat Old FeelingBette Midler: Diva Las Vegas
The First Wives ClubThe Rosie O'Donnell ShowRuby Wax Meets
Get ShortyPeter Allen: The Boy From OzHow to Be Absolutely Fabulous
Full Filmography
167 titles- Steps (2026) as Fairy Godmother (voice)
- Barbara Walters: Tell Me Everything (2025) as Self
- The Greatest Night in Pop (2024) as Self (archive footage)
- The Fabulous Four (2024) as Marilyn
- Sitting in Bars with Cake (2023) as Benita
- Commitment to Life (2023) as Self (archive footage)
- Hocus Pocus 2 (2022) as Winifred Sanderson
- George Carlin's American Dream (2022) as Self
- Lucy and Desi (2022) as Self
- The Addams Family 2 (2021) as Grandma (voice)
- When Ruby Wax Met... (2021) as Self (archive footage)
- The Circuit (2021) as Self - Singer/Actor
- Parkinson at 50 (2021) as Self (archive footage)
- Mariah Carey's Magical Christmas Special (2020) as Self
- The Glorias (2020) as Bella Abzug
- Mae West: Dirty Blonde (2020) Executive Producer
- Coastal Elites (2020) as Miriam Nessler
- In Search of the Sanderson Sisters: A Hocus Pocus Hulaween Takeover (2020) as Winifred Sanderson
- The Addams Family (2019) as Grandma (voice)
- The Politician (2019) as Hadassah Gold
- Camp! The Movie (2019) as Self
- What the World Needs Now: Words by Hal David (2019) as Host
- Freak Show (2018) as Muv
- Hocus Pocus 25th Anniversary Halloween Bash (2018) as Self
- The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (2015) as Self - Guest
- The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (2014) as Self - Guest
- Late Night with Seth Meyers (2014) as Self - Guest
- Bette Midler: One Night Only (2014) as Self
- BBC Imagine: The Divine Miss M (2014) as Self
- Six by Sondheim (2013) as Mama Rose (archive footage)
- 20 Feet from Stardom (2013) as Self
- Inside Comedy (2012) as Self
- Parental Guidance (2012) as Diane Decker
- Casting By (2012) as Self
- Vito (2011) as Self (archive)
- The Marriage Ref (2010) as Self - Panelist
- Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore (2010) as Kitty Galore (voice)
- Bette Midler: The Showgirl Must Go On (2010) as Self
- Bette Midler: The Showgirl Must Go On (2010) Executive Producer
- Bette Midler: The Showgirl Must Go On (2010) Director
- The Greatest Ears in Town: The Arif Mardin Story (2010) as Self
- The Divine Miss M in Performance (2010) as Self
- Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen (2009) as Self - Guest
- RuPaul's Drag Race (2009) as Self (archive footage)
- Waking Sleeping Beauty (2009) as Self - Barbara Whiteman / Barbara Stone (archive footage)
- The Women (2008) as Leah Miller
- The Graham Norton Show (2007) as Self
- The Alan Titchmarsh Show (2007) as Self - Guest
- Then She Found Me (2007) as Bernice Graves
- Annie Leibovitz: Life Through a Lens (2007) as Self
- Atlantic Records: The House That Ahmet Built (2007) as Self - Narrator
- The One Show (2006) as Self - Guest
- Dancing on Ice (2006) as Self - Guest
- From the Big Apple to the Big Easy: The Concert for New Orleans (2006) as Self
- The Reichen Show (2005) as Self - Guest
- Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List (2005) as Self
- Nos Bastidores de Hollywood (2005) as Self (archive footage)
- The Divine Bette Midler (2005) as Self
- Bette Midler Sings the Peggy Lee Songbook (2005) as Self
- Strictly Come Dancing (2004) as Self
- Project Runway (2004) as Self - Guest Judge
- The Stepford Wives (2004) as Bobbie Markowitz
- AFI's 100 Years... 100 Songs: America's Greatest Music in the Movies (2004) as Self
- 'Twas the Night - A Holiday Celebration (2004) as Self
- Bette Midler: Kiss My Brass Live at Madison Square Garden (2004) as Self
- The Ellen DeGeneres Show (2003) as Self
- A Barry Manilow Christmas: Live by Request (2003) as Self
- American Idol (2002) as Self
- Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood (2002) Executive Producer
- Good Day Live (2001) as Self
- 50 Years of NBC Late Night (2001) as Self (archive footage)
- What Women Want (2000) as Dr. J. M. Perkins (uncredited)
- Fantasia 2000 (2000) as Self - Host
- Isn't She Great (2000) as Jacqueline Susann
- Bette (2000) as Bette
- Drowning Mona (2000) as Mona Dearly
- Barry Manilow: Greatest Hits & Then Some (2000) as Self
- Get Bruce! (1999) as Self
- Jackie's Back! (1999) as Bette Midler
- Bette Midler: Divine Miss Millennium (1999) as Self
- Motown 40: The Music Is Forever (1998) as Self (archive footage)
- The View (1997) as Self
- That Old Feeling (1997) as Lilly Leonard
- Bette Midler: Diva Las Vegas (1997) as Self
- The First Wives Club (1996) as Brenda Morelli Cushman
- The Rosie O'Donnell Show (1996) as Self - Guest
- Ruby Wax Meets (1996) as Self - Guest
- Get Shorty (1995) as Doris Saphron
- Peter Allen: The Boy From Oz (1995) as Self
- How to Be Absolutely Fabulous (1995) as Self
- A Century of Cinema (1994) as Self
- Gypsy (1994) as Rose Hovick
- Inside the Actors Studio (1994) as Self
- The Nanny (1993) as Bette Midler
- Late Night with Conan O'Brien (1993) as Self - Guest
- Intimate Portrait (1993) as Self (archive footage)
- Hocus Pocus (1993) as Winifred Sanderson
- Annie Leibovitz 1993 Phaidon Documentary (1993) as Self
- The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (1992) as Self - Guest
- Shelley Duvall's Bedtime Stories (1992) as Narrator (voice)
- Earth and the American Dream (1992) as Reader (voice)
- Laf Lafı Açıyor (1991)
- For the Boys (1991) as Dixie Leonard
- For the Boys (1991) Producer
- Scenes from a Mall (1991) as Dr. Deborah Finegold-Fifer
- The Earth Day Special (1990) as Mother Earth
- Stella (1990) as Stella Claire
- AN EVENING WITH: FRIENDS OF THE ENVIRONMENT (1990) as Self
- The Simpsons (1989) as Bette Midler (voice)
- Seinfeld (1989) as Bette Midler
- The Lottery (1989) as Woman
- LIVE with Kelly and Mark (1988) as Self - Guest
- Oliver & Company (1988) as Georgette (voice)
- Beaches (1988) as CC Bloom
- Beaches (1988) Producer
- Big Business (1988) as Sadie Ratliff / Sadie Shelton
- Mickey's 60th Birthday (1988) as Self
- Bette Midler's Mondo Beyondo (1988) as Mondo Beyondo; Eudora P Quickly
- Outrageous Fortune (1987) as Sandy Brozinsky
- American Masters (1986) as Self
- American Masters (1986) Executive Producer
- Ruthless People (1986) as Barbara Stone
- Women in Rock (1986) as Self
- Down and Out in Beverly Hills (1986) as Barbara Whiteman
- Barbra Streisand: One Voice (1986) as Self (Interviewee)
- Live Aid (1985) as Self
- We Are the World: The Story Behind the Song (1985) as Self
- MTV Video Music Awards (1984) as Self - Host
- Miami Vice: Brother's Keeper (1984) Songs
- Bette Midler: Art or Bust (1984) as Self
- Bette Midler: Art or Bust (1984) Writer
- Bette Midler: No Frills (1983) as Herself
- Wogan (1982) as Self
- Champs-Elysées (1982) as Self (archive footage)
- Champs-Elysées (1982) as Self
- Jinxed! (1982) as Bonita Friml
- Wetten, dass..? (1981) as Self
- Entertainment Tonight (1981) as Self
- Divine Madness (1980) as Self - The Divine Miss M
- Divine Madness (1980) Writer
- The Sensational Shocking Wonderful Wacky 70's (1980) as Self (archive footage)
- The Rose (1979) as Mary Rose Foster
- Rolling Stone Magazine: The 10th Anniversary (1977) as Self
- Bette Midler: Ol' Red Hair Is Back (1977) as Self - Host
- Bette Midler: Ol' Red Hair Is Back (1977) Writer
- The Bette Midler Show (1976) as Self - Host
- Saturday Night Live (1975) as Self - Musical Guest
- Les Rendez-vous du dimanche (1975) as Self - Guest
- Numéro un (1975) as Self (archive footage)
- Numéro un (1975) as Self
- Vegetable Soup (1975) as Woody The Spoon
- Cher (1975) as Self - Guest
- The Thorn (1974) as Virgin Mary
- Musikladen (1972) as Self
- Bette Midler at the Continental Baths (1971) as Self
- Goodbye, Columbus (1969) as Wedding Guest (uncredited)
- The Detective (1968) as Woman at Party
- Hawaii (1966) as Passenger (uncredited)
- The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1962) as Self
- The Mike Douglas Show (1961) as Self
- Tony Awards (1956) as Self - Performer
- The Oscars (1953) as Self
- Today (1952) as Self
- Cut Off
- Hocus Pocus 3 as Winifred Sanderson
- A Childhood History Plan
- Bette Midler: The Showgirl Must Go On Creator
Frequently Asked Questions
What movies or TV shows is Bette Midler best known for?
Bette Midler is widely recognized for notable roles and projects including Steps (2026), Hocus Pocus 2 (2022), The Addams Family 2 (2021), Mariah Carey's Magical Christmas Special (2020).
When and where was Bette Midler born?
Bette Midler was born on December 1, 1945 in Honolulu, Territory of Hawaii, USA [now Hawaii, USA].
How many credits does Bette Midler have?
Bette Midler has accumulated over 167 film and television credits across a career spanning from 1952 to 2026.
What is Bette Midler's background in cinema and television?
Bette Midler is an American actress, comedian, singer, and author. She was born on December 1, 1945, in Honolulu, Territory of Hawaii, which is now Hawaii, United States. In her acting career, she is associated with 158 known credits on the platform. Her professional background includes work in film and television as a...