Bette Midler: movies and TV shows
Bette Midler has 167 credits in the archive: 110 films and 57 TV series, from 1952 to 2026. Highest rated: Seinfeld (8.3/10).
Career timeline
1952 – 2026 · busiest year: 1988 (7 credits)
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Full filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Type | Rating | Age then |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Steps | Fairy Godmother (voice) | Film | — | 80 |
| 2025 | Barbara Walters: Tell Me Everything | Self | Film | 7.0 | 79 |
| 2024 | The Greatest Night in Pop | Self (archive footage) | Film | 7.9 | 78 |
| 2024 | The Fabulous Four | Marilyn | Film | 6.0 | 78 |
| 2023 | Sitting in Bars with Cake | Benita | Film | 7.0 | 77 |
| 2023 | Commitment to Life | Self (archive footage) | Film | — | 77 |
| 2022 | Hocus Pocus 2 | Winifred Sanderson | Film | 7.1 | 76 |
| 2022 | George Carlin's American Dream | Self | TV | 7.9 | 76 |
| 2022 | Lucy and Desi | Self | Film | 7.1 | 76 |
| 2021 | The Addams Family 2 | Grandma (voice) | Film | 6.9 | 75 |
| 2021 | When Ruby Wax Met... | Self (archive footage) | TV | 6.7 | 75 |
| 2021 | The Circuit | Self - Singer/Actor | TV | 10.0 | 75 |
| 2021 | Parkinson at 50 | Self (archive footage) | Film | 10.0 | 75 |
| 2020 | Mariah Carey's Magical Christmas Special | Self | Film | 6.2 | 74 |
| 2020 | The Glorias | Bella Abzug | Film | 6.4 | 74 |
| 2020 | Mae West: Dirty Blonde | Film | 6.9 | 74 | |
| 2020 | Coastal Elites | Miriam Nessler | Film | 5.8 | 74 |
| 2020 | In Search of the Sanderson Sisters: A Hocus Pocus Hulaween Takeover | Winifred Sanderson | Film | 7.1 | 74 |
| 2019 | The Addams Family | Grandma (voice) | Film | 6.6 | 73 |
| 2019 | The Politician | Hadassah Gold | TV | 7.0 | 73 |
| 2019 | Camp! The Movie | Self | Film | 4.6 | 73 |
| 2019 | What the World Needs Now: Words by Hal David | Host | Film | — | 73 |
| 2018 | Freak Show | Muv | Film | 6.7 | 72 |
| 2018 | Hocus Pocus 25th Anniversary Halloween Bash | Self | Film | 7.0 | 72 |
| 2015 | The Late Show with Stephen Colbert | Self - Guest | TV | 6.1 | 69 |
| 2014 | The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon | Self - Guest | TV | 5.8 | 68 |
| 2014 | Late Night with Seth Meyers | Self - Guest | TV | 5.1 | 68 |
| 2014 | Bette Midler: One Night Only | Self | Film | — | 68 |
| 2014 | BBC Imagine: The Divine Miss M | Self | Film | — | 68 |
| 2013 | Six by Sondheim | Mama Rose (archive footage) | Film | 7.1 | 67 |
| 2013 | 20 Feet from Stardom | Self | Film | 7.2 | 67 |
| 2012 | Inside Comedy | Self | TV | 6.5 | 66 |
| 2012 | Parental Guidance | Diane Decker | Film | 6.0 | 66 |
| 2012 | Casting By | Self | Film | 6.9 | 66 |
| 2011 | Vito | Self (archive) | Film | 6.9 | 65 |
| 2010 | The Marriage Ref | Self - Panelist | TV | 3.8 | 64 |
| 2010 | Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore | Kitty Galore (voice) | Film | 5.2 | 64 |
| 2010 | Bette Midler: The Showgirl Must Go On | Self | Film | 8.0 | 64 |
| 2010 | Bette Midler: The Showgirl Must Go On | Film | 8.0 | 64 | |
| 2010 | Bette Midler: The Showgirl Must Go On | Film | 8.0 | 64 | |
| 2010 | The Greatest Ears in Town: The Arif Mardin Story | Self | Film | 4.7 | 64 |
| 2010 | The Divine Miss M in Performance | Self | Film | 10.0 | 64 |
| 2009 | Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen | Self - Guest | TV | 5.0 | 63 |
| 2009 | RuPaul's Drag Race | Self (archive footage) | TV | 7.5 | 63 |
| 2009 | Waking Sleeping Beauty | Self - Barbara Whiteman / Barbara Stone (archive footage) | Film | 7.2 | 63 |
| 2008 | The Women | Leah Miller | Film | 5.2 | 62 |
| 2007 | The Graham Norton Show | Self | TV | 7.2 | 61 |
| 2007 | The Alan Titchmarsh Show | Self - Guest | TV | 4.5 | 61 |
| 2007 | Then She Found Me | Bernice Graves | Film | 5.6 | 61 |
| 2007 | Annie Leibovitz: Life Through a Lens | Self | Film | 7.7 | 61 |
| 2007 | Atlantic Records: The House That Ahmet Built | Self - Narrator | Film | 7.0 | 61 |
| 2006 | The One Show | Self - Guest | TV | 4.4 | 60 |
| 2006 | Dancing on Ice | Self - Guest | TV | 5.3 | 60 |
| 2006 | From the Big Apple to the Big Easy: The Concert for New Orleans | Self | Film | — | 60 |
| 2005 | The Reichen Show | Self - Guest | TV | 4.8 | 59 |
| 2005 | Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List | Self | TV | 4.8 | 59 |
| 2005 | Nos Bastidores de Hollywood | Self (archive footage) | Film | 10.0 | 59 |
| 2005 | The Divine Bette Midler | Self | Film | — | 59 |
| 2005 | Bette Midler Sings the Peggy Lee Songbook | Self | Film | — | 59 |
| 2004 | Strictly Come Dancing | Self | TV | 6.0 | 58 |
| 2004 | Project Runway | Self - Guest Judge | TV | 6.3 | 58 |
| 2004 | The Stepford Wives | Bobbie Markowitz | Film | 5.7 | 58 |
| 2004 | AFI's 100 Years... 100 Songs: America's Greatest Music in the Movies | Self | Film | 8.3 | 58 |
| 2004 | 'Twas the Night - A Holiday Celebration | Self | Film | — | 58 |
| 2004 | Bette Midler: Kiss My Brass Live at Madison Square Garden | Self | Film | — | 58 |
| 2003 | The Ellen DeGeneres Show | Self | TV | 5.5 | 57 |
| 2003 | A Barry Manilow Christmas: Live by Request | Self | Film | 10.0 | 57 |
| 2002 | American Idol | Self | TV | 5.0 | 56 |
| 2002 | Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood | Film | 6.1 | 56 | |
| 2001 | Good Day Live | Self | TV | 3.8 | 55 |
| 2001 | 50 Years of NBC Late Night | Self (archive footage) | Film | — | 55 |
| 2000 | What Women Want | Dr. J. M. Perkins (uncredited) | Film | 6.5 | 54 |
| 2000 | Fantasia 2000 | Self - Host | Film | 7.0 | 54 |
| 2000 | Isn't She Great | Jacqueline Susann | Film | 5.0 | 54 |
| 2000 | Bette | Bette | TV | 7.8 | 54 |
| 2000 | Drowning Mona | Mona Dearly | Film | 5.5 | 54 |
| 2000 | Barry Manilow: Greatest Hits & Then Some | Self | Film | 9.0 | 54 |
| 1999 | Get Bruce! | Self | Film | 6.5 | 53 |
| 1999 | Jackie's Back! | Bette Midler | Film | 6.9 | 53 |
| 1999 | Bette Midler: Divine Miss Millennium | Self | Film | — | 53 |
| 1998 | Motown 40: The Music Is Forever | Self (archive footage) | Film | — | 52 |
| 1997 | The View | Self | TV | 4.3 | 51 |
| 1997 | That Old Feeling | Lilly Leonard | Film | 6.2 | 51 |
| 1997 | Bette Midler: Diva Las Vegas | Self | Film | 7.8 | 51 |
| 1996 | The First Wives Club | Brenda Morelli Cushman | Film | 6.7 | 50 |
| 1996 | The Rosie O'Donnell Show | Self - Guest | TV | 4.1 | 50 |
| 1996 | Ruby Wax Meets | Self - Guest | TV | 6.7 | 50 |
| 1995 | Get Shorty | Doris Saphron | Film | 6.5 | 49 |
| 1995 | Peter Allen: The Boy From Oz | Self | Film | — | 49 |
| 1995 | How to Be Absolutely Fabulous | Self | Film | 7.5 | 49 |
| 1994 | A Century of Cinema | Self | Film | 8.3 | 48 |
| 1994 | Gypsy | Rose Hovick | Film | 6.3 | 48 |
| 1994 | Inside the Actors Studio | Self | TV | 7.6 | 48 |
| 1993 | The Nanny | Bette Midler | TV | 8.1 | 47 |
| 1993 | Late Night with Conan O'Brien | Self - Guest | TV | 7.3 | 47 |
| 1993 | Intimate Portrait | Self (archive footage) | TV | 4.5 | 47 |
| 1993 | Hocus Pocus | Winifred Sanderson | Film | 7.0 | 47 |
| 1993 | Annie Leibovitz 1993 Phaidon Documentary | Self | Film | — | 47 |
| 1992 | The Tonight Show with Jay Leno | Self - Guest | TV | 5.4 | 46 |
| 1992 | Shelley Duvall's Bedtime Stories | Narrator (voice) | TV | 9.5 | 46 |
| 1992 | Earth and the American Dream | Reader (voice) | Film | 6.7 | 46 |
| 1991 | Laf Lafı Açıyor | TV | — | 45 | |
| 1991 | For the Boys | Dixie Leonard | Film | 6.4 | 45 |
| 1991 | For the Boys | Film | 6.4 | 45 | |
| 1991 | Scenes from a Mall | Dr. Deborah Finegold-Fifer | Film | 5.2 | 45 |
| 1990 | The Earth Day Special | Mother Earth | Film | 6.1 | 44 |
| 1990 | Stella | Stella Claire | Film | 5.8 | 44 |
| 1990 | AN EVENING WITH: FRIENDS OF THE ENVIRONMENT | Self | Film | — | 44 |
| 1989 | The Simpsons | Bette Midler (voice) | TV | 8.0 | 43 |
| 1989 | Seinfeld | Bette Midler | TV | 8.3 | 43 |
| 1989 | The Lottery | Woman | Film | 6.2 | 43 |
| 1988 | LIVE with Kelly and Mark | Self - Guest | TV | 5.6 | 42 |
| 1988 | Oliver & Company | Georgette (voice) | Film | 6.7 | 42 |
| 1988 | Beaches | CC Bloom | Film | 6.7 | 42 |
| 1988 | Beaches | Film | 6.7 | 42 | |
| 1988 | Big Business | Sadie Ratliff / Sadie Shelton | Film | 6.4 | 42 |
| 1988 | Mickey's 60th Birthday | Self | Film | 6.8 | 42 |
| 1988 | Bette Midler's Mondo Beyondo | Mondo Beyondo; Eudora P Quickly | Film | 10.0 | 42 |
| 1987 | Outrageous Fortune | Sandy Brozinsky | Film | 6.0 | 41 |
| 1986 | American Masters | Self | TV | 7.0 | 40 |
| 1986 | American Masters | TV | 7.0 | 40 | |
| 1986 | Ruthless People | Barbara Stone | Film | 6.6 | 40 |
| 1986 | Women in Rock | Self | Film | 7.0 | 40 |
| 1986 | Down and Out in Beverly Hills | Barbara Whiteman | Film | 5.9 | 40 |
| 1986 | Barbra Streisand: One Voice | Self (Interviewee) | Film | 7.6 | 40 |
| 1985 | Live Aid | Self | Film | 7.9 | 39 |
| 1985 | We Are the World: The Story Behind the Song | Self | Film | 8.5 | 39 |
| 1984 | MTV Video Music Awards | Self - Host | TV | 7.8 | 38 |
| 1984 | Miami Vice: Brother's Keeper | Film | 7.8 | 38 | |
| 1984 | Bette Midler: Art or Bust | Self | Film | 7.0 | 38 |
| 1984 | Bette Midler: Art or Bust | Film | 7.0 | 38 | |
| 1983 | Bette Midler: No Frills | Herself | Film | — | 37 |
| 1982 | Wogan | Self | TV | 5.3 | 36 |
| 1982 | Champs-Elysées | Self (archive footage) | TV | 6.8 | 36 |
| 1982 | Champs-Elysées | Self | TV | 6.8 | 36 |
| 1982 | Jinxed! | Bonita Friml | Film | 4.6 | 36 |
| 1981 | Wetten, dass..? | Self | TV | 5.4 | 35 |
| 1981 | Entertainment Tonight | Self | TV | 4.3 | 35 |
| 1980 | Divine Madness | Self - The Divine Miss M | Film | 6.4 | 34 |
| 1980 | Divine Madness | Film | 6.4 | 34 | |
| 1980 | The Sensational Shocking Wonderful Wacky 70's | Self (archive footage) | Film | 4.0 | 34 |
| 1979 | The Rose | Mary Rose Foster | Film | 6.7 | 33 |
| 1977 | Rolling Stone Magazine: The 10th Anniversary | Self | Film | 8.0 | 31 |
| 1977 | Bette Midler: Ol' Red Hair Is Back | Self - Host | Film | 8.5 | 31 |
| 1977 | Bette Midler: Ol' Red Hair Is Back | Film | 8.5 | 31 | |
| 1976 | The Bette Midler Show | Self - Host | Film | 9.5 | 30 |
| 1975 | Saturday Night Live | Self - Musical Guest | TV | 6.9 | 29 |
| 1975 | Les Rendez-vous du dimanche | Self - Guest | TV | 6.0 | 29 |
| 1975 | Numéro un | Self (archive footage) | TV | 7.5 | 29 |
| 1975 | Numéro un | Self | TV | 7.5 | 29 |
| 1975 | Vegetable Soup | Woody The Spoon | TV | 8.0 | 29 |
| 1975 | Cher | Self - Guest | TV | 7.0 | 29 |
| 1974 | The Thorn | Virgin Mary | Film | 8.0 | 28 |
| 1972 | Musikladen | Self | TV | 8.0 | 26 |
| 1971 | Bette Midler at the Continental Baths | Self | Film | — | 25 |
| 1969 | Goodbye, Columbus | Wedding Guest (uncredited) | Film | 5.3 | 23 |
| 1968 | The Detective | Woman at Party | Film | 5.9 | 22 |
| 1966 | Hawaii | Passenger (uncredited) | Film | 6.3 | 20 |
| 1962 | The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson | Self | TV | 7.5 | 16 |
| 1961 | The Mike Douglas Show | Self | TV | 5.8 | 15 |
| 1956 | Tony Awards | Self - Performer | TV | — | 10 |
| 1953 | The Oscars | Self | TV | 7.0 | 7 |
| 1952 | Today | Self | TV | 5.6 | 6 |
| Cut Off | Film | — | — | ||
| Hocus Pocus 3 | Winifred Sanderson | Film | — | — | |
| A Childhood History Plan | Film | — | — | ||
| Bette Midler: The Showgirl Must Go On | TV | — | — |