Actor
Bette Midler
- Born: 1 December 1945, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA
- Estimated net worth: $300 million
Bette Midler is an acclaimed American actress, singer, and comedian known for her distinctive singing voice and vibrant performances. She gained fame through films like 'The Rose' and 'Hocus Pocus.' Midler's career spans several decades, earning her numerous…
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About Bette Midler
Bette Midler is an acclaimed American actress, singer, and comedian known for her distinctive singing voice and vibrant performances. She gained fame through films like 'The Rose' and 'Hocus Pocus.' Midler's career spans several decades, earning her numerous awards and a reputation for her dynamic stage presence and comedic talent, particularly in musicals and dramatic roles.
- Born
- 1 December 1945, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA
- Height
- 5 ft 1 in (1.55 m)
- Spouses
- Martin von Haselberg (1984-present)
- Children
- 1 daughter named Sophie von Haselberg
- Parents
- Ruth Midler, Fred Midler
- Estimated net worth
- $300 million
Fun facts about Bette Midler
- Bette Midler was nicknamed 'The Divine Miss M' after her stage persona.
- She started her career in the 1960s performing in New York City cabarets.
Famous Bette Midler quotes
“I’m not a has-been. I’m a will-be.”
“I put a spell on you.”
“You don’t have to be a star, baby, to be in my show.”
Bette Midler filmography
Cast (159)
| Year | Title | Character | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Steps Movie | Fairy Godmother (voice) | |
| 2025 | Barbara Walters: Tell Me Everything Movie | Self | 7.4 |
| 2024 | The Fabulous Four Movie | Marilyn | 6.0 |
| 2024 | The Greatest Night in Pop Movie | Self (archive footage) | 7.9 |
| 2023 | Sitting in Bars with Cake Movie | Benita | 7.0 |
| 2023 | Commitment to Life Movie | Self (archive footage) | |
| 2022 | Hocus Pocus 2 Movie | Winifred Sanderson | 7.1 |
| 2022 | George Carlin's American Dream TV | Self | 7.9 |
| 2022 | Lucy and Desi Movie | Self | 7.1 |
| 2021 | The Addams Family 2 Movie | Grandma (voice) | 6.9 |
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| Year | Title | Character | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Parkinson at 50 Movie | Self (archive footage) | 10.0 |
| 2021 | When Ruby Wax Met... TV | Self (archive footage) | 6.7 |
| 2021 | The Circuit TV | Self - Singer/Actor | 5.5 |
| 2020 | The Glorias Movie | Bella Abzug | 6.5 |
| 2020 | Mariah Carey's Magical Christmas Special Movie | Self | 6.2 |
| 2020 | In Search of the Sanderson Sisters: A Hocus Pocus Hulaween Takeover Movie | Winifred Sanderson | 7.1 |
| 2020 | Coastal Elites Movie | Miriam Nessler | 5.8 |
| 2019 | The Addams Family Movie | Grandma (voice) | 6.6 |
| 2019 | The Politician TV | Hadassah Gold | 7.0 |
| 2019 | Camp! The Movie Movie | Self | 4.3 |
| 2019 | What the World Needs Now: Words by Hal David Movie | Host | |
| 2018 | Hocus Pocus 25th Anniversary Halloween Bash Movie | Self | 7.0 |
| 2018 | Freak Show Movie | Muv | 6.7 |
| 2015 | The Late Show with Stephen Colbert TV | Self - Guest | 6.1 |
| 2014 | Bette Midler: One Night Only Movie | Self | |
| 2014 | BBC Imagine: The Divine Miss M Movie | Self | |
| 2014 | Late Night with Seth Meyers TV | Self - Guest | 5.1 |
| 2014 | The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon TV | Self - Guest | 5.8 |
| 2013 | Six by Sondheim Movie | Mama Rose (archive footage) | 7.1 |
| 2013 | 20 Feet from Stardom Movie | Self | 7.2 |
| 2012 | Parental Guidance Movie | Diane Decker | 6.0 |
| 2012 | Casting By Movie | Self | 6.9 |
| 2012 | Inside Comedy TV | Self | 6.5 |
| 2011 | Vito Movie | Self (archive footage) | 7.0 |
| 2010 | Bette Midler: The Showgirl Must Go On Movie | Self | 8.0 |
| 2010 | Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore Movie | Kitty Galore (voice) | 5.2 |
| 2010 | The Greatest Ears in Town: The Arif Mardin Story Movie | Self | 4.7 |
| 2010 | Waking Sleeping Beauty Movie | Self - Barbara Whiteman / Barbara Stone (archive footage) | 7.2 |
| 2010 | The Marriage Ref TV | Self - Panelist | 3.8 |
| 2010 | The Divine Miss M in Performance Movie | Self | 10.0 |
| 2009 | Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen TV | Self - Guest | 4.9 |
| 2009 | RuPaul's Drag Race TV | Self (archive footage) | 7.5 |
| 2008 | The Women Movie | Leah Miller | 5.2 |
| 2007 | Then She Found Me Movie | Bernice Graves | 5.7 |
| 2007 | The Alan Titchmarsh Show TV | Self - Guest | 4.5 |
| 2007 | Annie Leibovitz: Life Through a Lens Movie | Self | 7.7 |
| 2007 | Atlantic Records: The House That Ahmet Built Movie | Self - Narrator | 7.0 |
| 2007 | The Graham Norton Show TV | Self | 7.2 |
| 2006 | The One Show TV | Self - Guest | 4.3 |
| 2006 | Dancing on Ice TV | Self - Guest | 5.3 |
| 2006 | From the Big Apple to the Big Easy: The Concert for New Orleans Movie | Self | |
| 2005 | The Reichen Show TV | Self - Guest | 4.8 |
| 2005 | Bette Midler Sings the Peggy Lee Songbook Movie | Self | |
| 2005 | Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List TV | Self | 5.3 |
| 2005 | Nos Bastidores de Hollywood Movie | Self (archive footage) | 10.0 |
| 2005 | The Divine Bette Midler Movie | Self | |
| 2004 | Project Runway TV | Self - Guest Judge | 6.3 |
| 2004 | 'Twas the Night - A Holiday Celebration Movie | Self | |
| 2004 | Parkinson TV | Self - Guest / Performer (archive footage) | 7.0 |
| 2004 | Parkinson TV | Self - Guest (archive footage) | 7.0 |
| 2004 | Parkinson TV | Self - Guest / Performer | 7.0 |
| 2004 | AFI's 100 Years... 100 Songs: America's Greatest Music in the Movies Movie | Self | 8.3 |
| 2004 | Bette Midler: Kiss My Brass Live at Madison Square Garden Movie | Self | |
| 2004 | The Stepford Wives Movie | Bobbie Markowitz | 5.7 |
| 2004 | Strictly Come Dancing TV | Self | 6.1 |
| 2003 | A Barry Manilow Christmas: Live by Request Movie | Self | 10.0 |
| 2003 | The Ellen DeGeneres Show TV | Self | 5.6 |
| 2002 | American Idol TV | Self | 5.0 |
| 2001 | 50 Years of NBC Late Night Movie | Self (archive footage) | 5.0 |
| 2001 | Good Day Live TV | Self | 3.8 |
| 2000 | What Women Want Movie | Dr. J. M. Perkins (uncredited) | 6.5 |
| 2000 | Bette TV | Bette | 7.8 |
| 2000 | Barry Manilow: Greatest Hits & Then Some Movie | Self | 9.0 |
| 2000 | Drowning Mona Movie | Mona Dearly | 5.5 |
| 2000 | Isn't She Great Movie | Jacqueline Susann | 4.9 |
| 2000 | Fantasia 2000 Movie | Self - Host | 7.0 |
| 1999 | Bette Midler: Divine Miss Millennium Movie | Self | |
| 1999 | Jackie's Back! Movie | Bette Midler | 6.9 |
| 1999 | Get Bruce! Movie | Self | 6.5 |
| 1998 | Motown 40: The Music Is Forever Movie | Self (archive footage) | |
| 1997 | The View TV | Self | 4.3 |
| 1997 | That Old Feeling Movie | Lilly Leonard | 6.2 |
| 1997 | Bette Midler: Diva Las Vegas Movie | Self | 7.8 |
| 1996 | The First Wives Club Movie | Brenda Morelli Cushman | 6.7 |
| 1996 | The Rosie O'Donnell Show TV | Self - Guest | 4.1 |
| 1996 | Ruby Wax Meets TV | Self - Guest | 6.7 |
| 1995 | Get Shorty Movie | Doris Saphron | 6.5 |
| 1995 | How to Be Absolutely Fabulous Movie | Self | 7.0 |
| 1995 | Peter Allen: The Boy From Oz Movie | Self | |
| 1994 | Gypsy Movie | Rose Hovick | 6.2 |
| 1994 | Inside the Actors Studio TV | Self | |
| 1994 | A Century of Cinema Movie | Self | 8.3 |
| 1993 | Intimate Portrait TV | Self (archive footage) | 4.5 |
| 1993 | The Nanny TV | Bette Midler | 8.1 |
| 1993 | Late Night with Conan O'Brien TV | Self - Guest | 7.3 |
| 1993 | Hocus Pocus Movie | Winifred Sanderson | 7.0 |
| 1993 | Annie Leibovitz 1993 Phaidon Documentary Movie | Self | |
| 1992 | Earth and the American Dream Movie | Reader (voice) | 6.7 |
| 1992 | The Tonight Show with Jay Leno TV | Self - Guest | 5.3 |
| 1992 | Shelley Duvall's Bedtime Stories TV | Narrator (voice) | 9.5 |
| 1991 | For the Boys Movie | Dixie Leonard | 6.4 |
| 1991 | Laf Lafı Açıyor TV | Unknown character | |
| 1991 | Scenes from a Mall Movie | Dr. Deborah Finegold-Fifer | 5.2 |
| 1990 | AN EVENING WITH: FRIENDS OF THE ENVIRONMENT Movie | Self | |
| 1990 | The Earth Day Special Movie | Mother Earth | 6.1 |
| 1990 | Stella Movie | Stella Claire | 5.8 |
| 1989 | The Simpsons TV | Bette Midler (voice) | 8.0 |
| 1989 | Seinfeld TV | Bette Midler | 8.3 |
| 1989 | The Lottery Movie | Woman | 6.2 |
| 1988 | Beaches Movie | CC Bloom | 6.7 |
| 1988 | Oliver & Company Movie | Georgette (voice) | 6.7 |
| 1988 | Mickey's 60th Birthday Movie | Self | 6.8 |
| 1988 | LIVE with Kelly and Mark TV | Self - Guest | 5.6 |
| 1988 | Big Business Movie | Sadie Ratliff / Sadie Shelton | 6.4 |
| 1988 | Bette Midler's Mondo Beyondo Movie | Mondo Beyondo; Eudora P Quickly | 10.0 |
| 1987 | Outrageous Fortune Movie | Sandy Brozinsky | 6.0 |
| 1986 | Barbra Streisand: One Voice Movie | Self (Interviewee) | 7.6 |
| 1986 | Ruthless People Movie | Barbara Stone | 6.6 |
| 1986 | American Masters TV | Self | 7.0 |
| 1986 | Down and Out in Beverly Hills Movie | Barbara Whiteman | 5.9 |
| 1986 | Women in Rock Movie | Self | 7.0 |
| 1985 | Live Aid Movie | Self | 7.8 |
| 1985 | We Are the World: The Story Behind the Song Movie | Self | 8.4 |
| 1984 | MTV Video Music Awards TV | Self - Host | 7.8 |
| 1984 | Bette Midler: Art or Bust Movie | Self | 7.0 |
| 1983 | Bette Midler: No Frills Movie | Herself | |
| 1982 | Jinxed! Movie | Bonita Friml | 4.5 |
| 1982 | Wogan TV | Self | 5.6 |
| 1982 | Champs-Elysées TV | Self (archive footage) | 6.8 |
| 1982 | Champs-Elysées TV | Self | 6.8 |
| 1981 | Entertainment Tonight TV | Self | 4.3 |
| 1981 | Wetten, dass..? TV | Self | 5.6 |
| 1980 | Divine Madness Movie | Self - The Divine Miss M | 6.4 |
| 1980 | The Sensational Shocking Wonderful Wacky 70's Movie | Self (archive footage) | 4.0 |
| 1979 | The Rose Movie | Mary Rose Foster | 6.7 |
| 1977 | Bette Midler: Ol' Red Hair Is Back Movie | Self - Host | 8.5 |
| 1977 | Rolling Stone Magazine: The 10th Anniversary Movie | Self | 8.0 |
| 1976 | The Bette Midler Show Movie | Self - Host | 9.5 |
| 1975 | Saturday Night Live TV | Self - Musical Guest | 6.9 |
| 1975 | Vegetable Soup TV | Woody The Spoon | 8.0 |
| 1975 | Numéro un TV | Self (archive footage) | 7.5 |
| 1975 | Numéro un TV | Self | 7.5 |
| 1975 | Cher TV | Self - Guest | 7.0 |
| 1975 | Les Rendez-vous du dimanche TV | Self - Guest | 6.0 |
| 1974 | The Thorn Movie | Virgin Mary | 8.0 |
| 1972 | Musikladen TV | Self | 8.0 |
| 1971 | Bette Midler at the Continental Baths Movie | Self | |
| 1971 | Film '72 TV | Self | 5.1 |
| 1969 | Goodbye, Columbus Movie | Wedding Guest (uncredited) | 5.4 |
| 1968 | The Detective Movie | Woman at Party | 5.9 |
| 1966 | Hawaii Movie | Passenger (uncredited) | 6.3 |
| 1962 | The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson TV | Self | 7.6 |
| 1961 | The Mike Douglas Show TV | Self | 5.8 |
| 1956 | Tony Awards TV | Self - Performer | |
| 1953 | The Oscars TV | Self | 7.1 |
| 1952 | Today TV | Self | 5.6 |
| TBA | Cut Off Movie | Unknown character | |
| TBA | Hocus Pocus 3 Movie | Winifred Sanderson | |
| TBA | A Childhood History Plan Movie | Unknown character |
Crew (12)
| Year | Title | Role | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Mae West: Dirty Blonde Movie | Executive Producer · Production | 6.9 |
| 2010 | Bette Midler: The Showgirl Must Go On Movie | Executive Producer · Production | 8.0 |
| 2010 | Bette Midler: The Showgirl Must Go On Movie | Director · Directing | 8.0 |
| 2002 | Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood Movie | Executive Producer · Production | 6.0 |
| 1991 | For the Boys Movie | Producer · Production | 6.4 |
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| Year | Title | Role | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 | Beaches Movie | Producer · Production | 6.7 |
| 1986 | American Masters TV | Executive Producer · Production | 7.0 |
| 1984 | Miami Vice: Brother's Keeper Movie | Songs · Sound | 7.8 |
| 1984 | Bette Midler: Art or Bust Movie | Writer · Writing | 7.0 |
| 1980 | Divine Madness Movie | Writer · Writing | 6.4 |
| 1977 | Bette Midler: Ol' Red Hair Is Back Movie | Writer · Writing | 8.5 |
| TBA | Bette Midler: The Showgirl Must Go On TV | Creator · Creator |
Latest releases
- Barbara Walters: Tell Me Everything2025 / TMDB 7.4
- The Fabulous Four2024 / TMDB 6.0
- The Greatest Night in Pop2024 / TMDB 7.9
- Sitting in Bars with Cake2023 / TMDB 7.0
- Commitment to Life2023
- Hocus Pocus 22022 / TMDB 7.1
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Questions about Bette Midler
What are some of Bette Midler's most famous films?
Bette Midler is known for her roles in 'The Rose,' 'Hocus Pocus,' and 'Beaches.' These films showcase her talent in both drama and comedy, contributing to her status as a beloved performer.
Has Bette Midler won any major awards?
Yes, Bette Midler has won multiple awards, including three Grammy Awards, four Golden Globe Awards, and a Tony Award for her performance in 'Fiddler on the Roof.'
What was Bette Midler's first film?
Bette Midler made her film debut in 'The Rose' (1979), which was a significant turning point in her career, showcasing her acting and singing abilities.
What is Bette Midler's estimated net worth?
Bette Midler's estimated net worth is around $300 million, reflecting her successful career in music, film, and theater.
How many children does Bette Midler have?
Bette Midler has one daughter named Sophie von Haselberg, born in 1986. Sophie has pursued a career in acting and art.
What is a defining characteristic of Bette Midler's performances?
Bette Midler is known for her powerful singing voice and her energetic, larger-than-life stage presence, which she often combines with comedic elements.
What musical genre does Bette Midler primarily perform?
Bette Midler primarily performs in the pop and musical theater genres, often blending her singing career with her acting roles in films and stage productions.
What notable stage performances has Bette Midler been involved in?
Bette Midler has performed in several notable stage productions, including 'Hello, Dolly!' and 'Fiddler on the Roof,' showcasing her talent in musical theater.