Bette Midler made her film debut in the musical drama The Rose (1979), for which she was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress and won the Golden Globe for Best Actress; Motion Picture Comedy or Musical.
She later went on to appear in a number of movies, including Beaches (1988), Hocus Pocus (1993), The First Wives Club (1996), The Stepford Wives (2004), Parental Guidance (2012), and The Addams Family.
She was also in the movies Down and Out in Beverly Hills (1986), Ruthless People (1986), Outrageous Fortune (1987), Big Business (1988), and Outrageous Fortune (2013).
Bette Midler parents: Meet Fred Midler, Ruth Midler
The star’s parents are Fred Midler and Ruth Schindel. Her father, Fred Midler, worked as a house painter and a painter at a Navy post in Hawaii, while her mother, Ruth, was a seamstress and stay-at-home mom. By 2022, none of them will still be alive.
The Divine Miss M, her debut album, earned a Grammy. The single “Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy” debuted at number one on the Billboard “Adult Contemporary” chart, while the album peaked at number 10 on the Billboard 200.
