Bette Midler

Career timeline

1. 1945 · Born

   Born in Honolulu, Territory of Hawaii, USA [now Hawaii, USA]

2. 1966 · Screen debut

   Hawaii (Movie)

3. 1977 · Writing debut

   Bette Midler: Ol' Red Hair Is Back (Movie)

4. 1988 · First production

   Beaches (Movie)

5. 1989 · Breakthrough

   Seinfeld (TV)

6. 2010 · Directing debut

   Bette Midler: The Showgirl Must Go On (Movie)

7. 2024 · Latest release

   The Fabulous Four (Movie)

Career in numbers

3 1960s

3 1970s

13 1980s

13 1990s

9 2000s

6 2010s

8 2020s

• Comedy48
• Drama18
• Family10
• Music10
• Romance9
• Documentary8

Highest-rated title Seinfeld 1989 8.2 Most popular title The Simpsons 1989 8.0

Frequent collaborators

People who appear most often alongside Bette Midler in our catalogue.

Greg Daniels

2 titles together

1. — Cut Off Upcoming Movie
2. — Hocus Pocus 3 Upcoming as Winifred Sanderson Movie
3. — A Childhood History Plan Upcoming Movie
4. 2026 Steps Upcoming as Fairy Godmother (voice) Movie
5. 2024 The Fabulous Four as Marilyn 5.9 Movie
6. 2023 Sitting in Bars with Cake as Benita 7.0 Movie
7. 2022 Hocus Pocus 2 as Winifred Sanderson 7.1 Movie
8. 2021 The Addams Family 2 as Grandma (voice) 6.9 Movie
9. 2020 The Glorias as Bella Abzug 6.5 Movie
10. 2020 In Search of the Sanderson Sisters: A Hocus Pocus Hulaween Takeover as Winifred Sanderson Movie
11. 2020 Coastal Elites as Miriam Nessler 5.8 Movie
12. 2019 The Addams Family as Grandma (voice) 6.6 Movie
13. 2019 The Politician as Hadassah Gold 7.0 TV
14. 2018 Freak Show as Muv 6.7 Movie
15. 2012 Parental Guidance as Diane Decker 6.0 Movie
16. 2010 Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore as Kitty Galore (voice) 5.2 Movie
17. 2008 The Women as Leah Miller 5.2 Movie
18. 2007 Then She Found Me as Bernice Graves 5.7 Movie
19. 2004 The Stepford Wives as Bobbie Markowitz 5.7 Movie
20. 2004 Strictly Come Dancing as Self 6.1 TV
21. 2000 What Women Want as Dr. J. M. Perkins (uncredited) 6.5 Movie
22. 2000 Bette as Bette TV
23. 2000 Drowning Mona as Mona Dearly 5.5 Movie
24. 2000 Isn't She Great as Jacqueline Susann 4.9 Movie
25. 1999 Jackie's Back! as Bette Midler Movie
26. 1997 That Old Feeling as Lilly Leonard 6.2 Movie
27. 1996 The First Wives Club as Brenda Morelli Cushman 6.7 Movie
28. 1995 Get Shorty as Doris Saphron 6.5 Movie
29. 1994 Gypsy as Rose Hovick 6.2 Movie
30. 1993 The Nanny as Bette Midler 8.1 TV
31. 1993 Hocus Pocus as Winifred Sanderson 7.1 Movie
32. 1992 Shelley Duvall's Bedtime Stories as Narrator (voice) TV
33. 1991 For the Boys as Dixie Leonard 6.4 Movie
34. 1991 Laf Lafı Açıyor TV
35. 1991 Scenes from a Mall as Dr. Deborah Finegold-Fifer 5.2 Movie
36. 1990 The Earth Day Special as Mother Earth Movie
37. 1990 Stella as Stella Claire 5.8 Movie
38. 1989 The Simpsons as Bette Midler (voice) 8.0 TV
39. 1989 Seinfeld as Bette Midler 8.2 TV
40. 1989 The Lottery as Woman Movie
41. 1988 Beaches as CC Bloom 6.7 Movie
42. 1988 Oliver & Company as Georgette (voice) 6.7 Movie
43. 1988 Big Business as Sadie Ratliff / Sadie Shelton 6.4 Movie
44. 1987 Outrageous Fortune as Sandy Brozinsky 6.0 Movie
45. 1986 Ruthless People as Barbara Stone 6.6 Movie
46. 1986 Down and Out in Beverly Hills as Barbara Whiteman 5.9 Movie
47. 1982 Jinxed! as Bonita Friml 4.5 Movie
48. 1979 The Rose as Mary Rose Foster 6.7 Movie
49. 1975 Vegetable Soup as Woody The Spoon TV
50. 1969 Goodbye, Columbus as Wedding Guest (uncredited) 5.4 Movie
51. 1968 The Detective as Woman at Party 5.9 Movie
52. 1966 Hawaii as Passenger (uncredited) 6.3 Movie

1. 2020 Mae West: Dirty Blonde Movie
2. 2010 Bette Midler: The Showgirl Must Go On Movie
3. 2002 Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood 6.0 Movie
4. 1986 American Masters 7.1 TV

1. 1991 For the Boys 6.4 Movie
2. 1988 Beaches 6.7 Movie

1. 1984 Bette Midler: Art or Bust Movie
2. 1980 Divine Madness Movie
3. 1977 Bette Midler: Ol' Red Hair Is Back Movie

1. 2010 Bette Midler: The Showgirl Must Go On Movie

1. — Bette Midler: The Showgirl Must Go On Upcoming TV

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