Bette Midler - Biography - IMDb Bette Midler Biography Showing all 87 items Jump to: Overview (4) | Mini Bio (1) | Spouse (1) | Trivia (33) | Personal Quotes (46) | Salary (2) Overview (4) 5' 1" (1.55 m) Mini Bio (1) Multi Grammy Award-winning singer/comedienne/author Bette Midler has also proven herself to be a very capable actress in a string of both dramatic and comedic roles. Midler was born in Honolulu, Hawaii, on December 1, 1945. She is the daughter of Ruth (Schindel), a seamstress, and Fred Midler, a painter. Her parents, originally from New Jersey, were both from Jewish immigrant families (from Russia, Poland, and the Austro-Hungarian Empire). Midler studied drama at the University of Hawaii and got her musical career started by performing in gay bathhouses with piano accompaniment from Barry Manilow .

Her first album was "The Divine Miss M" released in November 1972, followed by the self-titled "Bette Midler" released in November 1973, both of which took off up the music charts, and Bette's popularity swiftly escalated from there. After minor roles in several film/TV productions, she surprised all with her knockout performance of a hard-living rock-and-roll singer (loosely based on the life of Janis Joplin ) in The Rose (1979), for which she received an Academy Award nomination for Best Actress. In 1986, director Paul Mazursky cast Midler opposite Nick Nolte and Richard Dreyfuss in the hilarious Down and Out in Beverly Hills (1986), and so began a string of very funny comedic film roles.

She played an obnoxious wife who was the victim of a kidnap plot by her scoundrel husband, played by Danny DeVito , in Ruthless People (1986), was pursued by CIA and KGB spies in Outrageous Fortune (1987), played mismatched twins with Lily Tomlin in Big Business (1988) and shone in the tear-jerker Beaches (1988). Bette matched feisty James Caan in the WWII drama For the Boys (1991), made a dynamic trio with Goldie Hawn and Diane Keaton in The First Wives Club (1996), was back on screen with DeVito for the tepid comedy Drowning Mona (2000) and turned up in the glossy remake of The Stepford Wives (2004). Apart from her four Grammy awards, Bette Midler has also won four Golden Globes, one Tony Award, and three Emmy Awards, plus she has sold in excess of 15 million albums worldwide. Most recently, she toured with her sassy "Kiss My Brass" show, and is promoting her album "Bette Midler Sings the Rosemary Clooney Songbook".

- IMDb Mini Biography By: firehouse44@hotmail.com Spouse (1) ( 16 December 1984 - present) (1 child) Trivia (33) Performed her cabaret act at the famed gay men's club, The Continental Baths, in the 1970s with Barry Manilow as her accompanist. Worked at a Dole pineapple processing plant in Hawaii in her early years. Her first big album "The Divine Miss M" was produced by Barry Manilow . Attended and graduated from Radford High School in Honolulu, Hawaii in 1963. Majored in drama at the University of Hawaii at Manoa, but dropped out after three semesters. Listed as one of twelve "Promising New Actors of 1979" in John Willis' Screen World, Vol. 31. Was the final guest on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1962). Gave birth to her only child at age 40, a daughter Sophie Frederica Alohilani von Haselberg (aka Sophie von Haselberg ) on November 14, 1986.

Child's father is her husband, Martin von Haselberg . She performed a cover version of the song "Beast of Burden". She also appeared in a music video of the song with Mick Jagger that was choreographed and cast by Lori Eastside . Ranked #51 on VH1's 100 Greatest Women of Rock N Roll Won four Grammy Awards including the 1973 Best New Artist and the prestigious Record of the Year in 1989 for the soaring rendition of her # 1 hit "Wind Beneath My Wings" from the movie Beaches (1988). In 1974, she received a special Tony Award "for adding lustre to the Broadway season". Is named after Bette Davis and her sisters Susan and Judy are named after Susan Hayward and Judy Garland . When the American Film Institute announced "The 100 Years of the Greatest Songs" on June 22, 2004, two of her hits were selected: "Wind Beneath My Wings" from Beaches (1988) (#44), "The Rose" from The Rose (1979), (#83).

Her album "Bette Midler Sings the Rosemary Clooney Songbook" was originally titled "Rosemary for Remembrance". The name was changed just weeks before the album's September 30, 2003 release. The last syllable of her first name is unpronounced because her mother thought that was how Bette Davis pronounced her name. Is a huge fan and longtime friend of the late singer Rosemary Clooney . The role of Delores Van Carter in Sister Act (1992) was originally written for her. However, she turned down the role which went to Whoopi Goldberg . While Bette was on Broadway in "Fiddler on the Roof" (she played the character Tzeitel until 1969), her sister Judy visited New York City to see her perform and was tragically struck by a taxi and killed. Graduated as valedictorian of her high school. Can be seen in the crowd as an extra in Hawaii (1966) (1966) as a seasick passenger aboard a ship listening to a preacher, played by Max von Sydow .

Midler was also hired for a small speaking role in the film and went to Los Angeles to film these scenes in a studio. Her scenes were cut from the final film. However, she used the money she earned to move to New York, where her career took off and she became a star. She was awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for Recording at 6922 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California on February 6, 1985. Was in a relationship with Peter Riegert . They lived together in the 1970s. She studied drama at HB Studio in Greenwich Village in New York City. Despite playing her daughter in Beaches (1988), Midler is just five years younger than Lainie Kazan in real life. Became pregnant by her husband Martin von Haselberg in 1987 but suffered a miscarriage. Is a huge fan of Susan Boyle . Is a staunch liberal Democrat. She launched her current show in Las Vegas, Nevada titled "The Showgirl Must Go On". The show took place at Caesers Palace, and she performed the show for two years.

[February 2008] Bette's paternal grandparents, Ruben Midler and Minnie Friedman, were Jewish immigrants from Russia and Poland. Bette's maternal grandparents, Israel D. Schindel and Fannie Goldberger, were Jewish immigrants from Austria/Hungary and Poland. She is exactly ten years younger than her Scenes from a Mall (1991) co-star Woody Allen : Allen was born on December 1, 1935 while Midler was born on December 1, 1945. Was considered for the role of Zira in The Lion King 2: Simba's Pride (1998). During one time, she rented an old house off Coldwater Canyon and Richard Chamberlain was her landlord. Personal Quotes (46) I try not to drink too much, because when I'm drunk, I bite. [on acting] You have to think you're the greatest thing since sliced bread, but know you're not. [2005, during a concert in Brisbane, Australia] It's been 26 years since I was last here. Before my fans were all taking drugs; this time they're all taking medication!

The worst part of success is to try finding someone who is happy for you. I always try to balance the light with the heavy - a few tears of human spirit in with the sequins and the fringes. I bear no grudges. I have a mind that retains nothing. Get the trash off the street and back on the stage where it belongs. In Hawaii, I was the chief chunker in a pineapple canning factory. I used to come home smelling like a compote. Underneath all this drag, I'm really a librarian, you know. I wouldn't say I invented tack, but I definitely brought it to its present high popularity. [when asked by Parade magazine whether she will retire after her show in Las Vegas] I think so. I must say, my high kick is just as high as it ever was, thanks to tai chi. But everything is a bit slower. The mind - things don't stick the way they used to. I feel like I'm going out with a bang. It's something my husband and I have talked about. I certainly don't want to die in harness. I'm not one of those people. I want world peace. Please. Just for my sake, before I go.

I also hope that Meryl Streep has the good taste to step aside and let the rest of us have a crack... but I know she won't. She has a really good agent. She's great, but I know there are some ladies behind her saying, "Meryl, for God's sake, do you have to say yes to everything?". I'm kind of healthy but has a little bit of arthritis, my eyes are a little shaky. I drank a little, I didn't do drugs to any great extent. I do get depressed but not like you do if you drink or do drugs. I have pretty bad melancholia, but I've found you can get rid of that by exercising. [I have therapy.] A lot of people don't love what they do and I do. I still love music and I love, love, love to dance. For most women - I can't speak for men - I'd say dancing is the key to happiness. I love Barbara Hershey and Lainie Kazan . I had no idea Beaches (1988) was an 'uberweepie'! The nerve! It wasn't so bad. I co-produced it. It was a pretty damned good screenplay.

I thought it was just another movie. I didn't think of it as a women's picture. I was so excited to be able to sing again and have a soundtrack. Thank God for the gays. I don't know what would have happened but I know what did happen. Good for them and good for me. I was riveting. Yes, it was a place where gay men met and had sex. I didn't see that. Someone sent me a picture showing me in a 1930s costume with my hair pulled back and all these cute young men in bathrobes watching me. It seemed very innocent. I would stand at the top of a little staircase with a towel round my head and act out whacked-out movie heroines. Patti LaBelle played there, too. I wasn't there long, but I was there long enough to make a splash, ha-ha. I've never been to a sex orgy in my entire life. Studio 54 was way worse than the baths. I'm glad my daughter has been [university educated]. I sometimes think I should go back to school to learn French and music, but who would have me? I'm an open-space person.

I'm not a believer in sprawl. I don't particularly care for postmodern architecture. I believe in solid fare and building fair. I'm green to the core. This group I run in New York bought 60 community gardens and helped another group to buy 55 in congested neighbourhoods. I'm doing a similar thing in Hawaii, but it's harder there, the tracts are so big and there are these things about road zoning, dams, reservoirs... My parents (mother Ruth a seamstress, father Fred a painter) were not encouraging. My father put everybody down. Yeah, it was a real drag but he had his moments. His saving grace was a wicked sense of humour. He was a good provider. They were a team. They were at Pearl Harbour, they knew hardship. My mum was supportive, she had a tinge of showbiz fever and named me and my sisters after Hollywood icons. My dad was like "Get a job". But that gave me something to fight against. [on growing up in Hawaii]: We were very poor, it was a hard-scrabble childhood, not particularly happy. The best part was nature, which is so intense there.

The sky is bright blue, the clouds are puffy, the grass is lush, it feels like you can touch the stars. But the people were not very nice. I was a white kid in a mostly Asian neighbourhood. You heard Hawaii was a great melting pot? Hooey. I had a very strong fantasy life. Sorry, what was the question? I'm bonkers. Where am I? Who am I? I love your socks. I thought I would be an actorrrr. I thought I'd be Ethel Barrymore . I didn't know who she was, but she was my idea of an actorrrr. It seemed it would be more fun to be someone else rather than myself. On desire: If somebody makes me laugh, I'm his slave for life. I'm not just vain, I'm ignorant. I'm vignorant! I celebrate everyone's religious holidays. if it's good enough for the righteous, it's good enough for the self-righteous, I always say. [Accusing Lady Gaga of stealing her Dolores DeLago routine] I've been doing singing mermaid since 1980. You can keep the meat dress and the firecracker boobs. Mermaid's mine.

As Joan Crawford once said, "I'll show ya a pair of Golden Globes!". [on Susan Boyle ] She is an act whose time has come. People love that voice. She sings straight. She doesn't do a lot of riffing. There are no trills, no thrills. Its straight singing and it comes from the heart. As an actor you're supposed to take jobs that will challenge you or force fans to see you in a different light. By the '90s, I wasn't really an actor anymore. I was someone who went on the road with these gigantic concerts. I got so far away from what they told you in acting class: Do something different. Producers kept offering me the Sister Act (1992) movie, but I said, "My fans don't want to see me in a wimple." I literally said, "My fans don't want to see me in a wimple.". [on Sue Mengers who she played on Broadway] Sue even had a friend blowing marijuana smoke into her face as she passed away. She was high until the bitter end.

[on Misery (1990)] I turned that down because I didn't want to saw off someone's foot, even though the role won an Oscar [for Kathy Bates ]. It was stupid to say no to those pictures. And while I was unsure about doing this play [on Broadway as Sue Mengers ], I felt it was time for me to say yes. [on her Broadway debut in one-woman show "I'll Eat You Last"] I'd never done a straight play before, never, and it was very hard work - really, really hard work. It was dense, really wordy, and I was determined to learn every word of it - not just skip over bits and pieces. It took me a long time to actually know what the play was about - that it was a long aria with slow-moving parts, and parts with laughs and tears, and that my job was to switch gears pretty radically and seamlessly in ways that I had never done before. And this wasn't like just one day of shooting for a movie - you had to stay healthy, your brain had to stay sharp, and you needed enough wind so when a sentence went on like a paragraph, I could still breathe.

There were moments I had to eat candy, and I would have a mouth full of saliva, but no time to swallow it - so I had to learn to perform through moments like that. [her reaction of Broadway audiences] I learned to accept the audience's happiness for me, which is one of the hardest things for me to learn. I had a hard-scrabble childhood with my parents. I have a lot of baggage. To come down to the footlights and accept the audience's affection inside a Broadway theater - that didn't come easily to me. Sue Mengers was way tougher than I am. You go through your life, you're a certain age, a lot of things have happened to me, but I needed to put those aside and let the audience affect me in a simple way. [on smoking for Sue Mengers role] The cigarettes nearly killed me. I answer the phone now and people calling think it's my husband. And my allergies in that theater - it's a very old theater. And the hairspray! I never used hairspray. And the wigs! Let's not talk about the fricking wigs, that was such a saga. But the cigarettes were the hardest.

When I made The Rose (1979), I did smoke, I smoked for six months, and years later I tried a cigarette again and it made me sick for two weeks. These are herbal cigarettes, but smoke is smoke. I was thrilled, though, when I finally got the timing down to smoke two at once - a cigarette in one hand and a joint in the other. That was Sue. I'm incapable of doing anything other than entertaining. I can barely add and I've never been able to do my own taxes. It's a good thing I've been blessed with this fantastic will to go forward, even when I hit the skids. When I first heard "Wind Beneath My Wings", I thought: "I'm not singing that." [Longtime friend and producer] Marc Shaiman insisted and it was the biggest hit of my career. Charm is something a lot of today's young artists could do with. Maybe I'll start a charm school, like they had at Motown. They don't see it takes more than looking cute and not falling over in high heels.

My father loved me, but until the day he died he thought it was a total waste of time and that I should have been a teacher or a nurse. Fame and money was partly what drove me to leave Hawaii for New York to become a singer when I was 19. When you are poor - and we were really poor - it's human nature to want to better yourself. [on Beaches (1988)] No one was more surprised than me at how it took off and has such a place in the hearts of so many generations. The glass ceiling still exists. It's getting a little better for women, but past a certain age, certainly not. I think I've been really lucky because my gay crowd had followed me to the limit and the fact that they are so vocal and so full of joy each time they see me, I think that's a very infectious energy in the audience at my shows. I think they're the ones who brought the straight people around and it's because of them that people get me to such a wonderful degree now. [on what she perceives as the 'pornification' of pop music] Well, whatever strictures there were have fallen apart.

And now it's whatever you feel like doing you can do. I mean, apparently people really like to pretend they're having sex. They really like to slap each other's butts. [My advice?] Trust your talent. You don't have to make a whore of yourself to get ahead. You really don't. [on the 'girl bands' of her youth] The Ronettes, The Chiffons, The Marvelettes, The Crystals.. they were completely and utterly wholesome and whimsical. And optimistic. The music was very optimistic and upbeat. The ballads were sometimes sad, but you knew things were going to turn out in the end. The music wasn't bleak. This was before Bob Dylan, you know. If you wants something done, you'd better do it yourself - or ask another woman to do it. [observation, 2015] Don't I look fabulous? I'm a triumph of science and fiction. Salary (2) Bette Midler | New Music And Songs | Bette Midler About Bette Midler Bette Midler counts singing as only one of her talents. Still, she has managed to score a number of major hits in a roller-coaster career as a recording artist.

Born in Paterson, New Jersey and raised in Hawaii, Midler showed an interest in singing and acting early on, and by the '60s she had moved to New York and gotten a role in the long-running Broadway hit Fiddler on the Roof. Midler developed a nightclub act that included comedy and singing of a variety of kinds of material, including show tunes, pop hits, and even a takeoff on the Andrews Sisters, and appeared with increasing frequency in New York with her accompanist, Barry Manilow. She was signed to Atlantic Records and released The Divine Miss M (1972), which went gold and included a Top Ten single cover of the Andrews Sisters' "Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy." Bette Midler (1973) was similarly successful. Midler's album sales fell off during the rest of the '70s, though her records always reached the Top 100 in the album chart. But in 1979 she starred in the film The Rose, a fictional account of the life of Janis Joplin, and the title track became a Top Ten hit.

1980 saw the release of Midler's concert film, Divine Madness, and her best-selling book, A View from a Broad. Her next film, Jinxed (1982), however, was a major flop, and subsequent records didn't fare well. Midler made a cinematic comeback with Down and Out in Beverly Hills (1986), but it wasn't until 1989 that she had another pop hit, when her version of "Wind Beneath My Wings" from her film Beaches became a number one hit. This rejuvenated her singing career, and 1990's Some People's Lives became a Top Ten, million-selling album, with the song "From a Distance" hitting number two. Midler's soundtrack album to her 1991 film For the Boys was also a gold-selling hit. Midler appeared in a television production of the Broadway musical Gypsy that produced a charting soundtrack album in 1993 following the release of her million-selling hits collection Experience the Divine. The gold-selling Bette of Roses (1995) was her first regular album release in five years.

Her 1996 film The First Wives Club was a major box office success. In 1998, she switched to Warner Bros. and released Bathhouse Betty, which went gold. With film opportunities drying up, the 54-year-old singer/actress turned to television, developing a half-hour network comedy series based on her own life. Though it didn't last long, Bette premiered on CBS on October 11, 2000; six days later, she released a second Warner Bros. album, also called Bette. During the next five years, Midler covered the songbooks of two seminal artists, Rosemary Clooney and Peggy Lee, and in 2006 came out with her first-ever Christmas record, Cool Yule, which included a duet with Johnny Mathis. Fans had to wait another eight years for a new studio album from Midler, but in the interim she was far from inactive.

She released two compilation albums, 2008's Jackpot: The Best Bette and 2010's rarities set Memories of You; had a two-year residency at Caesar's Palace in Las Vegas with her stage show The Showgirl Must Go On; appeared in the feature films The Women, Parental Guidance, and Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore, and starred on Broadway for the first time in 30 years in the play I'll Eat You Last: A Chat with Sue Mengers. Her 14th studio album, It's the Girls! -- a tribute to classic girl trios down the years, from the Andrews Sisters to TLC -- was released in November 2014. In 2016, The Divine Miss M was given a "deluxe" expanded reissue with a bonus disc of rare and unreleased material, as well as new liner notes from Midler. ~ William Ruhlmann, Rovi BootLeg Betty | The Bette Midler Blog Posted Dec 17, 2016 6:12 am by Mister D Bette Midler On First Wive’s Club: Yes. Yes. I will admit it.

It was a big hit. I’ve had the depths and then I’ve had ‘First Wive’s Club. I knew it was a natural. There are a lot of angry women around and they were rooting for us. I’ve been saying for years, “What are we girls, but the waitresses for the banquet of life?’ I knew this picture couldn’t flop. And the three girls got along really well. Diane is so low-key. I mean she hasn’t even SEEN movies that she was in. I’d look at the videos, and I’d say, ‘It’s OK girls. But let’s do it again.’” ( Herald-Journal , Apr 8, 1997) Bette Midler - IMDb IMDb 17 January 2017 4:34 PM, UTC NEWS Soundtrack | Actress | Producer Multi Grammy Award-winning singer/comedienne/author Bette Midler has also proven herself to be a very capable actress in a string of both dramatic and comedic roles. Midler was born in Honolulu, Hawaii, on December 1, 1945. She is the daughter of Ruth (Schindel), a seamstress, and Fred Midler, a painter.

Her parents, originally from New Jersey, ... See full bio » Born: Sundance 2017: 10 Reasons Why This Year’s Festival Is Essential for Queer Cinema 2 hours ago | Indiewire a list of 30 people created 23 Dec 2010 a list of 40 people created 31 Aug 2011 a list of 22 people created 14 Dec 2011 a list of 28 people created 04 Nov 2012 a list of 36 people created 24 Apr 2014 Do you have a demo reel? Add it to your IMDbPage How much of Bette Midler's work have you seen? User Polls Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 29 wins & 43 nominations. See more awards » Known For Fantasia 2000 Herself - Host (segment "Piano Concerto No. 2, Allegro, Opus 102") (1999) 2015 12 Monkeys (TV Series) (performer - 1 episode) - Arms of Mine (2015) ...

(performer: "Wind Beneath My Wings" - uncredited) - Episode dated 24 November 2008 (2008) ... (performer: "The Glory Of Love") 2014 Bette Midler: One Night Only (TV Movie) (performer: "Friends", "Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy", "From a Distance", "Be My Baby", "Baby It's You", "Give Him a Great Big Kiss", "Tell Him", "Pretty Legs (& Great Big Knockers)/Sophie Tucker", "Waterfalls", "Wind Beneath My Wings") 2014 Today (TV Series) (performer - 2 episodes) 2014 The World's Greatest Movie Songs: Top 50 (TV Movie) (performer: "Wind Beneath My Wings") 2014 Retrats (TV Series) (performer - 1 episode) - Aliments i ciència (2014) ... (performer: "I've Still Got My Health") 2014 Pretty Little Liars (TV Series) (performer - 1 episode) - Unbridled (2014) ...

(performer: "Chapel of Love" - uncredited) 2014 The 86th Annual Academy Awards (TV Special) (performer: "Wind Beneath My Wings") 2013 Getting On (TV Series) (performer - 1 episode) - Make Someone Happy (2013) ... (performer: "Up The Ladder to The Roof") 2012 American Masters (TV Series documentary) (performer - 1 episode) - Johnny Carson: King of Late Night (2012) ... (performer: "One For My Baby (And One More For The Road)" - uncredited) - Episode #11.16 (2011) ... (performer: "Wind Beneath My Wings" - uncredited) 2011 Vito (Documentary) (performer: "Friends") 2011 Atop the Fourth Wall (TV Series) (performer - 1 episode) - Gameboy #1 (2011) ...

(performer: "Wind Beneath My Wings") 2009-2010 Dancing on Ice (TV Series) (performer - 2 episodes) - Episode #5.22 (2010) ... (performer: "In My Life") - Episode #4.9 (2009) ... (performer: "From a Distance") 2009 The Royal Variety Performance 2009 (TV Movie) (performer: "In My Life", "Wind Beneath My Wings") - The Other Cousin (2004) ... ("Wind Beneath My Wings", uncredited) Biography (TV Series documentary) (lyrics - 1 episode, 2004) (performer - 1 episode, 2004) - Bette Midler (2004) ...

(lyrics: "One for My Baby (and One More for the Road)") / (performer: "Wind Beneath My Wings", "From a Distance", "One for My Baby (and One More for the Road)", "Everything's Coming Up Roses", "Bed of Roses", "Do You Want to Dance", "The Rose") 2003 Pepper Chocolate (TV Series) (performer: "Hey There") 2000 Twentieth Century Fox: The Blockbuster Years (TV Movie documentary) (performer: "The Rose") Bette (TV Series) (performer - 7 episodes, 2000) (writer - 1 episode, 2000) - In My Life (2000) ... (performer: "Nobody Else But You") / (writer: "Nobody Else But You") - Episode dated 15 February 1999 (1999) ... (performer: "Lullaby in Blue") 1999 Behind the Music (TV Series documentary) (performer - 1 episode) - Bette Midler (1999) ...

(performer: "Night And Day") 1998 The View (TV Series) (performer - 1 episode) - Episode #2.60 (1998) ... (performer: "Laughing Matters") 1998 Wetten, dass..? (TV Series) (performer - 1 episode) 1998 The Roseanne Show (TV Series) (performer - 1 episode) - Episode #1.35 (1998) ...

(performer: "My One True Friend", "Friends") 1998 One True Thing (performer: "My One True Friend", "Do You Want To Dance", "Friends") 1997 Bette Midler in Concert: Diva Las Vegas (TV Special documentary) (performer: "Friends", "I Look Good", "Miss Otis Regrets", "Spring Can Really Hung You Up the Most", "Bed of Roses", "You Don't Own Me", "The Rose", "Burlesque - Pretty Legs (& Great Big Knockers)", "Burlesque - Rose's Turn", "Drinking Again", "MacArthur Park", "Infomercial", "Call Me", "Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy", "Bigotry", "Bridge Over Troubled Water", "In the Navy", "The Greatest Love of All", "New York, New York", "Ukelele Lady", "From a Distance", "Do Yoy Wanna Dance", "To Comfort You", "Stay with Me", "Wind Beneath My Wings", "The Story of Us") 1996 The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (TV Series) (performer - 1 episode) - Episode

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(performer: "In This Life", "I Believe in You") 1996 The Hunchback of Notre Dame (performer: "God Help the Outcasts") 1996 Ruby Wax Meets... (TV Series documentary) (performer - 1 episode) - Bette Midler and Liza Minnelli (1996) ... (performer: "To Deserve You") 1995 1995 VH1 Honors (TV Movie) (performer: "To Deserve You", "Let It Be Me") 1995 Seinfeld (TV Series) (performer - 1 episode) - The Understudy (1995) ... (performer: "Wind beneath My Wings" - uncredited) 1994 The 46th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (TV Special) (performer: "Rose's Turn") 1993 Gypsy (TV Movie) (performer: "Some People", "Small World", "Mr.

Goldstone", "You'll Never Get Away from Me", "Everything's Coming Up Roses", "Together, Wherever We Go", "Rose's Turn") 1993 Hocus Pocus (performer: "I Put a Spell on You") 1993 Armistead Maupin's Tales of the City (TV Mini-Series) (performer - 1 episode) - Episode #1.4 (1993) ... (performer: "Am I Blue") 1993 The Simpsons (TV Series) (performer - 1 episode) - Krusty Gets Kancelled (1993) ...

(performer: "Wind Beneath My Wings" - uncredited) 1992 Home Alone 2: Lost in New York (performer: "Somewhere In My Memory") The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (TV Series) (performer - 11 episodes, 1970 - 1992) (writer - 2 episodes, 1985 - 1991) (lyrics - 1 episode, 1992) 1990 The 32nd Annual Grammy Awards (TV Special) (performer: "Wind Beneath My Wings") 1990 Stella (performer: "One More Cheer") 1989 Abandonada (performer: "Wind Beneath My Wings") 1988 Beaches (lyrics: "Otto Titsling", "Oh Industry") / (music: "Otto Titsling", "Oh Industry") / (performer: "Under The Boardwalk", "Wind Beneath My Wings", "I've Still Got My Health", "I Think It's Going To Rain Today", "Otto Titsling", "I Know You By Heart", "The Glory Of Love

", "Baby Mine", "Oh Industry", "Ballin' the Jack") 1988 Oliver & Company (performer: "Perfect Isn't Easy") 1988 Big Business (performer: "Little Ole Lady") 1987 In the Mood (lyrics: "IN THE MOOD") 1986 Women in Rock (Video documentary) (performer: "Beast of Burden") 1985 We Are The World: The Story Behind The Song (TV Movie documentary) ("We Are the World", uncredited) 1983 Bette Midler No Frills (TV Movie) (performer: "Beast Of Burden", "All I Need To Know", "Is It Love", "Favorite Waste Of Time", "The Rose") 1982 The Mondo Beyondo Show (TV Movie) (performer: "Mondo's Theme") / (writer: "Mondo's Theme") 1982 Jinxed!

(performer: "No Jinx") 1980 Divine Madness (Documentary) (performer: "Big Noise from Winnetka", "Paradise", "Shiver Me Timbers", "Fire Down Below", "Stay with Me", "My Mother's Eyes", "Chapel of Love", "Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy", "E Street Shuffle", "Summer (The First Time)", "Leader of the Pack", "You Can't Always Get What You Want", "I Shall Be Released", "Rainbow Sleeves", "Ready to Begin Again" / "Do You Want to Dance", "The Rose") 1979 The Rose (performer: "The Rose", "Stay With Me", "Sold My Soul to Rock 'N' Roll", "Keep On Rockin'", "Fire Down Below", "When a Man Loves a Woman", "Midnight in Memphis", "Whose Side Are You On", "Love Me with A Feeling" (uncredited), "Let Me Call You Sweetheart" (uncredited)) - Episode dated 19 May 1977 (1977) ...

(writer: "You're Moving Out Today") 1976 Neil Sedaka Steppin' Out (TV Special) (performer: "Love Will Keep Us Together") 1976 The Bette Midler Show (TV Special) (performer: "Friends", "Oh My My", "I Sold My Heart to the Junkman", "Birds", "In the Mood", "Hurry on Down", "Shiver Me Timbers", "Around the World", "Istanbul", "Fiesta in Rio", "South Seas Scene", "A Dream Is a Wish Your Heart Makes", "Lullaby of Broadway", "You're Moving Out Today", "Delta Dawn", "Long John Blues", "Hello in There", "Up the Ladder to the Roof", "Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy" - uncredited) / (writer: "Fiesta in Rio", "You're Moving Out Today" - uncredited) 1975 Cher (TV Series) (performer - 1 episode) - Episode #1.1 (1975) ... (performer: "Trashy Ladies Medley") 1973 Burt Bacharach: Opus No.

3 (TV Movie) (performer: "Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy") 1972 Scarecrow in a Garden of Cucumbers (performer: "Get It On", "Nothing Goin' Down at All", "Love Theme", "Strawberry, Lilac and Lime")

Question: ‘The Divine Miss M’ was the debut album of which US singer?
Answer: Bette Midler