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Full articleBette Midler (born December 1, 1945) is an American singer, actress, comedian, and producer recognized for her versatile and raucous performances across music, film, theater, and television., launched a recording career that has sold over 30 million albums worldwide, featuring hits such as "The Rose" and "Wind Beneath My Wings." and Best Supporting Actress in For the Boys (1991), alongside starring roles in comedies like Outrageous Fortune (1987) and Beaches (1988), and family films including Hocus Pocus (1993). and leading role in the revival of Hello, Dolly! (2017).( Her accolades include four Grammy Awards, three Primetime Emmy Awards, two Tony Awards, and three Golden Globe Awards, culminating in the 2021 Kennedy Center Honors for lifetime achievement.( Midler has also founded the New York Restoration Project, a nonprofit focused on urban greening, through which over one million trees have been planted.(
In brief
Bette Midler ( bet MID-lər; born December 1, 1945) is an American actress, comedian, singer, and author. Throughout her six-decade career Midler has received numerous accolades, including four Golden Globe Awards, three Grammy Awards, three Primetime Emmy Awards, two Tony Awards, and a Kennedy Center Honor, in addition to nominations for two Academy Awards and a British Academy Film Award. Born in Honolulu, Hawaii, Midler began her professional career in several off-off-Broadway plays, prior to her engagements in Fiddler on the Roof and Salvation on Broadway in the late 1960s.
She came to prominence in 1970 when she began singing in the Continental Baths, a local gay bathhouse where she managed to build up a core following. Since 1970, Midler has released 14 studio albums as a solo artist, selling over 30 million records worldwide, and has received four Gold, three Platinum, and three Multiplatinum albums by RIAA. Many of her songs became chart hits, including her renditions of "The Rose", "Wind Beneath My Wings", "Do You Want to Dance?", "Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy", and "From a Distance".
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