Known For: American actress and singer (born 1945)
Category: Actresses
Occupation: comedian, film actor, singer, television actor, voice actor, film producer, stage actor, producer, film director
Country: United States of America
City: Honolulu
Date of Birth: Saturday, 01 December 1945
Language English
Bette Midler is an American singer, actress, comedian, and author. Throughout her five-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.
| BirthPlace | Honolulu |
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| Spouses | Martin von Haselberg |
| Children | Sophie von Haselberg |
| Website | http://bettemidler.com |
| Wikipedia | Bette_Midler |
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| X (Twitter) | BetteMidler |
Bette Midler was born in Honolulu, Hawaii, where her family was one of the few Jewish families in a mostly Asian neighborhood. Her mother, Ruth (née Schindel), was a seamstress and housewife, and her father, Fred Midler, worked at a Navy base in Hawaii as a painter, and also painted houses. Both parents were born in New Jersey. She was named after actress Bette Davis, although Davis pronounced her first name in two syllables (phonetically like "Betty") and Midler uses one syllable (phonetically like "bet"). She was raised in Aiea and attended Radford High School in Honolulu. She was voted "Most Talkative" in the 1961 school Hoss Election, and "Most Dramatic" in her senior year (class of 1963). Midler majored in drama at the University of Hawaii at Manoa but left after three semesters. She earned money in the 1966 film Hawaii as an extra, playing an uncredited seasick passenger named Miss David Buff.
