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Bette Midler
Midler backstage at the Grammy Awards in February 1990
Born
(1945-12-01) December 1, 1945 (age 72)
Honolulu, Territory of Hawaii
Other names
The Divine Miss M
Occupation
Singer
songwriter
actress
comedian
producer
Spouse(s)
Martin von Haselberg (m. 1984)
Children
Sophie von Haselberg
Musical career
Genres
Traditional pop
vocal
pop
musical comedy
Instruments
Vocals
ukulele
Years active
1965–present
Labels
Atlantic
Warner Bros.
Columbia
Warner Music Group
Associated acts
Barry Manilow
Website
bettemidler.com
Bette Midler (/bɛt/;[1] born December 1, 1945) is an American singer, songwriter, actress, comedian, and film producer.[2]
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. Throughout her career, many of her songs became hits on the record charts, including her renditions of "The Rose", "Wind Beneath My Wings", "Do You Want to Dance", "Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy", and "From a Distance". In 2008, she signed a contract with Caesars Palace in Las Vegas to perform a show titled Bette Midler: The Showgirl Must Go On, which ended in 2010.
Midler made her motion picture debut in 1979 with The Rose, which earned her a Golden Globe for Best Actress, as well as a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actress. She has since starred in a number of hit films, which include: Down and Out in Beverly Hills, Ruthless People, Outrageous Fortune, Big Business, Beaches, The First Wives Club, Hocus Pocus, The Stepford Wives, and Parental Guidance. She also starred in For the Boys and Gypsy, and won two additional Golden Globe Awards for these films.
In a career spanning almost half a century, Midler has won three Grammy Awards, four Golden Globes, three Emmy Awards, and two Tony Awards. She has sold over 30 million records worldwide, and has received four Gold, three Platinum, and three Multiplatinum albums by RIAA.[3][4]
Midler’s latest work included appearing on Broadway in a revival of Hello, Dolly!, which began preview performances on March 15, 2017 and premiered at the Shubert Theatre on April 20, 2017.[5][6] It was her first leading role in a Broadway musical.[7] On June 11, 2017, Midler received the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical for the title role in Hello, Dolly!
Contents
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1 Personal life
2 Career
2.1 Theater
2.2 1972–1980: The Divine Miss M and success
2.3 1981–1989: "Wind Beneath My Wings", Beaches, and chart comeback
2.4 1990–1997: Some People's Lives, further acting career, and television appearances
2.5 2000–2005: Bette sitcom, tribute albums, and Kiss My Brass tour
2.6 2006–2011: Cool Yule, The Showgirl Must Go On, Jackpot: The Best Bette, and Memories of You
2.7 2012–present: Parental Guidance, I'll Eat You Last: A Chat With Sue Mengers, It's the Girls!, and Hello, Dolly!
3 Charity work
4 Discography
5 Tours
6 Filmography
6.1 Film
6.2 Television
7 Stage shows
8 Awards
8.1 Academy Awards
8.2 Golden Globe Awards
8.3 Grammy Awards
8.4 Primetime Emmy Award
8.5 Tony Awards
9 Bibliography
10 See also
11 References
12 Further reading
13 External links
Personal life[edit]
Bette Midler was born in Honolulu,[8][9] where her family was one of the few Jewish families in a mostly Asian neighborhood.[10] Her mother, Ruth (née Schindel; 1916-1979), was a seamstress and housewife, and her father, Fred Midler (1912-1986), worked at a Navy base in Hawaii as a painter, and was also a housepainter.[11][12] Both parents were born in New Jersey. She was named after actress Bette Davis, though Davis pronounced her first name in two syllables, and Midler uses one.[1] She was raised in Aiea and attended Radford High School, in Honolulu.[13] She was voted "Most Talkative" in the 1961 school Hoss Election, and "Most Dramatic" in her senior year (class of 1963).[14] Midler majored in drama at the University of Hawaii at Manoa but left after three semesters.[15] She earned money in the 1966 film Hawaii as an extra,[1] playing an uncredited seasick passenger named Miss David Buff.
Midler married artist Martin von Haselberg on December 16, 1984, about six weeks after their first meeting. Their daughter, Sophie von Haselberg, who is also an actress, was born on November 14, 1986.[16]
Career[edit]
Theater[edit]
Midler relocated to New York City in the summer of 1965, using money from her work in the film Hawaii. She landed her first professional onstage role in Tom Eyen's Off-Off-Broadway plays in 1965, Miss Nefertiti Regrets and Cinderella Revisited, a children's play by day and an adult show by night.[17] From 1966 to 1969, she played the role of Tzeitel in Fiddler on the Roof on Broadway.[1] After Fiddler, she joined the original cast of Salvation in 1969.[18]
She began singing in the Continental Baths, a gay bathhouse in the Ansonia Hotel, in the summer of 1970.[1] During this time, she became close to her piano accompanist, Barry Manilow, who produced her first album in 1972, The Divine Miss M.[17] It was during her time at the Continental Baths that she built up a core following. In the late 1990s, during the release of her album Bathhouse Betty, Midler commented on her time performing there, "Despite the way things turned out [with the AIDS crisis], I'm still proud of those days. I feel like I was at the forefront of the gay liberation movement, and I hope I did my part to help it move forward. So, I kind of wear the label of 'Bathhouse Betty' with pride."[19]
Midler starred in the first professional production of the Who's rock opera Tommy in 1971, with director Richard Pearlman and the Seattle Opera.[20] It was during the run of Tommy that Midler first appeared on The Tonight Show.
1972–1980: The Divine Miss M and success[edit]
Midler with Dustin Hoffman on Bette Midler TV special (1977)
Midler released her debut album, The Divine Miss M, on Atlantic Records in December 1972. The album was co-produced by Barry Manilow, who was Bette's arranger and music conductor at the time. It reached Billboard's Top 10 and became a million-selling Platinum-certified album,[21] earning Midler the 1973 Grammy Award for Best New Artist.[22] It featured three hit singles—"Do You Wanna Dance?", "Friends", and "Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy"—the third of which became Midler's first No. 1 Adult Contemporary hit. "Bugle Boy" became a successful rock cover of the classic swing tune originally introduced and popularized in 1941 by the famous Andrews Sisters, to whom Midler has repeatedly referred as her idols and inspiration, as far back as her first appearances on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson. Midler told Carson in an interview that she always wanted to move like the sisters, and Patty Andrews remembered: "When I first heard the introduction on the radio, I thought it was our old record. When Bette opened at the Amphitheater in Los Angeles, Maxene and I went backstage to see her. Her first words were, 'What else did you record?'"[23] During another Midler concert, Maxene went on stage and presented her with an honorary bugle. Bette recorded other Andrews Sisters hits, including "In the Mood" and "Lullaby of Broadway".[23]
Midler at the premiere of her feature-film starring debut, The Rose, in 1979.
Her self-titled follow-up album was released at the end of 1973. Again, the album was co-produced by Manilow. It reached Billboard's Top 10 and eventually sold close to a million copies in the United States alone.[24] Midler returned to recording with the 1976 and 1977 albums, Songs for the New Depression and Broken Blossom. In 1974, she received a Special Tony Award for her contribution to Broadway,[25] with Clams on the Half Shell Revue playing at the Minskoff Theater. From 1975–1978, she also provided the voice of Woody the Spoon on the PBS educational series Vegetable Soup. In 1977, Midler's first television special, whose title, Ol' Red Hair is Back, was a takeoff on Frank Sinatra's Ol' Blue Eyes Is Back, premiered, featuring guest stars Dustin Hoffman and Emmett Kelly. It went on to win the Emmy Award[26] for Outstanding Special — Comedy-Variety or Music.
1981, in Amsterdam promoting the film Divine Madness (1980)
Midler made her first motion picture in 1979, starring in the 1960s-era rock and roll tragedy The Rose, as a drug-addicted rock star modeled after Janis Joplin.[1] That year, she also released her fifth studio album, Thighs and Whispers. Midler's first foray into disco was a commercial and critical failure and went on to be her all-time lowest charting album, peaking at No. 65 on the Billboard album chart.[27] Soon afterward, she began a world concert tour, with one of her shows in Pasadena being filmed and released as the concert film Divine Madness (1980).
Her performance in The Rose earned her a nomination for Academy Award for Best Actress, a role for which she won the Golden Globe for Best Actress (Comedy or Musical).[1] The film's acclaimed soundtrack album sold over two million copies in the United States alone, earning a Double Platinum certification.[21] The single version of the title song, which Amanda McBroom had written and composed, held the No. 1 position on Billboard's Adult Contemporary chart for five consecutive weeks and reached No. 3 on Billboard's Hot 100. It earned Midler her first Gold single[21] and won the Grammy award for Best Pop Vocal Performance, Female.[22]
1981–1989: "Wind Beneath My Wings", Beaches, and chart comeback[edit]
Midler worked on the troubled comedy project Jinxed! in 1981. However, during production, there was friction with co-star Ken Wahl and the film's director, Don Siegel.[citation needed] Released in 1982, the film was a major flop.[28][citation needed] Midler did not appear in any other films until 1986. During those four years, she concentrated on her music career and in 1983, released the album No Frills, produced by Chuck Plotkin, who was best known for his work with Bob Dylan and Bruce Springsteen. The album included three single releases: the ballad "All I Need to Know", a cover of Detroit native Marshall Crenshaw's "You're My Favorite Waste of Time"—which Midler fell in love with after flipping his 45 of "Someday Someway"[citation needed]—and Midler's take on the Rolling Stones cover "Beast of Burden". She also released an all-comedy album (with a few songs tied into the comedy) called "Mud Will Be Flung Tonight" in 1985.
Midler performed on USA for Africa's 1985 fund-raising single "We Are the World", and participated at the Live Aid event at JFK Stadium in Philadelphia.[29] Also in 1985, she signed a multi-picture deal with the Walt Disney Studios, where she starred in a string of successful films produced by the studio's newly formed Touchstone Pictures division. She also produced them through her production banner, All Girl Productions with producing partner Bonnie Bruckheimer.[30] She was subsequently cast by director Paul Mazursky in Down and Out in Beverly Hills, beginning a successful comedic acting career.[1] She followed that role with several more Touchstone comedies, Ruthless People (1986), Outrageous Fortune (1987), and Big Business (1988).[1] Later in 1988, Midler lent her voice to the animated character Georgette, a snobbish poodle, in Disney's Oliver & Company, and had a hit with the tearjerker Beaches, co-starring Barbara Hershey.[1] The accompanying soundtrack remains Midler's all-time biggest selling disc, reaching No. 2 on Billboard's album chart and with U.S. sales of four million copies. It featured her biggest hit, "Wind Beneath My Wings", which went to No. 1 on Billboard's Hot 100, achieved Platinum status,[21] and won Midler her third Grammy Award – for Record of the Year – at the 1990 telecast.[22]
1990–1997: Some People's Lives, further acting career, and television appearances[edit]
Midler in Los Angeles, 1990.
Midler's 1990 cover of the Julie Gold song "From a Distance", the first offering from her seventh studio album Some People's Lives (1990), topped the Billboard Adult Contemporary charts and achieved platinum status in the US. The same year, she starred along with Trini Alvarado as the title character in John Erman's drama film Stella. The third feature film adaptation of the 1920 novel Stella Dallas by Olive Higgins Prouty, Midler portrayed a vulgar single mother living in Watertown, New York, who, determined to give her daughter all the opportunities she never had, ultimately makes a selfless sacrifice to ensure her happiness. The movie scored mediocre reviews,[31][32] while Midler received her first Razzie Award nomination for Worst Actress.[citation needed]
She co-starred with Woody Allen in the 1991 film Scenes from a Mall, again for Paul Mazursky. In the film, Allen's character reveals to his author wife Deborah, played by Midler, after years of a happy marriage, that he has had an affair, resulting in her request for divorce. The movie performed poorly,[33] and received a mixed reception by critics.[34][35][36] Midler fared somewhat better with her other 1991 project For the Boys, on which she reteamed with The Rose director Mark Rydell. A historical musical drama, it tells the story of 1940s actress and singer Dixie Leonard, played by Midler, who teams up with Eddie Sparks, a famous performer to entertain American troops. While the film received a mixed reception from critics, Midler earned rave review for her portrayal. The following year she was awarded her second Golden Globe and received her second Academy Award nomination for Best Actress.[citation needed]
Midler turned down the lead role in the musical comedy Sister Act in 1992, which instead went to Whoopi Goldberg.[37] Midler won an Emmy Award in 1992 for her performance on the penultimate episode of The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson in May 1992, during which she sang an emotion-laden "One for My Baby (and One More for the Road)" to Johnny Carson. That night, Midler began singing "Here's That Rainy Day", Carson's favorite song; Carson joined in a few lyrics later.[38] In 1993, she starred with Sarah Jessica Parker and Kathy Najimy in the Walt Disney comedy fantasy film, Hocus Pocus, as Winifred Sanderson, the head witch of the Sanderson Sisters.[1] Released to initially mixed reviews, through various outlets such as strong DVD sales and annual record-breaking showings on 13 Nights of Halloween, the film has achieved cult status over the years.[39][40][41] In relation to Hocus Pocus, every year Midler hosts her annual Hulaween costume party, which benefits the New York Restoration Project.[42] Her television work includes an Emmy-nominated version of the stage musical Gypsy and a guest appearance as herself in Fran Drescher's The Nanny.
She appeared on Seinfeld in the 1995 episode "The Understudy", which was the season finale of that show's sixth season in 1995. That same year, Midler had a supporting role in Get Shorty. Her 1997 HBO special Diva Las Vegas earned her a third Emmy Award, for Outstanding Performance in a Variety or Music Program.[citation needed] Midler's other 1990s films include The First Wives Club (1996).[1] In 1997, Midler, along with her co-stars from The First Wives Club, Goldie Hawn, and Diane Keaton, was a recipient of the Women in Film Crystal Award, which honors "outstanding women who, through their endurance and the excellence of their work, have helped to expand the role of women within the entertainment industry."[43]
2000–2005: Bette sitcom, tribute albums, and Kiss My Brass tour[edit]
Midler starred in her own sitcom in 2000, Bette, which featured Midler playing herself, a divine celebrity who is adored by her fans. Airing on CBS, initial ratings were high, marking the best sitcom debut for the network in more than five years, but viewers percentage soon declined, resulting in the show's cancellation in early 2001.[44] Midler openly griped about the show's demanding shooting schedule, while the show itself was also reportedly rocked by backstage turmoil, involving the replacement of co-star Kevin Dunn whose departure was attributed to his behind-the scenes bickering with Midler by the media.[44] However, Midler, critically praised, was awarded a People's Choice Award for her performance in the show and received a Golden Globe Award nomination the following year.[citation needed] Also in 2000, Midler made an uncredited cameo appearance in Nancy Meyers' fantasy rom–com What Women Want, starring Mel Gibson and Helen Hunt.[45] In the film, she portrayed a therapist who realizes that central character Nick, played by Gibson, is able to understand women's thoughts.[45] Released to generally mixed reviews, it became the then-most successful film ever directed by a woman, taking in $183 million in the United States, and grossing upward of $370 million worldwide.[46][47]
The same year Midler starred in Isn't She Great and Drowning Mona. In Andrew Bergman's Isn't She Great, a highly fictionalized account of the life and career of author Jacqueline Susann, she played alongside Nathan Lane and Stockard Channing, portraying Susann with her early struggles as an aspiring actress relentlessly hungry for fame, her relationship with press agent Irving Mansfield, her success as the author of Valley of the Dolls, and her battle with and subsequent death from breast cancer. The dramedy garnered largely negative reviews by critics, who dismissed it as "bland material [that] produces entirely forgettable comic performances."[48] For her performance in the film, Midler received her second Golden Raspberry Award nomination for Worst Actress at the 21st ceremony.[citation needed] In Nick Gomez's dark comedy Drowning Mona, Midler appeared along with Danny DeVito and Jamie Lee Curtis, playing title character Mona Dearly, a spiteful, loud-mouthed, cruel and highly unpopular woman, whose mysterious death is investigated. Another critical fiasco, reviewers noted that the film "drowns itself in humor that never rises above sitcom level."[49]
After nearly three decades of erratic record sales, Midler was dropped from the Warner Music Group in 2001. Following a reported long-standing feud with Barry Manilow, the two joined forces after many years in 2003 to record Bette Midler Sings the Rosemary Clooney Songbook. Now signed to Columbia Records, the album was an instant success, being certified gold by RIAA. One of the Clooney Songbook selections, "This Ole House", became Midler's first Christian radio single shipped by Rick Hendrix and his positive music movement. The album was nominated for a Grammy the following year.[50]
Throughout 2003 and 2004, Midler toured the United States in her new show, Kiss My Brass, to sell-out audiences. Also in 2004, she appeared in a supporting role in Frank Oz' science fiction satire The Stepford Wives, a remake of the 1975 film of the same name also based on the Ira Levin novel. Also starring Nicole Kidman, Matthew Broderick, Christopher Walken and Glenn Close, Midler played Bobbie Markowitz, a writer and recovering alcoholic. The project underwent numerous production problems that occurred throughout its shooting schedule, with reports of problems on-set between director Oz and the actors being rampant in the press. Oz later blamed Midler — who was amid recording her next album and rehearsing for her tour — for being under a lot of stress by other projects and making "the mistake of bringing her stress on the set."[51] While the original book and film had tremendous cultural impact, the remake was marked by poor reviews by many critics, and a financial loss of approximately $40 million at the box office.[52][53]
Midler joined forces again with Manilow for another tribute album, Bette Midler Sings the Peggy Lee Songbook. Released in October 2005, the album sold 55,000 copies the first week of release, returned Midler to the top ten of US Billboard 200,[54] and was nominated for a Grammy Award.[55]
2006–2011: Cool Yule, The Showgirl Must Go On, Jackpot: The Best Bette, and Memories of You[edit]
Midler released a new Christmas album titled Cool Yule in 2006, which featured a duet of Christmastime pop standards "Winter Wonderland"/"Let It Snow" with Johnny Mathis. Well-received, the album garnered a Grammy Award nomination for Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album in 2007.[56] The same year, Midler returned to the big screen, appearing in Then She Found Me, Helen Hunt's feature film directorial debut. Also starring Hunt along with Matthew Broderick and Colin Firth, the comedy-drama film tells the story of a 39-year-old Brooklyn elementary school teacher, who after years is contacted by the flamboyant host of a local talk show, played by Midler, who introduces herself as her biological mother. Critical response to the film was mixed; whereas some critics praised the film for having strong performances, others felt the film was bogged down by a weak script and technical issues.
Midler at the 2010 HRC Annual Dinner.
Midler debuted her Vegas show titled Bette Midler: The Showgirl Must Go On at The Colosseum at Caesars Palace on February 20, 2008. It comprised The Staggering Harlettes, 20 female dancers called The Caesar Salad Girls and a 13-piece band. The show played its final performance on January 31, 2010,[57] and was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Variety, Music, or Comedy Special in 2011.[58] Also in 2008, another compilation album by Midler, Jackpot: The Best Bette, was released. It reached number 66 on the U.S. Billboard 200 chart, and number six in the United Kingdom, where it was certified platinum for sales of over 300,000 copies.[59] As her only film appearance that year, Midler had a small role in Diane English's comedy film The Women, starring Meg Ryan, Annette Bening and Eva Mendes among others. An updated version of the George Cukor-directed 1939 film of the same name based on a 1936 play by Clare Boothe Luce, the film was widely panned by critics, who found it "...a toothless remake of the 1939 classic, lacking the charm, wit and compelling protagonists of the original."
Midler appeared on the Bravo TV show My Life on the D-List with Kathy Griffin in an episode that aired in June 2009. In December of the same year, she appeared in the Royal Variety Performance, an annual British charity event attended by Queen Elizabeth II. Midler performed "In My Life" and "Wind Beneath My Wings" as the closing act.[60] In 2010, Midler voiced the character Kitty Galore in the animated film Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore. The film was a success, grossing $112 million worldwide.[61] In November 2010, Midler released Memories of You, another compilation of lesser known tracks from her catalog. Midler was one of the producers of the Broadway production of the musical Priscilla, Queen of the Desert, which opened in February 2011.[62]
2012–present: Parental Guidance, I'll Eat You Last: A Chat With Sue Mengers, It's the Girls!, and Hello, Dolly![edit]
Midler (in costume as her character Winnifred Sanderson from Hocus Pocus) performing on her Divine Intervention Tour in 2015
In June 2012, Midler received the Sammy Cahn Lifetime Achievement Award at the Songwriters Hall of Fame in New York in recognition of her having "captivated the world" with her "stylish presentation and unmistakable voice."[63] The same year, she co-starred alongside Billy Crystal in the family movie Parental Guidance (2012), playing a couple of old school grandparents trying to adapt to their daughter's 21st-Century parenting style. Despite generally negative reviews by critics, who felt the film was "sweet but milquetoast", box office totals for the movie were higher than initially expected.[64][65]
In 2013, Midler performed on Broadway for the first time in more than 30 years in a play about the Hollywood superagent Sue Mengers. The play, titled I'll Eat You Last: A Chat with Sue Mengers and dramatized by John Logan, opened on April 24, 2013 at the Booth Theatre.[66] After the show's success in New York, recouping its initial $2.4 million investment, it was decided to perform the play in Los Angeles at the Geffen Playhouse.[67] In December, it was announced that Midler would portray actress Mae West in an HBO movie biopic, written by Harvey Fierstein and directed by William Friedkin.[68]
In March 2014, she performed at the 86th Academy Awards telecast at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles, singing "Wind Beneath My Wings" during the in memoriam section.[69] In November 2014, Midler released her 25th overall album, It's the Girls!, through Warner Bros. Records.[70] The album spans seven decades of famous girl groups, from 1930s trios The Boswell Sisters and The Andrews Sisters to 1990s R&B legends such as TLC and their single "Waterfalls".[71]
In March 2017, she began playing the role of Dolly Gallagher Levi, continuing through January 2018, in the Broadway revival of Hello, Dolly! for which she won her second Tony Award.[5][72] In 2017 she also appeared in the role of Muv in the 2017 film Freak Show.
Charity work[edit]
In 1991, Midler was an early sponsor of the Adopt-a-Highway, paying $2,000 a month for a crew to clean up a 2-mile section of the Ventura Freeway in Burbank, California. Signs at both ends of the section read "Litter Removal Next 2 Miles, Bette Midler."[73] The location was so prominent, it became fodder for her 1993 guest appearance on the Simpsons episode "Krusty Gets Kancelled", where she is seen picking up trash along a stretch of highway she has adopted, and causes car crashes for drivers who deliberately litter. In 1995, she carried the same idea to the east coast, adopting a section of the Long Island Expressway and Bronx River Parkway.[74]
Midler founded the New York Restoration Project (NYRP) in 1995, a non-profit organization with the goal of revitalizing neglected neighborhood parks in economically disadvantaged neighborhoods of New York City.[1] These include Highbridge Park, Fort Washington Park, and Fort Tryon Park in upper Manhattan and Roberto Clemente State Park and Bridge Park in the Bronx.[75]
When the city planned in 1991 to auction 114 community gardens for commercial development, Midler led a coalition of greening organizations to save them. NYRP took ownership of 60 of the most neglected plots. Today, Midler and her organization work with local volunteers and community groups to ensure that these gardens are kept safe, clean and vibrant. In 2003, Midler opened Swindler Cove Park, a new 5-acre (20,000 m2) public park on the Harlem River shore featuring specially designed educational facilities and the Peter Jay Sharp Boathouse, the first community rowing facility to be built on the Harlem River in more than 100 years. The organization offers free in-school and after-school environmental education programming to students from high-poverty Title I schools.[75]
In 2001 after 9/11, she established programs run by her foundation which helps wounded service members and their families by providing them resources, including custom homes. One of these programs helps service members recovering from trauma, injury and loss. Also, ever since the first Gulf War she goes to the USO and on bases to show her gratitude to military members by serving them meals just before deployment.[76]
Discography[edit]
Main article: Bette Midler discography
Studio albums
1972: The Divine Miss M
1973: Bette Midler
1976: Songs for the New Depression
1977: Broken Blossom
1979: Thighs and Whispers
1983: No Frills
1990: Some People's Lives
1995: Bette of Roses
1998: Bathhouse Betty
2000: Bette
2003: Sings the Rosemary Clooney Songbook
2005: Sings the Peggy Lee Songbook
2006: Cool Yule
2014: It's the Girls!
Tours[edit]
1970–72: Continental Baths Tour
1972: Cross Country Tour
1973: The Divine Miss M Tour
1975: Clams on the Half Shell Revue
1975–76: The Depression Tour
1977–78: An Intimate Evening with Bette
1978: The Rose Live in Concert
1978: World Tour
1979–80: Bette! Divine Madness
1980: Divine Madness: Pasadena
1982–83: De Tour
1993: Experience the Divine
1994: Experience the Divine Again!
1997: Diva Las Vegas
1999: Bathhouse Betty Club Tour
1999–2000: The Divine Miss Millennium Tour
2003–04: Kiss My Brass
2005: Kiss My Brass Down Under
2008–10: The Showgirl Must Go On
2015: Divine Intervention Tour [77]
Filmography[edit]
Film[edit]
Year
Title
Role
Notes
1966 Hawaii Passenger Uncredited
1968 The Detective Girl at Party Uncredited
1969 Goodbye, Columbus Wedding Guest Uncredited, cut scene
1972 Scarecrow in a Garden of Cucumbers unknown Voice
1974 Thorn, TheThe Thorn Virgin Mary Also known as The Divine Mr. J; blocked distribution of film
1979 Rose, TheThe Rose Mary Rose Foster Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy
Golden Globe Award New Star of the Year – Actress
Nominated — Academy Award for Best Actress
Nominated — BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role
1980 Divine Madness! Herself/
Divine Miss M. Concert film
Nominated — Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy
1982 Jinxed! Bonita Friml
1986 Down and Out in Beverly Hills Barbara Whiteman Nominated — Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy
1986 Ruthless People Barbara Stone American Comedy Award for Funniest Actress in a Motion Picture
1987 Outrageous Fortune Sandy Brozinsky American Comedy Award for Funniest Actress in a Motion Picture
Nominated — Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy
1988 Big Business Sadie Shelton/Sadie Ratliff American Comedy Award for Funniest Actress in a Motion Picture
1988 Oliver & Company Georgette Voice
1988 Beaches C. C. Bloom
1989 Lottery, TheThe Lottery Music Teacher Short film
1990 Stella Stella Claire Nominated — Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Actress
1991 For the Boys Dixie Leonard Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy
Nominated — Academy Award for Best Actress
1991 Scenes from a Mall Deborah Fifer
1993 Hocus Pocus Winifred 'Winnie' Sanderson Nominated — Saturn Award for Best Actress
1995 Get Shorty Doris Saphron Uncredited
American Comedy Award for Funniest Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture
1996 First Wives Club, TheThe First Wives Club Brenda Cushman National Board of Review Award for Best Cast
Nominated — Satellite Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy
1997 That Old Feeling Lilly Leonard
1999 Get Bruce Herself
1999 Fantasia 2000 Herself / Hostess Segment: "Piano Concerto No. 2, Allegro, Opus 102"
2000 What Women Want Dr. J.M. Perkins Uncredited
2000 Isn't She Great Jacqueline Susann Nominated — Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Actress
2000 Drowning Mona Mona Dearly
2002 Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood Executive producer
2004 Stepford Wives, TheThe Stepford Wives Bobbie Markowitz
2007 Then She Found Me Bernice Graves
2008 Women, TheThe Women Leah Miller
2010 Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore Kitty Galore Voice
2012 Casting By Herself Documentary
2012 Parental Guidance Diane Decker
2017 Freak Show Muv
Television[edit]
Year
Title
Role
Notes
1976 Vegetable Soup Woody the Spoon Voice role
1976 The Bette Midler Show Herself Television special
1977 Ol' Red Hair is Back Herself Television special
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Comedy-Variety or Music Special
Nominated — Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Variety, Music or Comedy Program
1988 The Mondo Beyondo Show Mondo Beyondo Television film
1984 Art or Bust Herself/
Divine Miss M. Television special
1984 Video Music Awards Herself/
co-host Awards Show
1990 The Earth Day Special Mother Nature Television special
1992 The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson Herself Primetime Emmy Award for Individual Performance in a Variety or Music Program
1992 Shelley Duvall's Bedtime Stories Narrator "Weird Parents"
1993 Gypsy Mama Rose Television film
Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Miniseries or Television Film
Nominated — Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress – Miniseries or a Movie
1993 Simpsons, TheThe Simpsons Herself Voice role; "Krusty Gets Kancelled"
1995 Seinfeld Herself "The Understudy"
1997 Diva Las Vegas Herself/
Divine Miss M. Television special
Primetime Emmy Award for Individual Performance in a Variety or Music Program
Nominated — Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Comedy-Variety or Music Special
1997 Nanny, TheThe Nanny Herself "You Bette Your Life"
1998 Murphy Brown Caprice Feldman "Never Can Say Goodbye"
1999 Jackie's Back Herself Television film
2000–01 Bette Bette 18 episodes
Online Film & Television Association Award for Best Actress in a New Comedy Series[78]
TV Guide Award – Actress of the Year in a New Series
Nominated — Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Television Series Musical or Comedy
2008 Strictly Come Dancing Herself Performed "Wind Beneath My Wings"
2009 Loose Women Herself Guest host
2009 Dancing on Ice Herself Performed
2009 Strictly Come Dancing Herself Performed "The Rose"
2009 One Show, TheThe One Show Herself Guest
2009 Royal Variety Performance, TheThe Royal Variety Performance Herself Performed
2009 Marriage Ref, TheThe Marriage Ref Herself Guest
2009 Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List Herself Guest; toured Las Vegas nightlife with Kathy
2010 Showgirl Must Go On, TheThe Showgirl Must Go On Herself HBO TV special (December 31)
2010 Paul O'Grady's Christmas Herself Guest
2014 Bette Midler: One Night Only Herself ITV Special, UK
2016 The Voice Herself / Adviser Battle Round from Season 11 on Team Blake
Stage shows[edit]
Year
Title
Role
Notes
1967 Fiddler on the Roof Tzeitel Broadway
1970 Salvation Betty Lou Off-Broadway
1973 Bette Midler Herself Concerts
1975 Bette Midler's Clams on the Half Shell Revue Herself Revue
1979 Bette! Divine Madness Herself Concerts
2011 Priscilla, Queen of the Desert Producer
2013 I'll Eat You Last: A Chat with Sue Mengers Sue Mengers Broadway; limited engagement
2017–18 Hello, Dolly! Dolly Gallagher Levi Broadway
Awards[edit]
Academy Awards[edit]
Note: The year given is the year of the ceremony
Year
Award
Performance
Result
1980 Best Actress The Rose Nominated
1992 For the Boys Nominated
Golden Globe Awards[edit]
Note: The year given is the year of the ceremony
Year
Award
Performance
Result
1980 Best Actress – Motion Picture Comedy or Musical The Rose Won
New Star of the Year – Actress Won
1981 Best Actress – Motion Picture Comedy or Musical Divine Madness Nominated
1987 Down and Out in Beverly Hills Nominated
1988 Outrageous Fortune Nominated
1992 For the Boys Won
1994 Best Actress – Miniseries or Television Film Gypsy Won
2001 Best Actress – Television Series Musical or Comedy Bette Nominated
Grammy Awards[edit]
Note: The year given is the year of the ceremony
Year
Award
Performance
Result
1974 Best New Artist — Won
Album of the Year The Divine Miss M Nominated
Best Female Pop Vocal Performance "Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy" Nominated
1981 "The Rose" Won
Record of the Year Nominated
1990 "Wind Beneath My Wings" Won
Best Female Pop Vocal Performance Nominated
1991 "From a Distance" Nominated
Record of the Year Nominated
2004 Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album Bette Midler Sings the Rosemary Clooney Songbook Nominated
2007 Bette Midler Sings the Peggy Lee Songbook Nominated
2008 Cool Yule Nominated
2018 Best Musical Theater Album Hello, Dolly! Nominated
In 1981 the album In Harmony: A Sesame Street Record won the Grammy for Best Recording for Children, Midler was one of the various artists featured. This Grammy was awarded to the producers, David Levine and Lucy Simon.
"Wind Beneath My Wings" also won the Grammy for Song of the Year. This Grammy was awarded to the songwriters, Larry Henley and Jeff Silbar.
"From a Distance", recorded by Midler in 1990, won that year's Grammy for Song of the Year. This Grammy was awarded to the songwriter, Julie Gold.
Primetime Emmy Award[edit]
Note: The year given is the year of the ceremony
Year
Award
Performance
Result
1977 Outstanding Special - Comedy, Variety or Music Ol' Red Hair is Back Won
Outstanding Writing for a Variety Series Nominated
1992 Outstanding Individual Performance in a Variety or Music Program The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson Won
1994 Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or Special Gypsy Nominated
1997 Outstanding Individual Performance in a Variety or Music Program Diva Las Vegas Won
Outstanding Variety, Music or Comedy Special Nominated
1998 Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series Murphy Brown Nominated
2011 Outstanding Variety, Music or Comedy Special Bette Midler: The Showgirl Must Go On Nominated
Tony Awards[edit]
Note: The year given is the year of the ceremony
Year
Award
Performance
Result
1974 Adding Lustre to the Broadway Season — Won
2017 Best Actress in a Musical Hello, Dolly! Won[79]
Bibliography[edit]
Bette Midler: A View From a Broad (Simon & Schuster, 1980, Updated edition April 1, 2014).
The Saga of Baby Divine (Crown Publishers, 1983).
See also[edit]
Book: Bette Midler
List of number-one hits (United States)
List of artists who reached number one on the Hot 100 (U.S.)
List of number-one dance hits (United States)
List of artists who reached number one on the U.S. Dance chart
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Further reading[edit]
A View From A Broad (Simon & Schuster, 1980, Updated edition April 1, 2014)
The Saga of Baby Divine (Crown Publishers, 1984), ISBN 978-0-517-55040-3
Bette Midler, Outrageously Divine, an Unauthorized Biography, by Mark Bego (New American Library, 1987), ISBN 0-451-14814-2
Bette: An Intimate Biography of Bette Midler, by George Mair (Birch Lane Press, 1995), ISBN 1-55972-272-X
External links[edit]
Find more aboutBette Midlerat Wikipedia's sister projects
Media from Wikimedia Commons
Quotations from Wikiquote
Data from Wikidata
Official website
Bette Midler on IMDb
Bette Midler at the Internet Broadway Database
Bette Midler at the Internet Off-Broadway Database
Bette Midler at TVGuide.com
The Films of Bette Midler on YouTube, film clips, 4.5 min.
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Bette Midler
Discography
Studio albums
The Divine Miss M
Bette Midler
Songs for the New Depression
Broken Blossom
Thighs and Whispers
No Frills
Some People's Lives
Bette of Roses
Bathhouse Betty
Bette
Sings the Rosemary Clooney Songbook
Sings the Peggy Lee Songbook
Cool Yule
It's the Girls!
Soundtracks
The Rose
Beaches
For the Boys
Gypsy
Live albums
Live at Last
Divine Madness
Mud Will Be Flung Tonight
Compilations
The Best of Bette
The Best of Bette (II)
Just Hits
Experience the Divine: Greatest Hits
(Jackpot!) The Best Bette
Memories of You
A Gift of Love
Video albums
Divine Madness
The Bette Midler Show
Diva Las Vegas
The Showgirl Must Go On
Singles
"Do You Want to Dance?"
"Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy"
"Friends"
"In the Mood"
"Strangers in the Night"
"Old Cape Cod"
"Buckets of Rain"
"Hang on in There Baby"
"Big Noise from Winnetka"
"When a Man Loves a Woman"
"The Rose"
"Chapel of Love"
"All I Need to Know"
"Favorite Waste of Time"
"Beast of Burden"
"Under the Boardwalk"
"Wind Beneath My Wings"
"From a Distance"
"Night and Day"
"In My Life"
"In This Life"
"You Don't Own Me"
"I'm Beautiful"
"White Christmas"
"Fever"
"Be My Baby"
Other songs
"We Are the World"
"I Put a Spell on You"
"It's Gonna Take a Miracle"
"Somewhere Along the Way"
"Manhattan"
"The Greatest Ears in Town"
Tours
Experience the Divine
Diva Las Vegas
Kiss My Brass
The Showgirl Must Go On
Divine Intervention Tour
Books
The Saga of Baby Divine
Book
Category
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v
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Bette Midler
Discography
Studio albums
The Divine Miss M
Bette Midler
Songs for the New Depression
Broken Blossom
Thighs and Whispers
No Frills
Some People's Lives
Bette of Roses
Bathhouse Betty
Bette
Sings the Rosemary Clooney Songbook
Sings the Peggy Lee Songbook
Cool Yule
It's the Girls!
Soundtracks
The Rose
Beaches
For the Boys
Gypsy
Live albums
Live at Last
Divine Madness
Mud Will Be Flung Tonight
Compilations
The Best of Bette
The Best of Bette (II)
Just Hits
Experience the Divine: Greatest Hits
(Jackpot!) The Best Bette
Memories of You
A Gift of Love
Video albums
Divine Madness
The Bette Midler Show
Diva Las Vegas
The Showgirl Must Go On
Singles
"Do You Want to Dance?"
"Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy"
"Friends"
"In the Mood"
"Strangers in the Night"
"Old Cape Cod"
"Buckets of Rain"
"Hang on in There Baby"
"Big Noise from Winnetka"
"When a Man Loves a Woman"
"The Rose"
"Chapel of Love"
"All I Need to Know"
"Favorite Waste of Time"
"Beast of Burden"
"Under the Boardwalk"
"Wind Beneath My Wings"
"From a Distance"
"Night and Day"
"In My Life"
"In This Life"
"You Don't Own Me"
"I'm Beautiful"
"White Christmas"
"Fever"
"Be My Baby"
Other songs
"We Are the World"
"I Put a Spell on You"
"It's Gonna Take a Miracle"
"Somewhere Along the Way"
"Manhattan"
"The Greatest Ears in Town"
Tours
Experience the Divine
Diva Las Vegas
Kiss My Brass
The Showgirl Must Go On
Divine Intervention Tour
Books
The Saga of Baby Divine
Book
Category
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Awards for Bette Midler
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Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actress in a Musical
Imelda de Martin (1964)
no award (1965-1968)
Dorothy Loudon / Bernadette Peters (1969)
Lauren Bacall / Sandy Duncan / Ethel Merman (1970)
Helen Gallagher / Alexis Smith (1971)
Jonelle Allen (1972)
Glynis Johns / Michele Lee (1973)
Ruby Lynn Reyner (1974)
Angela Lansbury (1975)
Donna McKechnie (1976)
Clamma Dale (1977)
Nell Carter (1978)
Angela Lansbury (1979)
Patti LuPone (1980)
Lena Horne (1981)
Jennifer Holliday (1982)
Natalia Makarova (1983)
Chita Rivera (1984)
No award (1985)
Bernadette Peters (1986)
Teresa Stratas (1987)
Patti LuPone (1988)
Toni DiBuono (1989)
Tyne Daly (1990)
Lea Salonga (1991)
Faith Prince (1992)
Chita Rivera (1993)
Donna Murphy (1994)
Glenn Close (1995)
Julie Andrews (1996)
Bebe Neuwirth (1997)
Natasha Richardson (1998)
Carolee Carmello / Bernadette Peters (1999)
Heather Headley (2000)
Marla Schaffel (2001)
Sutton Foster (2002)
Marissa Jaret Winokur (2003)
Donna Murphy (2004)
Victoria Clark (2005)
Christine Ebersole (2006)
Audra McDonald / Donna Murphy (2007)
Patti LuPone (2008)
Allison Janney (2009)
Catherine Zeta-Jones / Montego Glover (2010)
Sutton Foster (2011)
Audra McDonald (2012)
Laura Osnes (2013)
Jessie Mueller (2014)
Kristin Chenoweth (2015)
Cynthia Erivo (2016)
Bette Midler (2017)
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Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Individual Performance in a Variety or Music Program
Perry Como / Dinah Shore (1959)
Harry Belafonte (1960)
Fred Astaire (1961)
Carol Burnett (1962)
Carol Burnett (1963)
Danny Kaye (1964)
Art Carney (1967)
Art Carney / Pat Paulsen (1968)
Arte Johnson / Harvey Korman (1969)
Harvey Korman (1971)
Harvey Korman (1972)
Tim Conway (1973)
Harvey Korman / Brenda Vaccaro (1974)
Jack Albertson / Cloris Leachman (1975)
Chevy Chase / Vicki Lawrence (1976)
Tim Conway / Rita Moreno (1977)
Tim Conway / Gilda Radner (1978)
Sarah Vaughan (1981)
Nell Carter / André De Shields (1982)
Leontyne Price (1983)
Cloris Leachman (1984)
George Hearn (1985)
Whitney Houston (1986)
Robin Williams (1987)
Robin Williams (1988)
Linda Ronstadt (1989)
Tracey Ullman (1990)
Billy Crystal (1991)
Bette Midler (1992)
Dana Carvey (1993)
Tracey Ullman (1994)
Barbra Streisand (1995)
Tony Bennett (1996)
Bette Midler (1997)
Billy Crystal (1998)
John Leguizamo (1999)
Eddie Izzard (2000)
Barbra Streisand (2001)
Sting (2002)
Wayne Brady (2003)
Elaine Stritch (2004)
Hugh Jackman (2005)
Barry Manilow (2006)
Tony Bennett (2007)
Don Rickles (2008)
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Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Comedy or Musical
Judy Holliday (1950)
June Allyson (1951)
Susan Hayward (1952)
Ethel Merman (1953)
Judy Garland (1954)
Jean Simmons (1955)
Deborah Kerr (1956)
Kay Kendall / Taina Elg (1957)
Rosalind Russell (1958)
Marilyn Monroe (1959)
Shirley MacLaine (1960)
Rosalind Russell (1961)
Rosalind Russell (1962)
Shirley MacLaine (1963)
Julie Andrews (1964)
Julie Andrews (1965)
Lynn Redgrave (1966)
Anne Bancroft (1967)
Barbra Streisand (1968)
Patty Duke (1969)
Carrie Snodgress (1970)
Twiggy (1971)
Liza Minnelli (1972)
Glenda Jackson (1973)
Raquel Welch (1974)
Ann-Margret (1975)
Barbra Streisand (1976)
Diane Keaton / Marsha Mason (1977)
Ellen Burstyn / Maggie Smith (1978)
Bette Midler (1979)
Sissy Spacek (1980)
Bernadette Peters (1981)
Julie Andrews (1982)
Julie Walters (1983)
Kathleen Turner (1984)
Kathleen Turner (1985)
Sissy Spacek (1986)
Cher (1987)
Melanie Griffith (1988)
Jessica Tandy (1989)
Julia Roberts (1990)
Bette Midler (1991)
Miranda Richardson (1992)
Angela Bassett (1993)
Jamie Lee Curtis (1994)
Nicole Kidman (1995)
Madonna (1996)
Helen Hunt (1997)
Gwyneth Paltrow (1998)
Janet McTeer (1999)
Renée Zellweger (2000)
Nicole Kidman (2001)
Renée Zellweger (2002)
Diane Keaton (2003)
Annette Bening (2004)
Reese Witherspoon (2005)
Meryl Streep (2006)
Marion Cotillard (2007)
Sally Hawkins (2008)
Meryl Streep (2009)
Annette Bening (2010)
Michelle Williams (2011)
Jennifer Lawrence (2012)
Amy Adams (2013)
Amy Adams (2014)
Jennifer Lawrence (2015)
Emma Stone (2016)
Saoirse Ronan (2017)
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Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Miniseries or Television Film
Jane Seymour (1981)
Ingrid Bergman (1982)
Ann-Margret (1983)
Ann-Margret (1984)
Liza Minnelli (1985)
Loretta Young (1986)
Gena Rowlands (1987)
Ann Jillian (1988)
Christine Lahti (1989)
Barbara Hershey (1990)
Judy Davis (1991)
Laura Dern (1992)
Bette Midler (1993)
Joanne Woodward (1994)
Jessica Lange (1995)
Helen Mirren (1996)
Alfre Woodard (1997)
Angelina Jolie (1998)
Halle Berry (1999)
Judi Dench (2000)
Judy Davis (2001)
Uma Thurman (2002)
Meryl Streep (2003)
Glenn Close (2004)
S. Epatha Merkerson (2005)
Helen Mirren (2006)
Queen Latifah (2007)
Laura Linney (2008)
Drew Barrymore (2009)
Claire Danes (2010)
Kate Winslet (2011)
Julianne Moore (2012)
Elisabeth Moss (2013)
Maggie Gyllenhaal (2014)
Lady Gaga (2015)
Sarah Paulson (2016)
Nicole Kidman (2017)
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Golden Globe Award for New Star of the Year – Actress
Lois Maxwell (1948)
Mercedes McCambridge (1950)
Pier Angeli (1952)
Colette Marchand (1953)
Pat Crowley, Bella Darvi, Barbara Rush (1954)
Karen Sharpe, Kim Novak, Shirley MacLaine (1955)
Anita Ekberg, Victoria Shaw, Dana Wynter (1956)
Carroll Baker, Jayne Mansfield, Natalie Wood (1957)
Carolyn Jones, Diane Varsi, Sandra Dee (1958)
Linda Cristal, Susan Kohner, Tina Louise (1959)
Janet Munro, Tuesday Weld, Angie Dickinson, Stella Stevens (1960)
Ina Balin, Hayley Mills, Nancy Kwan (1961)
Ann-Margret, Jane Fonda, Christine Kaufmann (1962)
Sue Lyon, Patty Duke, Rita Tushingham (1963)
Tippi Hedren, Elke Sommer, Ursula Andress (1964)
Mia Farrow, Mary Ann Mobley, Celia Kaye (1965)
Elizabeth Hartman (1966)
Jessica Walter (1967)
Katharine Ross (1968)
Olivia Hussey, Marianne McAndrew (1969)
Ali MacGraw (1970)
Carrie Snodgress (1971)
Twiggy (1972)
Diana Ross (1973)
Tatum O'Neal (1974)
Susan Flannery (1975)
Marilyn Hassett (1976)
Jessica Lange (1977)
Irene Miracle (1979)
Bette Midler (1980)
Nastassja Kinski (1981)
Pia Zadora (1982)
Sandahl Bergman (1983)
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Grammy Award for Best New Artist
Bobby Darin (1960)
Bob Newhart (1961)
Peter Nero (1962)
Robert Goulet (1963)
The Swingle Singers (1964)
The Beatles (1965)
Tom Jones (1966)
No award given (1967)
Bobbie Gentry (1968)
José Feliciano (1969)
Crosby, Stills & Nash (1970)
The Carpenters (1971)
Carly Simon (1972)
America (1973)
Bette Midler (1974)
Marvin Hamlisch (1975)
Natalie Cole (1976)
Starland Vocal Band (1977)
Debby Boone (1978)
A Taste of Honey (1979)
Rickie Lee Jones (1980)
Christopher Cross (1981)
Sheena Easton (1982)
Men at Work (1983)
Culture Club (1984)
Cyndi Lauper (1985)
Sade (1986)
Bruce Hornsby and the Range (1987)
Jody Watley (1988)
Tracy Chapman (1989)
Milli Vanilli (1990; withdrawn)
Mariah Carey (1991)
Marc Cohn (1992)
Arrested Development (1993)
Toni Braxton (1994)
Sheryl Crow (1995)
Hootie & the Blowfish (1996)
LeAnn Rimes (1997)
Paula Cole (1998)
Lauryn Hill (1999)
Christina Aguilera (2000)
Shelby Lynne (2001)
Alicia Keys (2002)
Norah Jones (2003)
Evanescence (2004)
Maroon 5 (2005)
John Legend (2006)
Carrie Underwood (2007)
Amy Winehouse (2008)
Adele (2009)
Zac Brown Band (2010)
Esperanza Spalding (2011)
Bon Iver (2012)
Fun (2013)
Macklemore & Ryan Lewis (2014)
Sam Smith (2015)
Meghan Trainor (2016)
Chance the Rapper (2017)
Alessia Cara (2018)
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1959−1980
"Nel Blu Dipinto Di Blu (Volare)" by Domenico Modugno (1959)
"Mack the Knife" by Bobby Darin (1960)
"Theme from A Summer Place" by Percy Faith (1961)
"Moon River" by Henry Mancini (1962)
"I Left My Heart in San Francisco" by Tony Bennett (1963)
"Days of Wine and Roses" by Henry Mancini (1964)
"The Girl from Ipanema" by Astrud Gilberto & Stan Getz (1965)
"A Taste of Honey" by Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass (1966)
"Strangers in the Night" by Frank Sinatra (1967)
"Up, Up and Away" by The 5th Dimension (Billy Davis, Jr., Florence LaRue, Marilyn McCoo, Lamont McLemore, Ron Townson) (1968)
"Mrs. Robinson" by Simon & Garfunkel (Art Garfunkel, Paul Simon) (1969)
"Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In" by The 5th Dimension (Billy Davis, Jr., Florence LaRue, Marilyn McCoo, Lamont McLemore, Ron Townson) (1970)
"Bridge over Troubled Water" by Simon & Garfunkel (Art Garfunkel, Paul Simon) (1971)
"It's Too Late" by Carole King (1972)
"The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" by Roberta Flack (1973)
"Killing Me Softly with His Song" by Roberta Flack (1974)
"I Honestly Love You" by Olivia Newton-John (1975)
"Love Will Keep Us Together" by Captain & Tennille (Daryl Dragon, Toni Tennille) (1976)
"This Masquerade" by George Benson (1977)
"Hotel California" by Eagles (Don Felder, Glenn Frey, Don Henley, Randy Meisner, Joe Walsh) (1978)
"Just the Way You Are" by Billy Joel (1979)
"What a Fool Believes" by The Doobie Brothers (Jeffrey Baxter, John Hartman, Keith Knudsen, Michael McDonald, Tiran Porter, Patrick Simmons) (1980)
1981−2000
"Sailing" by Christopher Cross (1981)
"Bette Davis Eyes" by Kim Carnes (1982)
"Rosanna" by Toto (Bobby Kimball, Steve Lukather, David Paich, Jeff Porcaro, David Hungate, Steve Porcaro) (1983)
"Beat It" by Michael Jackson (1984)
"What's Love Got to Do with It" by Tina Turner (1985)
"We Are the World" by USA for Africa (1986)
"Higher Love" by Steve Winwood (1987)
"Graceland" by Paul Simon (1988)
"Don't Worry, Be Happy" by Bobby McFerrin (1989)
"Wind Beneath My Wings" by Bette Midler (1990)
"Another Day in Paradise" by Phil Collins (1991)
"Unforgettable" by Natalie Cole with Nat King Cole (1992)
"Tears in Heaven" by Eric Clapton (1993)
"I Will Always Love You" by Whitney Houston (1994)
"All I Wanna Do" by Sheryl Crow (1995)
"Kiss from a Rose" by Seal (1996)
"Change the World" by Eric Clapton (1997)
"Sunny Came Home" by Shawn Colvin (1998)
"My Heart Will Go On" by Celine Dion (1999)
"Smooth" by Santana (Rodney Holmes, Tony Lindsay, Karl Perazzo, Raul Rekow, Benny Rietveld, Carlos Santana, Chester Thompson) featuring Rob Thomas (2000)
2001−present
"Beautiful Day" by U2 (Bono, Adam Clayton, The Edge, Larry Mullen Jr.) (2001)
"Walk On" by U2 (Bono, Adam Clayton, The Edge, Larry Mullen Jr.) (2002)
"Don't Know Why" by Norah Jones (2003)
"Clocks" by Coldplay (Guy Berryman, Jon Buckland, Will Champion, Phil Harvey, Chris Martin) (2004)
"Here We Go Again" by Ray Charles and Norah Jones (2005)
"Boulevard of Broken Dreams" by Green Day (Billie Joe Armstrong, Mike Dirnt, Frank Edwin Wright III) (2006)
"Not Ready to Make Nice" by Dixie Chicks (Martie Maguire, Natalie Maines, Emily Robison) (2007)
"Rehab" by Amy Winehouse (2008)
"Please Read the Letter" by Alison Krauss and Robert Plant (2009)
"Use Somebody" by Kings of Leon (Caleb Followill, Jared Followill, Matthew Followill, Nathan Followill) (2010)
"Need You Now" by Lady Antebellum (Hillary Scott, Charles Kelley, Dave Haywood) (2011)
"Rolling in the Deep" by Adele (2012)
"Somebody That I Used to Know" by Gotye featuring Kimbra (2013)
"Get Lucky" by Daft Punk featuring Pharrell Williams & Nile Rodgers (2014)
"Stay with Me" (Darkchild version) by Sam Smith (2015)
"Uptown Funk" by Mark Ronson featuring Bruno Mars (2016)
"Hello" by Adele (2017)
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1951–1975
Gertrude Lawrence (1951)
Barbara Bel Geddes (1952)
Mamie Eisenhower (1953)
Shirley Booth (1954)
Debbie Reynolds (1955)
Peggy Ann Garner (1956)
Carroll Baker (1957)
Katharine Hepburn (1958)
Joanne Woodward (1959)
Carol Lawrence (1960)
Jane Fonda (1961)
Piper Laurie (1962)
Shirley MacLaine (1963)
Rosalind Russell (1964)
Lee Remick (1965)
Ethel Merman (1966)
Lauren Bacall (1967)
Angela Lansbury (1968)
Carol Burnett (1969)
Dionne Warwick (1970)
Carol Channing (1971)
Ruby Keeler (1972)
Liza Minnelli (1973)
Faye Dunaway (1974)
Valerie Harper (1975)
1976–2000
Bette Midler (1976)
Elizabeth Taylor (1977)
Beverly Sills (1978)
Candice Bergen (1979)
Meryl Streep (1980)
Mary Tyler Moore (1981)
Ella Fitzgerald (1982)
Julie Andrews (1983)
Joan Rivers (1984)
Cher (1985)
Sally Field (1986)
Bernadette Peters (1987)
Lucille Ball (1988)
Kathleen Turner (1989)
Glenn Close (1990)
Diane Keaton (1991)
Jodie Foster (1992)
Whoopi Goldberg (1993)
Meg Ryan (1994)
Michelle Pfeiffer (1995)
Susan Sarandon (1996)
Julia Roberts (1997)
Sigourney Weaver (1998)
Goldie Hawn (1999)
Jamie Lee Curtis (2000)
2001–present
Drew Barrymore (2001)
Sarah Jessica Parker (2002)
Anjelica Huston (2003)
Sandra Bullock (2004)
Catherine Zeta-Jones (2005)
Halle Berry (2006)
Scarlett Johansson (2007)
Charlize Theron (2008)
Renée Zellweger (2009)
Anne Hathaway (2010)
Julianne Moore (2011)
Claire Danes (2012)
Marion Cotillard (2013)
Helen Mirren (2014)
Amy Poehler (2015)
Kerry Washington (2016)
Octavia Spencer (2017)
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Grace Hartman (1948)
Nanette Fabray (1949)
Mary Martin (1950)
Ethel Merman (1951)
Gertrude Lawrence (1952)
Rosalind Russell (1953)
Dolores Gray (1954)
Mary Martin (1955)
Gwen Verdon (1956)
Judy Holliday (1957)
Thelma Ritter / Gwen Verdon (1958)
Gwen Verdon (1959)
Mary Martin (1960)
Elizabeth Seal (1961)
Anna Maria Alberghetti / Diahann Carroll (1962)
Vivien Leigh (1963)
Carol Channing (1964)
Liza Minnelli (1965)
Angela Lansbury (1966)
Barbara Harris (1967)
Patricia Routledge / Leslie Uggams (1968)
Angela Lansbury (1969)
Lauren Bacall (1970)
Helen Gallagher (1971)
Alexis Smith (1972)
Glynis Johns (1973)
Virginia Capers (1974)
Angela Lansbury (1975)
Donna McKechnie (1976)
Dorothy Loudon (1977)
Liza Minnelli (1978)
Angela Lansbury (1979)
Patti LuPone (1980)
Lauren Bacall (1981)
Jennifer Holliday (1982)
Natalia Makarova (1983)
Chita Rivera (1984)
No Award (1985)
Bernadette Peters (1986)
Maryann Plunkett (1987)
Joanna Gleason (1988)
Ruth Brown (1989)
Tyne Daly (1990)
Lea Salonga (1991)
Faith Prince (1992)
Chita Rivera (1993)
Donna Murphy (1994)
Glenn Close (1995)
Donna Murphy (1996)
Bebe Neuwirth (1997)
Natasha Richardson (1998)
Bernadette Peters (1999)
Heather Headley (2000)
Christine Ebersole (2001)
Sutton Foster (2002)
Marissa Jaret Winokur (2003)
Idina Menzel (2004)
Victoria Clark (2005)
LaChanze (2006)
Christine Ebersole (2007)
Patti LuPone (2008)
Alice Ripley (2009)
Catherine Zeta-Jones (2010)
Sutton Foster (2011)
Audra McDonald (2012)
Patina Miller (2013)
Jessie Mueller (2014)
Kelli O'Hara (2015)
Cynthia Erivo (2016)
Bette Midler (2017)
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values:
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values:
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values: בט מידלר – Hebrew

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values:
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values:
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values: ബെറ്റി മിഡ്‍ലർ – Malayalam

values:
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values:
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values: ベット・ミドラー – Japanese

values:
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values:
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values:
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values:
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values: Мидлер, Бетт – Russian

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values:
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values: Бет Мидлер – Serbian

values:
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values:
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values:
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values:
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values: เบ็ตต์ มิดเลอร์ – Thai

values:
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values:
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values: Бетт Мідлер – Ukrainian

values:
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values:
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values: All languages (initial selection from common choices by you and others)

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