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There is a train called Bette Midler, either get with it, or get left behind. American singer, actress, activist, and comedienne Bette Midler (1945) became known as The Divine Miss M. In her career spanning nearly half a century, she has won multiple film awards and sold more than 30 million albums worldwide. Her most successful songs include ‘Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy’ (1972), ‘The Rose’ (1980), ‘From a Distance’ (1990), and the number-one hit in the USA, ‘The Wind Beneath My Wings’ (1989). Dutch promotion card by WEA Records. Bette Midler in The Rose (1979). American postcard by Fotofolio, no. F514. Photo: Greg Gorman. Caption: Bette Midler, Los Angeles, 1990. Proceeds from the sale of this card benefit the AIDS Healthcare Foundation. American postcard by Fotofolio, NY, NY., no. 2319. Photo: Annie Leibovitz. Caption: Bette Midler, New York City, 1979. Proceeds from the sale of this card were donated to AIDS organizations. Bette Midler was born in 1945 in Honolulu, Hawaii, where her family American actress and singer (born 1945) For the album, see Bette Midler (album). Bette Midler (bet MID-lər;[1][2] born December 1, 1945) is an American actress, comedian, singer, and author.[3] 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. 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.[4][5
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December first, 1945 Bette Midler was born in Honolulu, Hawaii. Bette had a difficult life growing up because she was part of the only Jewish family, and one of the very few white women. But Bette didnt let this stop her. Bettes
mother, Ruth; who was very fond of movies, named Bette after a woman in the movie business; Bette Davis. Ruth had high hopes for Bette. She showed a certain spark, an extreme talent. She even won an award in the first grade
for singing Silent Night. Bette worked her way thorough school. She even got a job, working at a pineapple cannery, Bette refers to this memory as being chief chunker, and said, I would come home smelling like compote. Bette went to one year of college at the University of Hawaii. But Ruth wouldnt let Bette settle for anything else but the fame and bright lights of Broadway. So while in the university Bette studied acting. When Bette was
twenty, she decided to follow in her name sake, and take up acting. Even landed her first professional job in 1965 i •
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