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Bette Midler

1945 - Today

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Bette Midler ( bet MID-lər; born December 1, 1945) is an American actress, comedian, singer, 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. 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. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Bette Midler is the 577th most popular actor (down from 533rd in 2019), the 1,219th most popular biography from United States (down from 971st in 2019) and the 299th most popular American Actor.

Bette Midler is most famous for her singing and performances.

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Bette Midler ranks 577 out of 13,578. Before her are Charles Laughton, Sylva Koscina, Lee Strasberg, Cillian Murphy, Linda Hunt, and Emmy Göring. After her are Wentworth Miller, Kirstie Alley, Stephen Graham, Natalie Portman, Phoebe Cates, and J. K. Simmons.

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Among people born in 1945, Bette Midler ranks 71. Before her are Christoph Schönborn, Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta, Carmen Maura, Bryan Ferry, Piero Ferrari, and Linda Hunt. After her are Laurent Gbagbo, Levon Ter-Petrosyan, Itzhak Perlman, Nikita Mikhalkov, Massimo Moratti, and Sam Anderson.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Bette Midler ranks 1,219 out of 20,380. Before her are Robert Venturi (1925), Linda Hunt (1945), Gerald Edelman (1929), Mark Milley (1958), Paul Lauterbur (1929), and John Tate (1925). After her are Kirstie Alley (1951), Murray Rothbard (1926), Colin Powell (1937), Roberta Flack (1937), Stephen Covey (1932), and Sam Shepard (1943).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Bette Midler ranks 299. Before her are Dennis Quaid (1954), Efrem Zimbalist Jr. (1918), Jennifer Connelly (1970), James Gandolfini (1961), Carroll O'Connor (1924), and Linda Hunt (1945). After her are Kirstie Alley (1951), Phoebe Cates (1963), J. K. Simmons (1955), Matthew McConaughey (1969), R. Lee Ermey (1944), and John Goodman (1952).

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