Bette Midler
Actor
Filmography (All Films)
- Rose, The (1979)
- Dir. Mark Rydell
Feat. Bette Midler
- Bette Midler's acting debut was this raunchy rock biopic based loosely on the antics of Janis Joplin. She is given plenty of room here to display her…
- Divine Madness (1980)
- Feat. Bette Midler
- Before enjoying a string of Hollywood hits, Bette was queen of the outrageous live performance. From ballsy ballads to camp nostalgia, this film…
- Bette Midler - Art or Bust (1985)
- Dir. Thomas Schlamme
Feat. Bette Midler
- Song and dance version of Bette at her sassy best, in a unique 'video concert' in which takes on the world of art.
Mostly featuring selections…
- Ruthless People (1986)
- Dir. David Zucker, Jerry Zucker, Jim Abrahams
Feat. Bette Midler, Danny De Vito
- A genuine classic from the Zucker brothers and Touchstone pictures. The ingenious plot is laced with great gags, giving Bette Midler and Danny DeVito…
- Down and Out in Beverly Hills (1986)
- Dir. Paul Mazursky
Feat. Nick Nolte, Richard Dreyfuss, Bette Midler…
- Street bum Nick Nolte moves in to the plush home of neurotic fat cat Richard Dreyfuss and family, to amply comedic effect.
- Outrageous Fortune (1987)
- Dir. Arthur Hiller
Feat. Bette Midler, Shelley Long, George Carlin…
- Floozy Bette Midler and straight–gal Shelley Long search for their boyfriend in common.
- Big Business (1988)
- Dir. Jim Abrahams
Feat. Bette Midler, Lily Tomlin, Fred Ward…
- Midler and Tomlin play sets of identical twins in this mixed–identity farce.
- Beaches (1988)
- Dir. Garry Marshall
Feat. Bette Midler, Barbara Hershey, John Heard…
- Bette Midler's tour–de–force about the lifetimes of two childhood friends pulls the heart strings in all the right places.
- Stella (1990)
- Dir. John Erman
Feat. Bette Midler, John Goodman, Trini Alvarado
- Bette Midler takes a dramatic turn as Stella Dallas, a woman determined to sacrifice her own lifestyle for the sake of her daughter.
- Scenes from a Mall (1991)
- Dir. Paul Mazursky
Feat. Bette Midler, Woody Allen
- Bette Midler and Woody Allen pair as an affluent married couple of 14 years who lock horns in a shopping mall when they discover they've had…
- For the Boys (1991)
- Dir. Mark Rydell
Feat. Bette Midler, James Caan
- Bette Midler portrays the ebullient Dixie Leonard, a brassy cabaret–style performer who helped raise the spirits of American troups through…
- Gypsy (1993)
- Dir. Emile Ardolino
Feat. Bette Midler, Peter Riegert, Cynthia Gibb
- Fresh screen version of the Broadway perennial set during the dying days of Vaudeville. Bette Midler was born for the part of obsessive…
- Hocus Pocus (1994)
- Dir. Kenny Ortega
Feat. Bette Midler, Sarah Jessica Parker, Kathy Najimy…
- Wild witches conjured up from Salem set out to cast a spell on the town and reclaim their youth, but the 300–year–old trio must first…
- First Wives Club, The (1996)
- Dir. Hugh Wilson
Feat. Bette Midler, Diane Keaton, Goldie Hawn
- Reunited college pals they've all been supplanted by younger models and they ain't gonna to take it lying down! Pleasing bittersweet comedy is dished…
- That Old Feeling (1997)
- Dir. Carl Reiner
Feat. Bette Midler, Dennis Farina
- Divorced parents Bette Midler and Dennis Farina get it on at their daughter's wedding after 15 years of hating each other. Romantic farce borrows…
- Isn't She Great (1999)
- Dir. Andrew Bergman
Feat. Bette Midler, Nathan Lane, John Cleese…
- Intentionally trashy biopic of author Susann Alexander whose VALLEY OF THE DOLLS broke various Hollywood taboos in the 1960s. Mainly a showcase for…
- Stepford Wives, The (2004)
- Dir. Frank Oz
Feat. Nicole Kidman, Glenn Close, Christopher Walken…
- Remade as a comedy, this glossy, satirical double–take on the spooky 70s thriller of the same name has man–eating TV executive Nicole…
- Then She Found Me (2007)
- Dir. Helen Hunt
Feat. Helen Hunt, Bette Midler, Colin Firth…
- Rom–com focused on a woman (portrayed and directed by a wrinkles–and–all Helen Hunt) dealing with a perplexing mid–life…
- Atlantic Records - The House That Amet Built (2007)
- Feat. Bette Midler
- Follows Ahmet Ertegun's remarkable career as head of Atlantic Records, from its formation in 1947 through to his recent passing in 2007.
Features…
- Parental Guidance (2012)
- Dir. Andy Fickman
Feat. Billy Crystal, Bette Midler, Marisa Tomei…
- A broad, uncomplicated family comedy of old–fashioned grandparents struggling to babysit their wired 21st grandchildren.
- Glorias, The (2020)
- Dir. Julie Taymor
Feat. Julianne Moore, Alicia Vikander, Janelle MonĂ¡e…
- Audacious biopic based on the autobiography of journalist and feminist icon Gloria Steinem that begins with a Greyhound bus filled with Gloria…