Bette Midler

Bette Midler (born December 1, 1945), is a singer, actress, and comedian. She is named after the legendary actress Bette Davis, although Midler pronounces her name as one syllable, not two. Born in Honolulu, Hawaii to Jewish parents from New Jersey, she majored in drama at the University of Hawaii, but got her start singing in the Continental Baths, a gay bathhouse in New York City, where, she became friends, with, among others, Barry Manilow, who was her piano accompanist. He produced her first major album, The Divine Miss M (also the name by which she is known to her fans).

Albums

• 1973 The Divine Miss M
• 1973 Bette Midler
• 1976 Songs for the New Depression
• 1977 Live at Last
• 1977 Broken Blossom
• 1979 Thighs and Whispers
• 1979 The Rose soundtrack
• 1980 Divine Madness
• 1983 No Frills (Bette Midler album)
• 1985 Mud Will Be Flung Tonight
• 1988 Beaches soundtrack
• 1990 Some People's Lives
• 1991 For the Boys soundtrack
• 1993 Gypsy soundtrack
• 1993 Experience the Divine
• 1995 Bette of Roses
• 1998 Bathhouse Betty
• 2000 Bette
• 2003 Bette Midler Sings the Rosemary Clooney Songbook