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Biographical
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Full
Name: |
Bette
Davis Midler |
Height: |
5'1" |
Birthplace: |
Honolulu,
Hawaii, USA |
Date
of Birth: |
December
1, 1945 |
Husband/Partner: |
Martin
Von Haselberg |
Contact
Info: |
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Personal
Quote: |
"I
try not to drink too much, because when I'm drunk,
I bite." |
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She
has had a long and distinguished acting and stage career.
Many people would consider her to have one of the finest
voices in all of New York City. She started her life in
Hawaii where she was also born, canning pineapples in
a factory. She finished high school and went on to recieve
a degree in drama from the University of Hawaii in Honolulu.
According to her the greatest achievement in her life
has been to be in a succesful marraige and raise a beautiful
daughter named, Sophie. Before she became a successful
actress in Hollywood her voice is what helped her rise
into stardom.
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In
1973 she won the Grammy for the best new artist of the
year. Later on in her career she would follow up on that
award with her song, Wind Beneath My Wings for the film,
Beaches. That song would go on to win the best album of
the year during the 1989 Grammies. The American Film institute
has named Wind Beneath my Wings as one of the top 100
American songs of all time. She is known as one of the
greatest musicians by many gay men around the world. She
joins the likes of Cher and Barbara Striesand. During
the nineties she was mostly did musicals on Broadway but
she has recently returned to music and released the new
album, Rosemary for Remembrance.
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Films:
The Stepford Wives (2004)
What Women Want (2000)
Isn't She Great (2000)
Drowning Mona (2000)
Fantasia/2000 (1999)
That Old Feeling (1997)
The First Wives Club (1996)
Get Shorty (1995)
Hocus Pocus (1993)
Scenes from a Mall (1991)
For the Boys (1991)
Stella (1990)
Beaches (1988)
Big Business (1988)
The Lottery (1987)
Outrageous Fortune (1987)
Ruthless People (1986)
Down and Out in Beverly Hills (1986)
Jinxed! (1982)
The Rose (1979)
The Thorn (1974)
Hawaii (1966)
Made for TV:
Gypsy (1993)
TV Shows:
Bette
Vegetable Soup
The Edge of Night
Cartoon
Voices:
Oliver & Company (1988)
Scarecrow in a Garden of Cucumbers (1972)
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