Sign in Sign up

Acting

Bette Midler

Career: Active from 1974 to 2026, busiest in 1988 with 4 main titles.

Leading roles: 29
top three billing

Average score: 54/100

Highest rated: Divine Madness
86/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 45 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Bette Midler Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Violence
2.3, average 4.1
Tension
4.3, average 6.0
Crime
2.0, average 3.6
Mystery
2.7, average 4.0

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

Eccentric Characters 3
Social Commentary 3
Nostalgic 3
Quirky Characters 3
Witty Dialogue 2
Romantic Comedy 2
Fast-Paced 2
Family Drama 2
Feel-Good Movie 2
Contemporary Setting 2
Family Comedy 2
Feel-Good 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

60

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

Upcoming

1 title

Hocus Pocus 3

as Winifred Sanderson

2020s

9 titles · average score 55

Steps

as Fairy Godmother (voice)

The Fabulous Four

41

as Marilyn

Sitting in Bars with Cake

71

as Benita

Hocus Pocus 2

58

as Winifred Sanderson

The Addams Family 2

43

as Grandma (voice)

Coastal Elites

56

as Miriam Nessler

In Search of the Sanderson Sisters: A Hocus Pocus Hulaween Takeover

as Winifred Sanderson

The Glorias

62

as Bella Abzug

Mae West: Dirty Blonde

Executive Producer

2010s

7 titles · average score 57

The Addams Family

52

as Grandma (voice)

The Politician

64

TV show · as Hadassah Gold

Freak Show

62

as Muv

Six by Sondheim

88

as Mama Rose (archive footage)

Parental Guidance

42

as Diane Decker

Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore

33

as Kitty Galore (voice)

Bette Midler: The Showgirl Must Go On

Director, Executive Producer

2000s

8 titles · average score 46

The Women

34

as Leah Miller

Then She Found Me

53

as Bernice Graves

The Stepford Wives

42

as Bobbie Markowitz

Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood

52

Executive Producer

Bette

56

TV show · as Bette

Drowning Mona

40

as Mona Dearly

Isn't She Great

34

as Jacqueline Susann

What Women Want

55

as Dr. J. M. Perkins (uncredited)

1990s

14 titles · average score 60

That Old Feeling

49

as Lilly Leonard

The First Wives Club

63

as Brenda Morelli Cushman

Get Shorty

76

as Doris Saphron

Gypsy

70

as Rose Hovick

Hocus Pocus

56

as Winifred Sanderson

The Nanny

77

TV show · as Bette Midler

Shelley Duvall's Bedtime Stories

TV show · as Narrator (voice)

For the Boys

55

as Dixie Leonard

Scenes from a Mall

37

as Dr. Deborah Finegold-Fifer

Laf Lafı Açıyor

TV show

Stella

44

as Stella Claire

The Earth Day Special

58

as Mother Earth

1980s

14 titles · average score 68

The Simpsons

83

TV show · as Bette Midler (voice)

Seinfeld

87

TV show · as Bette Midler

The Lottery

as Woman

Beaches

59

as CC Bloom

Big Business

59

as Sadie Ratliff / Sadie Shelton

Oliver & Company

60

as Georgette (voice)

Bette Midler's Mondo Beyondo

as Mondo Beyondo; Eudora P Quickly

Outrageous Fortune

51

as Sandy Brozinsky

Ruthless People

77

as Barbara Stone

Down and Out in Beverly Hills

68

as Barbara Whiteman

Bette Midler: Art or Bust

Writer

Jinxed!

40

as Bonita Friml

1970s

4 titles · average score 71

The Rose

71

as Mary Rose Foster

Bette Midler: Ol' Red Hair Is Back

Writer

Vegetable Soup

TV show · as Woody The Spoon

The Thorn

as Virgin Mary

1960s

3 titles · average score 66

Goodbye, Columbus

74

as Wedding Guest (uncredited)

The Detective

62

as Woman at Party

Hawaii

64

as Passenger (uncredited)