Bette Midler

Her television work includes a production of Gypsy and her sitcom Bette.
. Other films include Scenes From a Mall, For the Boys (for which she was again nominated for an Academy Award), Hocus Pocus, The First Wives Club, and The Stepford Wives. She married New Zealand native Steve Muir on 14 October 2000; their son, Miles William Muir, was born on 22 September 2001. Her rendition of 1990's "From a Distance" also earned her a Grammy and is another of her most popular songs. Her high school was HSPVA, in Houston, Texas. Midler sang several of the film's songs including "Wind Beneath My Wings," which became one of Midler's most popular hits, receiving multiple Grammy Awards. Evelyn Renee O'Connor (born 15 February 1971, Katy, Texas) is an American actress, best known for playing the role of Gabrielle on the television series Xena: Warrior Princess from 1995 to 2001.

In 1988 she starred in the film Beaches. She appeared in such other popular comedies as Ruthless People, Outrageous Fortune and Big Business. In 1986, director Paul Mazursky cast her in Down and Out in Beverly Hills, beginning a successful comedic acting career. In her first film role, she was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress.

She was tapped for the pseudobiographical role of the drug-addled rock music star in The Rose, modeled after Janis Joplin. Midler appeared in Fiddler on the Roof on Broadway, but it was her singing that made her a star. He produced her first major album, The Divine Miss M (also the name by which she is known to her fans.). Born in Honolulu, Hawaii, she majored in drama at the University of Hawaii, but got her start singing in gay bathhouses in New York City where, among others, she became friends with Barry Manilow, who was her piano accompanist.

Bette Midler (born December 1, 1945) is a singer, actress and comedienne.