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Name : | Bette Midler | Birth Name : | Bette Davis Midler | Profession : | actress, composer, producer, singer | Date of Birth : | December 1, 1945 | Place of Birth : | Honolulu, Hawaii, USA | Height : | 5' 1%22 | Claim to fame : | as Mary Rose Foster in The Rose (1979) |
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With four Grammys, three Emmys, two Oscar nominations and a special Tony to her credit (as of 1999), the self-styled 'Queen of Trash' Bette Midler is one of the more honored multi-talented performers in American showbiz. Raised in Hawaii without TV until the age of 13, the kid from the sticks landed a bit role as a missionary's wife in George Roy Hill's %22Hawaii%22 (1966), which required her to move to Los Angeles for final shooting. She relocated to NYC where she eventually answered an open call for the national tour of %22Fiddler on the Roof%22 and ended up in the Broadway cast instead, taking over the part of Tzeitel in February 1967 and staying with the role for three years....
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