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| Name : | Bette Midler |
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| Birth Name : | Bette Davis Midler |
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| Profession : | actress, composer, producer, singer |
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| Date of Birth : | December 1, 1945 |
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| Place of Birth : | Honolulu, Hawaii, USA |
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| Height : | 5' 1" |
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| 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 "Hawaii" (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 "Fiddler on the Roof" 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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