Movies by Bette Midler
As part of the cast:
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Parental Guidance (2012)
Cast: Billy Crystal, Bette Midler, Marisa Tomei …
Directed by: Andy Fickman
When their daughter must leave for a week, Artie and Diane Decker find themselves in charge of their three grandchildren, whose well-regimented and high-tech lives leave Grandma and Grandpa…
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Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore (2010)
Cast: James Marsden, Nick Nolte, Christina Applegate …
Directed by: Brad Peyton
Cats and dogs must set aside their differences and merge animal instincts when Kitty Galore (voice of Bette Midler), a nefarious feline with a Cleopatra complex, decides to claw her way to…
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Bette Midler: The Showgirl Must Go On (2010)
Cast: Bette Midler
Directed by: Bette Midler
The Divine Miss M's Las Vegas extravaganza is captured in all its hilarious glory, with a troupe of talented dancers adding to the spectacle. Midler performs "Wind Beneath My Wings,"…
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Hollywood Singing and Dancing: The 1980s, 1990s and 2000s (2009)
Cast: Catherine Zeta-Jones, Renée Zellweger, Johnny Depp …
This retrospective chronicles Hollywood's tradition of song-and-dance-filled cinema as it reinvented itself during a largely fallow period in the 1980s and '90s to come roaring back…
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Hollywood Singing and Dancing: Movies that Rocked 'n' Rolled (2009)
Cast: Beatles, John Travolta, Johnny Depp …
Another entry in the fine Hollywood Singing and Dancing series, this edition showcases the greatest rock 'n' roll films of the last half-century, from the musical Grease to the…
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The Women (2008)
Cast: Meg Ryan, Annette Bening, Eva Mendes …
Directed by: Diane English
Shocked by the discovery that their pal Mary's (Meg Ryan) husband is having an affair with a beautiful young shop girl (Eva Mendes), a tight-knit circle of New York socialites comes up…
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Annie Leibovitz: Life Through a Lens (2008)
Cast: Hillary Rodham Clinton, Demi Moore, Whoopi Goldberg …
Directed by: Barbara Leibovitz
This documentary takes an in-depth look at the influential career of iconic photographer Annie Leibovitz, from her earliest artistic efforts to her storied tenure at Rolling Stone and Vanity…
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Atlantic Records: The House that Ahmet Built (2007)
Cast: Ahmet Ertegun, Bette Midler, Robert Plant …
Directed by: Susan Steinberg
With a $10,000 loan from his dentist, Ahmet Ertegun co-founded Atlantic Records in 1947. By the 1950s Atlantic was the country's premier R&B label. Ertegun's wondrous rise is…
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Then She Found Me (2007)
Cast: Helen Hunt, Bette Midler, Colin Firth …
Directed by: Helen Hunt
Already reeling from the death of her adoptive mother and a messy divorce, a put-upon schoolteacher finds her life becoming even more tumultuous when she begins dating the father of one of…
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The Divine Bette Midler (2005)
Cast: Bette Midler
Follow the career of the Divine Miss M -- singer and actress Bette Midler -- from the bathhouses to Broadway to starring film roles. This A&E biography tells the story of the Emmy, Grammy and…
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The Stepford Wives (2004)
Cast: Nicole Kidman, Bette Midler, Matthew Broderick …
Directed by: Frank Oz
After moving to the beautiful suburb of Stepford with her husband (Matthew Broderick), career-driven Joanna (Nicole Kidman) begins to suspect something is radically wrong with the other…
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Peter Allen: The Boy from Oz (2004)
Cast: Peter Allen, Jack Thompson, Harry Connick Jr. …
Dishing out memorable tunes such as "I Still Call Australia Home," "I Go to Rio" and "Best That You Can Do (Arthur's Theme)," outback-born singer-songwriter Peter Allen built a…
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Karaoke: Best of Pop '98 (2002)
Cast: Céline Dion, Toni Braxton, Bette Midler …
Step back in time while belting out the lyrics to your favorite pop songs of 1998 with this collection of karaoke hits. The chart-topping tunes include Celine Dion's "My Heart Will Go…
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Jackie's Back (2001)
Cast: Jenifer Lewis, Dolly Parton, Rosie O'Donnell …
Directed by: Robert Townsend
A forgotten 1970s sex kitten has emerged from her latest bout with obscurity to reclaim her fame in this hilarious mockumentary by director Robert Townsend. See the over-the-hill diva's…
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Drowning Mona (2000)
Cast: Danny DeVito, Bette Midler, Neve Campbell …
Directed by: Nick Gomez
Bette Midler stars as malicious Mona Dearly, who's the most despised woman in Verplanck, N.Y.: Her husband hates her, her children hate her, and her neighbors hate her. So, when Mona…
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Fantasia 2000 (2000)
Cast: Steve Martin, Itzhak Perlman, Quincy Jones …
Directed by: James Algar, Gaetan Brizzi, Paul Brizzi …
Blending lively music and brilliant animation, this remake of the original Fantasia breathes new life into Disney's masterpiece. The Sorcerer's Apprentice reappears, and seven new…
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Isn't She Great (2000)
Cast: Bette Midler, Nathan Lane, Stockard Channing …
Directed by: Andrew Bergman
Actress-turned-pulpy romance author Jacqueline Susann (Valley of the Dolls) was a dynamo who swept nearly everyone into the vortex of her irrepressible personality -- and what better actress…
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Get Bruce! (1999)
Cast: Bruce Vilanch, Whoopi Goldberg, Billy Crystal …
Directed by: Andrew J. Kuehn
Comedy writer Bruce Vilanch -- an outsize talent if ever there was one -- is the subject of a scintillating documentary that asks the question: Are comics naturally funny? In Bruce's…
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That Old Feeling (1997)
Cast: Bette Midler, Dennis Farina, Paula Marshall …
Directed by: Carl Reiner
&NFb;&NFb_;When ex-spouses Bette Midler and Dennis Farina reunite at their daughter's wedding (14 years after their nasty divorce), they threaten to ruin the event -- by falling in love…
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The First Wives Club (1996)
Cast: Bette Midler, Goldie Hawn, Diane Keaton …
Directed by: Hugh Wilson
Erstwhile college chums Elise (Goldie Hawn), Annie (Diane Keaton) and Brenda (Bette Midler) reunite for the funeral of a friend who committed suicide after her husband traded her in for a hot…
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Hocus Pocus (1993)
Cast: Bette Midler, Sarah Jessica Parker, Kathy Najimy …
Directed by: Kenny Ortega
Sarah Jessica Parker, Bette Midler and Kathy Najimy star in this supernatural family comedy as a trio of 17th-century sibling witches who are accidentally resurrected in the 20th century by…
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Gypsy (1993)
Cast: Bette Midler, Peter Riegert, Cynthia Gibb …
Directed by: Emile Ardolino
Bette Midler shines as driven stage mother Mama Rose Hovick, who tries to live out her thwarted dream of vaudeville fame through her daughters, June (Jennifer Rae Beck) and Louise (Cynthia…
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For the Boys (1991)
Cast: Bette Midler, James Caan, George Segal …
Directed by: Mark Rydell
On the eve of receiving a presidential medal, aging USO performer Dixie Leonard (Bette Midler) reflects on the events of her 50-year career. Plucked from obscurity by Eddie Sparks (James…
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Scenes from a Mall (1991)
Cast: Woody Allen, Bette Midler, Bill Irwin …
Directed by: Paul Mazursky
Woody Allen heads to Los Angeles, this time to play Nick, a successful lawyer married to Bette Midler's Deborah, a best-selling author of a book about marriage. Although careers are in…
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Stella (1990)
Cast: Bette Midler, John Goodman, Trini Alvarado …
Directed by: John Erman
Barmaid Stella Claire (Bette Midler) and blueblood Stephen Dallas (Stephen Collins) have very little in common, except that they've fallen in love. When their relationship fails, Stella…
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Beaches (1988)
Cast: Bette Midler, Barbara Hershey, John Heard …
Directed by: Garry Marshall
Hillary (Barbara Hershey) is an unprepossessing WASP and Cecilia (Bette Midler) is an aspiring Jewish nightclub singer. But what began as an improbable friendship on the Atlantic City…
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Oliver & Company (1988)
Cast: Joseph Lawrence, Billy Joel, Cheech Marin …
Directed by: George Scribner
Disney does Dickens in this animated take on &NFi;Oliver Twist&NFi_; that reimagines Oliver (voiced by Joey Lawrence) as an adorable orphaned kitten who struggles to survive in New York City…
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Big Business (1988)
Cast: Bette Midler, Lily Tomlin, Fred Ward …
Directed by: Jim Abrahams
Upscale New Yorkers Sadie (Bette Midler) and Rose (Lily Tomlin) think they're twin sisters, but what they don't know is they were separated at birth from their true identical twins…
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Outrageous Fortune (1987)
Cast: Shelley Long, Bette Midler, Peter Coyote …
Directed by: Arthur Hiller
Two aspiring actresses -- refined Lauren (Shelley Long) and brassy Sandy (Bette Midler) -- seem to have nothing in common, until they learn they share the same boyfriend (Peter Coyote). When…
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Ruthless People (1986)
Cast: Danny DeVito, Bette Midler, Judge Reinhold …
Directed by: Jim Abrahams, David Zucker
Unscrupulous Bel-Air millionaire Sam (Danny DeVito) plans to murder his shrewish wife, Barbara (Bette Midler). But when he arrives home to do the deed, he finds she's been kidnapped. The…
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Down and Out in Beverly Hills (1986)
Cast: Nick Nolte, Bette Midler, Richard Dreyfuss …
Directed by: Paul Mazursky
Dave and Barbara Whiteman (Richard Dreyfuss and Bette Midler) seem to have it made: He's a successful businessman, and she's a happy homemaker. Together they have a son, a daughter…
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Jinxed! (1982)
Cast: Bette Midler, Ken Wahl, Rip Torn …
Directed by: Don Siegel
Expert gambler Harold (Rip Torn) latches onto neophyte blackjack dealer Willie (Ken Wahl) after Harold's luck at the tables begins to turn around as long as Willie is there. With Harold…
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Divine Madness (1980)
Cast: Bette Midler
Directed by: Michael Ritchie
Self-defined diva Bette Midler alternates between comedy and music in this wildly funny stage show filmed live in 1980. Along with her usual raunchy comedy and over-the-top staging, Midler…
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The Rose (1979)
Cast: Bette Midler, Alan Bates, Frederic Forrest …
Directed by: Mark Rydell
Bette Midler astounds audiences with her electric performance as Rose, a rock-and-roll diva oozing with talent. Her Svengali-like manager, Rudge (Alan Bates), runs her life and forces her to…
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The Hawaiians (1970)
Cast: Charlton Heston, Tina Chen, Geraldine Chaplin …
Directed by: Tom Gries
Sea captain Whip Hoxworth (Charlton Heston) comes ashore to join his grandfather's shipping business, but the black sheep learns that the magnate's assets have been left to myopic…
As a director:
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Bette Midler: The Showgirl Must Go On (2010)
Cast: Bette Midler
Directed by: Bette Midler
The Divine Miss M's Las Vegas extravaganza is captured in all its hilarious glory, with a troupe of talented dancers adding to the spectacle. Midler performs "Wind Beneath My Wings,"…