Bette Midler played Roberta "Bobbie" Markowitz in the 2004 remake of The Stepford Wives, a supporting role as a sassy, irreverent Jewish feminist writer, recovering alcoholic

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37 Years Ago Today: Bette Midler’s “Wind Beneath My Wings” Hit #1 on Billboard Hot 100

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Bette Midler is a gay icon and a Hollywood fixture, and not even in that order.

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Live at Last captures Bette at the height of her 1970s stage persona — bawdy, theatrical, and vocally fearless.

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Bette Midler’s appearance as Johnny Carson’s final guest on The Tonight Show is remembered as one of the most emotional and iconic moments in late?night history.

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Bette Midler’s appearance on the Murphy Brown finale, on May 18, 1998 (28 years ago today) is remembered as a one?episode comedic knockout.

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I’d been waiting 25 years to talk to Bette Midler, so I dove at the chance to interview the Divine Miss M on the release of her 1998 album Bathhouse Betty.

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Bette Midler’s Divine Intervention Tour ran from May 8, 2015 to July 19, 2015, grossed $36.6 million, and earned strong reviews praising her vocals, humor, and stamina.

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Women's History Month is a perfect time to celebrate Bette Midler—a trailblazing entertainer

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Thirty?nine years ago today, Time magazine decided the only logical thing to put on its March 2, 1987, cover was Bette Midler in full Hollywood?domination mode.

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