. . . Where Are They Now? . . .Hello fans,I've had many readers ask for updates on Bette Midler... well, ask and you shall receive! Today's issue is all about Bette...information about her career and what she has been up to recently! Enjoy!
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*View Past Issues: Where Are They Now Archives*--DEAD OR ALIVE?--See if you know if the following celebrities have had a visit from the "Grim Reaper":
Merle Oberon - Starred in the movies "The Dark Angel", "The Divorce of Lady X" and "Wuthering Heights", noted for her beauty
Elaine May - Writer, director and actress, directed "Ishtar", co-wrote the script for "Primary Colors", former performing partner of Mike Nichols
Sheila James Kuehl - Played Zelda Gilroy in the TV series "The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis", former member of the California State Assembly
(Answer at the bottom)*Bette MidlerLearn More About Bette Midler on Celebrity NoozBIRTH DATE: December 1, 1945, Honolulu, Hawaii
CLAIM TO FAME: Singer/songwriter, actress, known for roles in The Rose and Beaches
FAMILY LIFE: She has been married to Martin von Haselberg since 1984. They have one daughter, Sophie von Haselberg (b. 1986).
INFO: Midler studied drama at the University of Hawaii and kicked off her musical career by performing in gay bathhouses with piano accompaniment from Barry Manilow. She released her first album, "The Divine Miss M" in 1972. She found success as an actress after a powerful performance in The Rose (1979) as a rock-and-roll singer.
In 1986, she appeared with Nick Nolte and Richard Dreyfuss in the comedy Down and Out in Beverly Hills, and this began a series of funny movies, including Ruthless People (1986), Outrageous Fortune (1987), and Big Business (1988). She starred in the 1988 tearjerker Beaches.
Other films include the WWII drama For the Boys (1991), The First Wives Club (1996), the comedy Drowning Mona (2000), and the remake of The Stepford Wives (2004).
TRIVIA: Has an estimated net worth of $175 million.
Performed her cabaret act at the famed gay men's club, The Continental Baths, in the 70s with Barry Manilow as her accompanist.
Worked at a Dole pineapple processing plant in Hawaii in her early years.
Her first big album "The Divine Miss M" was produced by Barry Manilow.
Graduated from Radford High School, Honolulu, Hawaii in 1963
Majored in drama at the University of Hawaii at Manoa
Listed as one of twelve "Promising New Actors of 1979" in John Willis' Screen World, Vol. 31.
Was the final guest on "The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson" (1962).
Ranked #51 on VH1's 100 Greatest Women of Rock N Roll.
Is named after Bette Davis and her sisters Susan and Judy are named after Susan Hayward and Judy Garland.
She is a member of Delta Phi Epsilon International Sorority.
The last syllable of her first name is unpronounced because her mother thought that was how Bette Davis pronounced her name.
Was awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for Recording.
Studied drama at HB Studio in Greenwich Village in New York City.
Became pregnant by her husband Martin von Haselberg in 1987 but suffered a miscarriage.
WHERE IS SHE NOW: Midler is one of the producers of the Broadway production of the musical Priscilla Queen of the Desert which opened in February 2011.
In June 2012, she received the Sammy Cahn Lifetime Achievement Award at the Songwriters Hall of Fame in New York in recognition of her having "captivated the world" with her "stylish presentation and unmistakable voice".
Midler will be co-starring alongside Billy Crystal in the movie Parental Guidance due to be released on December 25, 2012.
She auctioned her outfits and achievements from her 40-year career in November 2011 in order to raise money for the New York Restoration Project.
She hosts an annual gala benefit on Halloween that raises funds for New York Restoration Project (NYRP).
WRITE TO BETTE MIDLER: Bette Midler
1222 16th Ave S, #300
Nashville, TN 37212
OFFICIAL WEBSITE: http://bettemidler.com/Video Clips of Bette Midler: Fact for Fact - Then She Found Me* CREDITS:2012 Parental Guidance (post-production)...Diane Decker
2010 Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore...Kitty Galore (voice)
2008/I The Women...Leah Miller
2007 Then She Found Me...Bernice Graves
2004 The Stepford Wives...Bobbie Markowitz
2000-2001 Bette (TV series)...Bette
2000 What Women Want...Dr. J.M. Perkins (uncredited)
2000 Isn't She Great...Jacqueline Susann
2000 Drowning Mona...Mona Dearly
1998 Murphy Brown (TV series)...Caprice Feldman - Secretary #93
Never Can Say Goodbye: Part 1 (1998)
1997 That Old Feeling...Lilly Leonard
1996 The First Wives Club...Brenda Cushman
1995 Get Shorty...Doris Saphron (uncredited)
1993 Gypsy (TV movie)...Mama Rose
1993 Hocus Pocus...Winifred 'Winnie' Sanderson
1992 Shelley Duvall's Bedtime Stories (TV series)...Narrator (segment "Weird Parents")
Elbert's Bad Word/Weird Parents (1992)
1991 For the Boys...Dixie Leonard
1991 Scenes from a Mall...Deborah Fifer
1990 Stella...Stella Claire
1989 The Lottery (short)
1988 Beaches...CC Bloom
1988 Oliver & Company...Georgette (voice)
1988 Big Business...Sadie Ratliff / Sadie Shelton
1987 Outrageous Fortune...Sandy Brozinsky
1986 Ruthless People...Barbara Stone
1986 Down and Out in Beverly Hills...Barbara Whiteman
1982 Jinxed!...Bonita Friml
1982 The Mondo Beyondo Show (TV movie)...Mondo Beyondo/Eudora P. Quickly
1979 The Rose...Mary Rose Foster
1976 Vegetable Soup (TV series)...Woody The Spoon
1974 The Thorn...Virgin Mary
1972 Scarecrow in a Garden of Cucumbers (voice)
1969 Goodbye, Columbus...Wedding Guest (uncredited)
1968 The Detective...Girl at Party (uncredited) (unconfirmed)
1966 Hawaii...Passenger (uncredited)
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Celebrity Nooz*--Answers to DEAD OR ALIVE--Merle Oberon - DEAD (Stroke)
Born: 02/19/1911 Died: 11/23/1979
Elaine May - ALIVE
Born: 04/21/1932
Sheila James Kuehl - ALIVE
Born: 02/09/1941
*WHO PASSED ON THIS WEEK...9/26
John Bond, 79, English football player and manager.
9/25
Billy Barnes, 85, American composer and lyricist (The Billy Barnes Revue), complications from Alzheimer's disease.
Jun Bote Bautista, 73, Filipino news broadcaster, complications from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
Neset Ertas, 74, Turkish folk musician.
Alonso Lujambio, 50, Mexican politician, Secretary of Public Education (2009â??2012), multiple myeloma.
Jalal Uddin Talukdar, 63, Bangladeshi politician and MP, shooting.
Andy Williams, 84, American singer ("Moon River") and entertainer, bladder cancer.
9/24
Willy Mbenda, 26, Cameroonian football player, following a short illness.
Thilakan, 77, Indian actor (Perumthachan, Santhanagopalam), cardiac arrest.