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    • Beaches. Bette Midler, Barbara Hershey, John Heard. 426 votes. Centered around two childhood friends navigating the complexities of life, love, and friendship, this powerful drama features an unforgettable performance by Midler as the brash, self-centered, and talented singer-actress C.C.
    • The First Wives Club. Goldie Hawn, Bette Midler, Diane Keaton. 341 votes. This wildly popular comedy follows three middle-aged women seeking revenge on their ex-husbands after being left for younger women.
    • Hocus Pocus. Bette Midler, Sarah Jessica Parker, Kathy Najimy. 359 votes. In this Halloween classic, Midler plays Winifred Sanderson, the enchanting yet sinister witch who, along with her sisters, is accidentally resurrected by a group of unsuspecting teenagers.
    • Big Business. Bette Midler, Lily Tomlin, Fred Ward. 244 votes. This comedy of errors, centered around mistaken identities and corporate sabotage, stars both Midler and Lily Tomlin as a pair of identical twins separated at birth.
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    • 'The Rose' (1979) Rose is a young rock star who pours her heart and soul into every performance and is forced to tour non-stop by her demanding manager.
    • 'Beaches' (1988) Aspiring singer, CC Bloom and successful attorney, Hillary Whitney (Barbara Hershey) have been friends since childhood and despite living on the opposite sides of the country, the two have remained close.
    • 'Hocus Pocus' (1993) On Halloween night in Salem, Massachusetts, Max (Omri Katz), his little sister, Danny, and his friend, Allison, decide to explore an abandoned house once occupied by the legendary Sanderson Sisters who were executed during the Salem Witch Trials.
    • 'The First Wives Club' (1996) After the tragic death of their college friend, Elise (Goldie Hawn), Annie (Diane Keaton) and Brenda reunite for the first time in thirty years at the funeral.
    • THE ROSE (1979) Director: Mark Rydell. Writers: Bo Goldman, Bill Kerby. Starring Alan Bates, Frederic Forrest, Harry Dean Stanton. Midler had been offered films earlier in her music career but turned them all down until she found a vehicle she thought appropriate.
    • RUTHLESS PEOPLE (1986) Directors: Jim Abrahams, David Zucker, Jerry Zucker. Writer: Dale Launer. Starring Danny DeVito, Judge Reinhold, Anita Morris.
    • DOWN AND OUT IN BEVERLY HILLS (1986) Director: Paul Mazursky. Writers: Paul Mazursky, Leon Capetanos. Starring Nick Nolte, Richard Dreyfuss, Little Richard.
    • BEACHES (1988) Director: Garry Marshall. Writer: Mary Agnes Donoghue. Starring Barbara Hershey, John Heard, Spalding Gray. One of Midler’s most popular films is this sentimental tale of two childhood friends who face life’s ups and downs together.
    • Parental Guidance - 2012
    • Stella - 1990
    • Down and Out in Beverly Hills - 1986
    • For The Boys - 1991
    • Big Business - 1988
    • The First Wives Club - 1996
    • Ruthless People - 1986
    • Beaches - 1988
    • Hocus Pocus - 1993
    • The Rose - 1979

    Artie Decker (Billy Crystal) and Diane Decker (Bette Midler) are empty-nesters who enjoy their lives. When their daughter Alice (Marisa Tomei) asks them to look after her three children, they reluctantly agree because they don't get to see them enough. While Artie and Diane are old school, Alice and her husband Phil (Tom Everett Scott) are "new sch...

    Based on the 1923 novelStella Dallas by Olive Higgins Prouty, Stellacenters on a vulgar, independent, and unfashionable single mother named Stella Claire (Midler) who wants the best for her daughter Jenny (Trini Alvarado). Because Stella raised Jenny on her own, she doesn't have much but will do just about anything to assure her happiness. When Jen...

    Down and Out in Beverly Hills is a 1986 comedy film based on the 1919 French play called Boudu Sauvé Des Eaux. The movie follows the wealthy Whiteman family that seems to have everything, but they're extremely dysfunctional in reality. While celebrating Thanksgiving, they realize a homeless man is trying to drown himself in their pool after losing ...

    For the Boys is a 1991 comedy-music drama starring Bette Midler, James Caan, and George Segal. Set in the World War II era, a man named Eddie Sparks (Caan) wants to entertain the American soldiers and turns to singer/actress Dixie Leonard's (Midler) for help. Together, Sparks and Leonard move across the United States with their act and perform "for...

    Lily Tomlin might be best known today for her hilarious role as Frankie in the comedy sitcom Grace and Frankie, but years prior, she joined Better Midler in the American comedy called Big Business.Tomlin and Midler play two roles as identical twins who are separated at birth. Both sets of twins were born in the small town of Jupiter Hollow, and by ...

    The First Wives Clubis a 1996 comedy about three middle-aged women who met in college. Each woman went their separate ways after college, but when their fourth friend, Cynthia Swann Griffin (Stockard Channing), takes her own life, they meet up once again. It's then they realize they're all on the brink of divorce and band together to get revenge on...

    Directed by Jim Abrahams and David Zucker, Ruthless Peopleis a crime comedy about two couples with different motives. The movie's title explains the story well, as manufacturing millionaire Sam Stone (Danny DeVito) despises his wife Barbara (Midler) and plans on killing her for inheritance. Only marrying her for the millions of dollars her father w...

    Filmmaker Garry Marshall is known for some of the most beloved rom-com movies like Pretty Woman and Overboard, and in 1988, he decided to release an instant classic called Beaches. Midler stars as CC Bloom, a once-child performer who has an unbreakable bond with a wealthy woman named Hilary Whitney Essex (Hershey). As they grow older, their friends...

    One of Bette Midler's most well-known performances is in the 1993 Halloween classic, Hocus Pocus. Starring alongside Kathy Najimy and Sarah Jessica Parker, the trio made history as being one of the most beloved witch sisters in movie history. Three-hundred years after the Sanderson sisters were sentenced to death for practicing witchcraft, they com...

    Bette Midler's most well-performed movie is Mark Rydell's 1979 drama romance, The Rose. Midler plays the role of Rose, a female rock star who has major similarities to Janis Joplin. The movie mostly focuses on Rose's career, her past substance abuse, finding love, and the success she's found up until this point. Although she's done well for herself...

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  1. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Bette_MidlerBette Midler - Wikipedia

    Midler made her starring film debut with the musical drama The Rose (1979), which won her the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Comedy or Musical, as well as nominations for the Academy Award for Best Actress, the BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role, the New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actress, and the N...

  2. 36 Metascore. Artie and Diane Decker agree to look after their three grandchildren when their type-A helicopter parents need to go out of town for work. Problems arise when their 21st-century behavior collides with Artie and Diane's old-school methods. Director Andy Fickman Stars Billy Crystal Bette Midler Marisa Tomei.

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