![]() Midler on February 21, 1990, after winning at the 32nd Grammy Awards for the Record of the Year for "Wind Beneath My Wings" | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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American singer, songwriter, actress, author, and comedian Bette Midler has received many awards and award nominations for her work on both the screen and stage. [1]
During her musical career, Midler received fifteen Grammy Award nominations. In her first year, the artist won the trophy for Best New Artist. In 1981, she won the prize for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance for the song "The Rose", and in 1990, the song "Wind Beneath My Wings" in her performance was recognized as Record of the Year. [2]
For her work in film, Midler was twice nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress for her performances in the drama film The Rose (1979) and the musical comedy-drama film For the Boys (1991); [3] [4] both of which won her a Golden Globe Award in the same category. [5] Moving to television, Midler received Emmy nominations for her roles in Bette Midler: Ol' Red Hair is Back (1978), The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1992), the television film Gypsy (1993), Bette Midler in Concert: Diva Las Vegas (1998), the comedy series Murphy Brown (1998), Bette Midler: The Showgirl Must Go On (2011), and The Politician (2020); winning three. [6]
Midler has also achieved success on stage, winning a 1974 Special Tony Award and a 2017 Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical for her role in a Broadway production of Hello, Dolly! . [7] In addition, Midler has held several concert tours, with Diva Las Vegas winning her a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Individual Performance in a Variety or Music Program in 1998. [6]
In 1985, Midler was awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. [8] In 2021, she received the Kennedy Center Honors Medal. [9]
Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
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1979 | Best Actress | The Rose | Nominated | [3] |
1991 | For the Boys | Nominated | [4] |
Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
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1981 | Best Actress in a Leading Role | The Rose | Nominated | [10] |
Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
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2011 | Outstanding Musical (for producing) | Priscilla Queen of the Desert | Nominated | [11] |
2013 | Outstanding Solo Performance | I'll Eat You Last: A Chat With Sue Mengers | Nominated | [12] |
2017 | Outstanding Actress in a Musical | Hello, Dolly! | Won | [13] |
Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
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1980 | New Star of the Year in a Motion Picture – Female | The Rose | Won | [5] |
Best Actress in a Motion Picture — Comedy or Musical | Won | |||
1981 | Divine Madness | Nominated | ||
1987 | Down and Out in Beverly Hills | Nominated | ||
1988 | Outrageous Fortune | Nominated | ||
1992 | For the Boys | Won | ||
1994 | Best Actress in a Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television | Gypsy | Won | |
2001 | Best Actress in a Television Series — Comedy or Musical | Bette | Nominated |
Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
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1974 | Best New Artist | Won | [2] | |
Album of the Year | The Divine Miss M | Nominated | ||
Best Female Pop Vocal Performance | "Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy" | Nominated | ||
1981 | Record of the Year | "The Rose" | Nominated | |
Best Female Pop Vocal Performance | Won | |||
1987 | Best Comedy Recording | Mud Will Be Flung Tonight | Nominated | |
1990 | Best Recording for Children | Oliver and Company OST | Nominated | |
Record of the Year | "Wind Beneath My Wings" | Won | ||
Best Female Pop Vocal Performance | Nominated | |||
1991 | Record of the Year | "From a Distance" | Nominated | |
Best Female Pop Vocal Performance | Nominated | |||
2004 | Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album | Bette Midler Sings the Rosemary Clooney Songbook | Nominated | |
2007 | Bette Midler Sings the Peggy Lee Songbok | Nominated | ||
2008 | Cool Yule | Nominated | ||
2018 | Best Musical Theatre Album | Hello, Dolly! | Nominated | [14] |
Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
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1978 | Outstanding Special – Comedy-Variety or Music | Bette Midler: Ol' Red Hair is Back | Won | [6] |
Outstanding Writing in a Comedy-Variety or Music Special | Nominated | |||
1992 | Outstanding Individual Performance in a Variety or Music Program | The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson | Won | |
1994 | Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Special | Gypsy | Nominated | |
1997 | Outstanding Variety, Music or Comedy Special | Bette Midler in Concert: Diva Las Vegas | Nominated | |
Outstanding Performance in a Variety or Music Program | Won | |||
1998 | Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series | Murphy Brown | Nominated | |
2011 | Outstanding Variety, Music or Comedy Special | Bette Midler: The Showgirl Must Go On | Nominated | |
2020 | Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series | The Politician | Nominated |
Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
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1997 | Best Actress in a Motion Picture — Comedy or Musical | The First Wives Club | Nominated | [15] |
Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
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1974 | Special Award | Won | [16] | |
2017 | Best Actress in a Musical | Hello, Dolly! | Won | [17] |
Award | Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
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AARP Movies for Grownups Awards | 2009 | Best Supporting Actress | Then She Found Me | Nominated | [18] |
American Cinematheque Gala Tribute | 1987 | American Cinematheque Award | Won | [19] | |
American Comedy Awards | Funniest Female Performer of the Year | Won | [20] | ||
Lifetime Achievement Award in Comedy | Won | ||||
Funniest Actress in a Motion Picture | Ruthless People | Won | |||
1988 | Outrageous Fortune | Won | [21] | ||
1989 | Big Business | Won | [22] | ||
1990 | Beaches | Nominated | [23] | ||
1993 | Funniest Female Performer in a Television Special | The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson | Won | [24] | |
1996 | Funniest Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture | Get Shorty | Won | [25] | |
1997 | Funniest Actress in a Motion Picture | The First Wives Club | Nominated | [26] | |
1998 | Funniest Female Performer in a Television Special | Bette Middler in Concert: Diva Las Vegas | Won | [27] | |
Billboard Number One Awards [a] | 1973 | Top Singles Artists | 21st place | [28] | |
Top Album Artists | 34th place | [29] | |||
Top Singles Female Vocalists | 3rd place | [30] | |||
Top Singles New Artists | 4th place | ||||
Top Singles Easy Listening Artists | 7th place | [31] | |||
Top Pop Singles | "Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy" | 71st place | [32] | ||
"Do You Want to Dance?" | 76th place | ||||
Top Easy Listening Singles | "Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy" | 7th place | [33] | ||
Top Album Female Artists | 5th place | [34] | |||
Top New Album Artists | 4th place | ||||
Honor Roll of New Hot 100 Artists | 4th place | [35] | |||
Honor Roll of New Album Artists | 6th place | [36] | |||
1974 | Top Pop Singles – Female Vocalists | 17th place | [37] | ||
Top Pop Albums | Bette Midler | 87th place | [38] | ||
Top Pop Singles – Female Artists | 4th place | [39] | |||
1977 | Easy Listening Singles Artists | 46th place | [40] | ||
Easy Listening Singles | "You're Moving Out Today" | 46th place | |||
1978 | Pop Female Artists | 26th place | [41] | ||
Pop Female Singles Artists | 23th place | [42] | |||
Pop Female Albums Artists | 24th place | ||||
Box Office – Auditoriums | 8th place | [43] | |||
1979 | Top Overall Female Artists | 49th place | [44] | ||
1980 | Pop Female Artists | 11th place | [45] | ||
Pop Singles | "The Rose" | 10th place | [46] | ||
Pop Single Artists | 34th place | [47] | |||
Pop Female Single Artists | 6th place | [48] | |||
Adult Contemporary Singles | "The Rose" | 3rd place | [49] | ||
Adult Contemporary Artists | 15th place | ||||
1981 | Pop Female Artists | 29th place | [50] | ||
Pop Female Single Artists | 22th place | [51] | |||
1989 | Top Pop Singles Artists | 37th place | [52] | ||
Top Pop Singles Artists – Female | 13th place | [53] | |||
Top Adult Contemporary Artists | 16th place | [54] | |||
Top Adult Contemporary Singles | "Wind Beneath My Wings" | 4th place | |||
1990 | Top Pop Singles Artists – Female | 21st place | [55] | ||
1991 | Top Album Artists | 20th place | [56] | ||
Top Pop Singles | "From a Distance" | 15th place | [57] | ||
Top Pop Singles Artists | 34th place | ||||
Top Pop Album Artists – Female | 6th place | [58] | |||
Top Pop Singles Artists – Female | 10th place | ||||
Top Adult Contemporary Singles | "From a Distance" | 25th place | [59] | ||
Top Adult Contemporary Artists | 12th place | ||||
1992 | Top Billboard 200 Album Artists | 77th place | [60] | ||
Top Billboard 200 Album Artists – Female | 15th place | [61] | |||
1993 | Top Billboard 200 Album Artists – Female | 23rd place | [62] | ||
1996 | Hot Dance Music Club Play Singles | "To Deserve You" | 45th place | [63] | |
1999 | Hot Dance Club-Play Artists | 20th place | [64] | ||
Hot Dance Club-Play Singles | "I'm Beautiful" | 8th place | |||
Hot Dance Maxi-Singles Sales | 43th place | ||||
British LGBT Awards | 2016 | Global Icon | Nominated | [1] | |
CableACE Awards | 1985 | Performance in a Musical Special | Bette Midler: Art or Bust | Nominated | [65] |
1989 | Entertainment Host | The Mondo Beyondo Show | Nominated | [66] | |
Cash Box Awards | 1973 | New Female – Singles | 1st place | [67] | |
New Female – Albums | 1st place | [68] | |||
1974 | Female – Singles | 12th place | [69] | ||
Female – Albums | 6th place | [70] | |||
1979 | Special Decade Awards – Female | Won | [71] | ||
1980 | Top Female Vocalist – Singles | 2nd place | [72] | ||
1989 | Top A/C Female – Singles | 1st place | [73] | ||
Chicago Film Critics Association Awards | 1992 | Best Actress | For the Boys | Nominated | [74] |
Costume Designers Guild Awards | 2023 | Distinguished Collaborator Award | Won | [75] | |
Disney Legend | 2019 | Honored as a Disney Legend by The Walt Disney Company | Inducted | [76] | |
Golden Apple Awards | 1996 | Female Star of the Year | The First Wives Club | Won | [77] |
Gold Derby Awards | 2020 | Comedy Guest Actress | The Politician | Nominated | [78] |
Golden Raspberry Awards | 1991 | Worst Actress | Stella | Nominated | [79] |
2001 | Isn't She Great | Nominated | [80] | ||
Hasty Pudding Theatricals | 1976 | Woman of the Year | Won | [81] | |
Hollywood Walk of Fame | 1985 | Star on Hollywood Walk of Fame | Inducted | [8] | |
Kennedy Center Honors | 2021 | Kennedy Center Honors Medal | Inducted | [9] | |
Kid's Choice Awards | 1989 | Favorite Movie Actress | Beaches | Nominated | [82] |
MTV Video Music Awards | 1984 | Best Stage Performance in a Video | Bette Midler: Beast of Burden | Nominated | [83] |
Best Female Video | Nominated | ||||
National Board of Review Awards | 1996 | Best Acting by an Ensemble | The First Wives Club | Won | [84] |
National Society of Film Critics Awards | 1980 | Best Actress | The Rose | Nominated | [85] |
New York Film Critics Circle Awards | 1979 | Best Actress | Nominated | [86] | |
Online Film & Television Association | 1997 | Best Adapted Song for "You Don't Own Me" | The First Wives Club | Nominated | [87] |
2001 | Best Actress in a New Comedy Series | Bette | Nominated | [88] | |
2020 | Best Guest Actress in a Comedy Series | The Politician | Nominated | [89] | |
People's Choice Awards | 1980 | Favorite Motion Picture Actor | The Rose | Nominated | [90] |
1981 | Favorite Motion Picture Actress | Divine Madness! | Nominated | [91] | |
1987 | Favorite All-Around Female Entertainer | Nominated | [92] | ||
1988 | Nominated | [93] | |||
1989 | Favorite Comedy Motion Picture Actress | Beaches | Won | [94] | |
2001 | Favorite Female Performer in a New TV Series | Bette | Won | [95] | |
Photoplay Awards | 1975 | Variety Star | Nominated | [96] | |
1977 | Favorite Female Sex Symbol | Nominated | [97] | ||
1978 | Nominated | [98] | |||
Favorite Pop Music Star | Nominated | ||||
1979 | Favorite Variety Star | Nominated | [99] | ||
Record World Awards | 1973 | Top Female Vocalists – Singles | 3rd place | [100] | |
Top Female Vocalists – Albums | 1st place | [101] | |||
1980 | Top New Female Vocalists – Singles | 6th place | [102] | ||
Top New Female Vocalists – Albums | 6th place | [103] | |||
Most Promising Female Vocalist | 1st place | ||||
Top Female Vocalists – A/C | 4th place | [104] | |||
Saturn Awards | 1994 | Best Actress | Hocus Pocus | Nominated | [1] |
ShoWest Convention | 1988 | Female Star of the Year | Won | [105] | |
The Stinkers Bad Movie Awards | 1997 | Worst Actress | That Old Feeling | Nominated | [106] |
Worst On-Screen Couple | Won | ||||
2000 | Worst Actress | Isn't She Great | Nominated | [107] | |
TV Guide Awards | 2001 | Actress of the Year in a New Series | Bette | Won | [108] |
Actress of the Year in a Comedy Series | Nominated | [109] | |||
Women in Film Crystal + Lucy Awards | 1985 | Jack Oakie Comedy Award | Won | [110] | |
1997 | Crystal Award | Won | [111] |