Bette Midler as a music superstar battling inner demons and the pressures of the road in The Rose, which THR called “a strong character study” despite “a screenplay that is based on a overly ...

“So I first met Bette Midler in my head when I watched the film ‘The Rose’ in 1979. And since then, her and I have been best friends, in my head.

Midler says that her happiest experiences on sets have been with directors Mark Rydell (“The Rose,” “For the Boys”) and Paul Mazursky, whose “Down and Out in Beverly Hills” helped ...

Midler's first starring film role came with the musical drama The Rose in 1979, which won her the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture Comedy or Musical.

February 25, 1981 – Wins the Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Performance, for her single, “The Rose.” January 28, 1985 – Midler joins 45 other stars to record “We Are the World,” USA ...

In 1979, Bette made her film debut in portraying a doomed and self destructive rock & roll singer in The Rose, for which she earned the Golden Globe for Best Actress, Academy Award nomination, and ...

The sitcom starred Midler as a successful singer and mother to 13-year-old Rose, played by a young Lindsay Lohan who was fresh off The Parent Trap.

Like her namesake, Midler has won numerous prestigious accolades, including four Golden Globes and three Emmys. She was also twice nominated for Best Actress at the Oscars for The Rose (1979) and ...

February 20, 2008 - "Bette Midler: The Showgirl Must Go On" debuts at Caesar's Palace in Las Vegas. The show includes the Harlettes, the Caesar Salad Girls, and a 13-piece band.