Bette Midler | Kennedy Center Honors

The 44th Annual Kennedy Center Honors
The Kennedy Center Opera House, Washington, DC
December 5, 2021

00:00 Introduction (hosted by Goldie Hawn)
01:45 Video montage* (Bette Midler's biography)
04:17 Spoken-word tribute (Scarlett Johansson)
05:11 Friends (Broadway revival cast of Hello Dolly!)
06:59 Spoken-word tribute (Barbara Hershey)
08:00 Wind Beneath My Wings (Kelli O'Hara)
10:19 Spoken-word tribute (Melissa Manchester)
11:36 Bette Midler's medley memorable hits** (Billy Porter)

*told by Adele
**Medley includes: Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy / Love Is On The Way / From A Distance

PERSONNEL
Beanie Feldstein (cast of Hello Dolly!) – vocals
Kate Baldwin (cast of Hello Dolly!) – vocals
Taylor Trensch (cast of Hello Dolly!) – vocals
Kelli O'Hara – vocals
Billy Porter – vocals
Rickey Minor – Bass guitar, musical director

Bette Midler (/bɛt/; born December 1, 1945 | Honolulu, Territory of Hawaii) is an American actress, comedian, singer, and author. Throughout her five-decade career Midler has received numerous accolades, including four Golden Globe Awards, three Grammy Awards, three Primetime Emmy Awards, two Tony Awards, and a Kennedy Center Honors, in addition to nominations for two Academy Awards and a British Academy Film Award.

Born in Honolulu, Hawaii, Midler began her professional career in several off-off-Broadway plays, prior to her engagements in Fiddler on the Roof and Salvation on Broadway in the late 1960s. She came to prominence in 1970 when she began singing in the Continental Baths, a local gay bathhouse where she managed to build up a core following. Since 1970, Midler has released 14 studio albums as a solo artist, selling over 30 million records worldwide, and has received four Gold, three Platinum, and three Multiplatinum albums by RIAA. Many of her songs became chart hits, including her renditions of "The Rose", "Wind Beneath My Wings", "Do You Want to Dance", "Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy", and "From a Distance". She won Grammy Awards for Best New Artist, Best Female Pop Vocal Performance for "The Rose", and Record of the Year for "Wind Beneath My Wings".

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 National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Actress. She went on to star in numerous films, including Down and Out in Beverly Hills (1986), Ruthless People (1986), Outrageous Fortune (1987), Big Business (1988), Beaches (1988), Hocus Pocus (1993) and its sequel (2022), The First Wives Club (1996), The Stepford Wives (2004), Parental Guidance (2012), and The Addams Family (2019) and its sequel (2021). Midler also had starring roles in For the Boys (1991) and Gypsy (1993), winning two additional Golden Globe Awards for these films and receiving a second Academy Award nomination for the former.

In 2008, Midler signed a contract with Caesars Palace in Las Vegas for a residency, Bette Midler: The Showgirl Must Go On, which ended in 2010. She starred in the Broadway revival of Hello, Dolly!, which began previews in March 2017 and premiered at the Shubert Theatre in April 2017. The show was her first leading role in a Broadway musical. Midler received the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical for her performance.

The Kennedy Center Honors is an annual honor given to those in the performing arts for their lifetime of contributions to American culture.

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