- Films
- 26
- Avg rating
- 5.97
- Peak run
- 1986’88
- Oscar noms
- 2
Every film, by IMDb rating
The career
Dot size shows IMDb votes. Films with fewer than 1,000 votes sit on the baseline.
As an actor, films with 1,000+ votes
Bette by the numbers
Average
5.97
26 rated films
Vote weighted
6.00
bigger films count more
Median
6.1
half are better
Consistency
±0.71
rating spread
Career
46y
1979 to 2024
Total votes
692K
across every film
Best
7.0
Beaches
Worst
4.4
Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore
Newest first
Filmography
| 2024 | The Fabulous Four | Marilyn | 4.9 | 2,445 |
| 2023 | Sitting in Bars with Cake | Benita | 6.5 | 3,947 |
| 2022 |  Hocus Pocus 2 | Winifred Sanderson | 6.0 | 60,167 |
| 2021 |  The Addams Family 2 | Grandma | 5.4 | 18,825 |
| 2019 |  The Addams Family | Grandma | 5.9 | 50,523 |
| 2017 | Freak Show | Muv | 6.5 | 4,486 |
| 2012 |  Parental Guidance | Diane Decker | 6.0 | 27,737 |
| 2010 |  Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore | Kitty Galore | 4.4 | 17,514 |
| 2008 |  The Women | Leah Miller | 5.1 | 24,596 |
| 2007 |  Then She Found Me | Bernice Graves | 5.9 | 10,776 |
| 2004 |  The Stepford Wives | Bobbie Markowitz | 5.4 | 73,206 |
| 2000 | Isn't She Great | Jacqueline Susann | 5.4 | 2,654 |
| 2000 |  Drowning Mona | Mona Dearly | 5.8 | 16,795 |
| 1997 | That Old Feeling | Lilly Leonard | 6.1 | 4,285 |
| 1996 |  The First Wives Club | Brenda Morelli Cushman | 6.5 | 61,018 |
| 1993 |  Hocus Pocus | Winifred Sanderson | 6.9 | 175K |
| 1991 | For the Boys | Dixie Leonard | 6.4 | 6,481 |
| 1991 | Scenes from a Mall | Deborah | 5.4 | 5,512 |
| 1990 | Stella | Stella Claire | 6.2 | 3,086 |
| 1988 |  Beaches | CC Bloom | 7.0 | 31,606 |
Better together?
Bette Midler's regulars
- Sarah Jessica ParkerCo-star · 3 films · 6.47 avg▲+0.59
- Mark RydellDirector and actor · 2 films · 6.70 avg▲+0.49
- Jim AbrahamsDirector and actor · 2 films · 6.65 avg▲+0.35
- Paul MazurskyDirector and actor · 2 films · 5.85 avg▼−0.32
The number on the right is the lift: their average together minus the average of their two careers.
Takes
On Bette Midler
2 nominations, 0 wins
Awards record
- NominatedBest Actress · Academy Awards 1992Bette Midler
- NominatedBest Actress · Academy Awards 1980Bette Midler
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