| BETTE'S LIFE BEGAN AS A YOUNG GIRL LIVING IN HAWAII WITH 2 SISTERS AND 1 BROTHER. ALL WERE RAISED JEWISH IN A MOSTLY POLYNESIAN-JAPANESE CITY. BETTE ATTENDED A SMALL ELEMENTARY AND MIDDLE SCHOOL, THEN MADE HER WAY TO RADFORD HIGH SCHOOL, WHERE SHE BEGAN TO HAVE DREAMS OF STARDOM. BETTE HAS SAID THAT SINCE SHE WAS YOUNG SHE ALWAYS WANTED TO BECOME ETHEL BARRYMORE..AND OFCOURSE SHE BECAME A LITTLE LARGER IN THE STARDOM ASPECT. WHEN BETTE GRADUATED FROM RADFORD IN 1963, SHE THEN WENT TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII TO PURSUE A DRAMA MAJOR, AND THEN AFTER ONE YEAR SHE DROPPED OUT AND MOVED TO NEW YORK. WHEN IN NEW YORK SHE GOT HER FIRST ROLE IN A PLAY AS TZEITEL IN "FIDDLER ON THE ROOF". AFTER HER PLAY, SHE THEN BEGAN HER FILM STARDOM AS AN EXTRA, ACTUALLY A SAILOR'S WIFE IN THE MOVIE "HAWAII". THEN, THE ERA OF THE CONTINENTAL BATHS (A HOMOSEXUAL BAR/CLUB IN THE BASEMENT OF A HOTEL) CAME UP AROUNT THE LATE 60'S AND EARLY 70'S, SHE SANG AND DANCED THERE FOR MANY YEARS (9 OR 10). FINALLY, HER BIG BREAK CAME WITH THE MOVIE "THE ROSE". BETTE HAD REACHED THE LIMELIGHT AT THIS POINT (1978-1979). AFTER A COUPLE MORE MOVIES AND TOURS, SHE THEN STARTED DATING MARTIN VON HASELBERG IN 1983, WHO WAS TO BE HER FUTURE HUSBAND IN 1984. AFTER 2 YEARS IN 1986, SHE THEN GAVE BIRTH TO HER ONE AND ONLY CHILD, SOPHIE FREDERICA ALOHILANI VON HASELBERG. BETWEEN 1986 AND 1989 SHE MADE MANY FAMOUS MOVIES-BEACHES, BIG BUSINESS, DOWN AND OUT IN BEVERLY HILLS, AND MANY MORE. AFTER 10 YEARS IN 1990 OR 1991 WITHOUT ANY BIG TOURS OR ACTS SHE THEN ACCOMPLISHED HER FIRST BLOWOUT CONCERT "EXPERIENCE THE DIVINE", A SELLOUT AND MADE BETTE MIDLER A HUGE STAR ONCE AGAIN. IN 1991 AND 1995, SHE MADE 2 HUGE MOVIES: FOR THE BOYS AND THE FIRST WIVES CLUB-HER BIGGEST BLOCKBUSTER MOVIE. SINCE 1995 SHE MADE A COUPLE OF MOVIES AND HAS PRODUCED A COUPLE OF CDS AND IN 2000 BEGAN "THE DIVINE MISS MILLENIUM TOUR". SHE IS CONTINUING TO MAKE MOVIES(THE STEPFORD WIVES AND THE MEDDLERS), START A TOUR (KISS MY BRASS), AND TO MAKE A CD WITH BARRY MANILOW. THIS IS ONE DIVA WHO WILL NEVER DIE. |