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SITTING IN BARS WITH CAKE
(Sept. 8 on Prime Video)
She was named after Bette Davis. Her sisters, Judy and Susan, are named after Judy Garland and Susan Hayward.
Before she was famous, Midler worked in a processing plant on the island of Oahu, Hawaii, where Dole pineapples were processed.
Midler was known as “Bathhouse Betty” because she worked as an entertainer at the famous Continental Baths, a gay bathhouse in Manhattan.
Her first big album, The Divine Miss M, was produced by Barry Manilow, who was her accompanist at the Continental Baths.
Midler collaborated with Mick Jagger on the video for a Rolling Stones cover, “Beast of Burden.”
She was the final…
