![]() The ruling is likely to lead to abortion bans in roughly half the states.Īctress and comedian Wanda Sykes warned the US is 'no longer a democracy' as she slammed the Supreme Court justices who overturned the landmark court ruling Roe v. ![]() The Supreme Court unraveled nearly 50 years' worth of precedent and dramatically shifted the landscape of women's healthcare on Friday when it overruled the 1973 landmark decision that granted federal abortion protections under the Constitution.Īfter returning the matter to states' jurisdiction, nine GOP-led legislatures enacted bans on the medical procedure as of Sunday at least a dozen could soon follow suit. She also attacked Americans living in the 'middle states' for apparently telling blue states how to act as the 'majority of people live in New York and California.' Most recently, she toured with her sassy "Kiss My Brass" show, and is promoting her album "Bette Midler Sings the Rosemary Clooney Songbook".The Supreme Court unraveled nearly 50 years' worth of precedent and dramatically shifted the landscape of women's healthcare (judges who voted to overturn Roe are circled)Īctress and comedian Wanda Sykes warned the US is 'no longer a democracy', accusing the conservative judges of 'lying' under oath when they each suggested during their confirmation hearings that Roe v. Apart from her four Grammy awards, Bette Midler has also won four Golden Globes, one Tony Award, and three Emmy Awards, plus she has sold in excess of 15 million albums worldwide. Bette matched feisty James Caan in the WWII drama For the Boys (1991), made a dynamic trio with Goldie Hawn and Diane Keaton in The First Wives Club (1996), was back on screen with DeVito for the tepid comedy Drowning Mona (2000) and turned up in the glossy remake of The Stepford Wives (2004). ![]() She played an obnoxious wife who was the victim of a kidnap plot by her scoundrel husband, played by Danny DeVito, in Ruthless People (1986), was pursued by CIA and KGB spies in Outrageous Fortune (1987), played mismatched twins with Lily Tomlin in Big Business (1988) and shone in the tear-jerker Beaches (1988). In 1986, director Paul Mazursky cast Midler opposite Nick Nolte and Richard Dreyfuss in the hilarious Down and Out in Beverly Hills (1986), and so began a string of very funny comedic film roles. After minor roles in several film/TV productions, she surprised all with her knockout performance of a hard-living rock-and-roll singer (loosely based on the life of Janis Joplin) in The Rose (1979), for which she received an Academy Award nomination for Best Actress. Her first album was "The Divine Miss M" released in November 1972, followed by the self-titled "Bette Midler" released in November 1973, both of which took off up the music charts, and Bette's popularity swiftly escalated from there. Midler studied drama at the University of Hawaii and got her musical career started by performing in gay bathhouses with piano accompaniment from Barry Manilow. ![]() Her parents, originally from New Jersey, were both from Jewish families (from Russia, Poland, and the Austro-Hungarian Empire). ![]() She is the daughter of Ruth (Schindel), a seamstress, and Fred Midler, a painter. Midler was born in Honolulu, Hawaii, on December 1, 1945. Multi Grammy Award-winning singer/comedienne/author Bette Midler has also proven herself to be a very capable actress in a string of both dramatic and comedic roles. ![]()
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