Bette Midler

Her television work includes a production of Gypsy and her sitcom Bette. While her niece Kajol has had a very successful career in films. Other films include Scenes From a Mall, For the Boys (for which she was again nominated for an Academy Award), Hocus Pocus, The First Wives Club, and The Stepford Wives. Her sister Tanuja also acted in movies. Her rendition of 1990's "From a Distance" also earned her a Grammy and is another of her most popular songs. Her son Mohnish Behl is an actor too. Midler sang several of the film's songs including "Wind Beneath My Wings," which became one of Midler's most popular hits, receiving multiple Grammy Awards. Sadhna called Nutan her idol.

In 1988 she starred in the film Beaches. Dev Anand identified her as the actress you could carry out an intelligent conversation with. She appeared in such other popular comedies as Ruthless People, Outrageous Fortune and Big Business. Lata Mangeshkar calls her the face she could sing for. In 1986, director Paul Mazursky cast her in Down and Out in Beverly Hills, beginning a successful comedic acting career. Being called the best by the best is probably more important then the filmfare awards. In her first film role, she was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress. Nutan has won 6 Filmfare Awards and countless others - the most any actress has won to date:.

She was tapped for the pseudobiographical role of the drug-addled rock music star in The Rose, modeled after Janis Joplin. She can be called Audrey Hepburn of Indian Cinema. Midler appeared in Fiddler on the Roof on Broadway, but it was her singing that made her a star. Her facial expressions were her greatest assets. He produced her first major album, The Divine Miss M (also the name by which she is known to her fans.). There was no looking back after that. Born in Honolulu, Hawaii, she majored in drama at the University of Hawaii, but got her start singing in gay bathhouses in New York City where, among others, she became friends with Barry Manilow, who was her piano accompanist. In 1959 she had two hits in Anadi (with Raj Kapoor) and Bimal Roy's Sujata (with Sunil Dutt).

Bette Midler (born December 1, 1945) is a singer, actress and comedienne. She followed her success with romantic comedy Paying guest (opposite Dev Anand). Her first big break was Seema (opposite Balraj Sahni) which won her a filmfare. She started her career as actress as a 14 year old in Hamari Beti (1950). Nutan was the daughter of actress Shobhna Samarth.

Nutan (June 4, 1936 - February, 1991), is considered one of the finest actresses in Indian Cinema. 1956 - Best Actress Seema - 1955. 1959 - Best Actress Sujata - 1959. 1963 - Best Actress Bandini - 1963.

1967 - Best Actress Milan - 1967. 1978 - Best Actress Main Tulsi Tere Aangan Ki - 1978. 1985 - Outstanding Performance Meri Jung - 1985.