Bette Midler

Bette Midler sings Kim Kardashian's tweets on "Jimmy Kimmel Live" in 2015.

The actress/singer celebrated her 70th birthday on Dec. 1, 2015. Click through for photos of Midler through the years.

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Bette Midler performs during the Oscars at the Dolby Theatre on March 2, 2014, in Los Angeles.

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Bette Midler arrives at the Oscars on March 2, 2014, at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles.

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Bette Midler stars as Hollywood talent agent Sue Mengers in the play "I'll Eat You Last," at the Booth Theater in New York City. "I really wanted to do something very, very different," Midler told CBS News' Mo Rocca. "So when this came in, I liked the script immediately. . . . I knew her, and I really adored her, even though I'm not sure she was crazy about me!"

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Singer Bette Midler speaks at the Golden Heart Awards at the Cunard Building on Oct. 15, 2012, in New York.

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Bette Midler attends the Songwriters Hall of Fame's 43rd annual induction and awards on June 14, 2012, in New York.

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Bette Midler and Stevie Nicks attend the Songwriters Hall of Fame 43rd Annual induction and awards at The New York Marriott Marquis on June 14, 2012, in New York. The Songwriters Hall of Fame celebrates songwriters, educates the public with regard to their achievements, and produces a spectrum of professional programs devoted to the development of new songwriting talent through workshops, showcases and scholarships.

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Stevie Wonder and Bette Midler attend Midler's Hulaween gala benefit for the New York Restoration Project, in New York, Oct. 28, 2011.

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Inductee Darlene Love, left, performs with Bette Midler at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony, March 14, 2011, in New York.

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Bette Midler presents an award at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony, March 14, 2011, in New York.

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Bette Midler, who was born in Hawaii, acknowledges the audience during her final performance of "The Showgirl Must Go On" at Caesars Palace Jan. 31, 2010, in Las Vegas.

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Entertainer Bette Midler during the final performance of her show, "The Showgirl Must Go On" at The Colosseum at Caesars Palace, Jan. 31, 2010, in Las Vegas, Nevada.

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Entertainer Bette Midler during the final performance of her show, "The Showgirl Must Go On," at The Colosseum at Caesars Palace, Jan. 31, 2010, in Las Vegas, Nevada.

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Actress Bette Midler and singer Yoko Ono attend the "John Lennon: The New York City Years" exhibit preview at Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Annex NYC, May 11, 2009, in New York.

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Bette Midler smiles as she arrives at a Cinema Society screening of her movie "Then She Found Me" at AMC Lincoln Square, April 21, 2008, in New York.

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Bette Midler arrives at a party following her premiere performance of "The Showgirl Must Go On" at Caesar's Palace hotel and casino in Las Vegas on Feb. 20, 2008.

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Singer Bette Midler performs two songs from her "Cool Yule" Christmas album on the NBC "Today" television program in New York, Dec. 6, 2006.

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Dressed as Flora the Garden Goddess, Bette Midler shows off her head-hose at her annual Hulaween gala, a benefit for the New York Restoration Project, at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in New York on Oct. 31, 2006.

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Singer and actress Bette Midler, dressed as Flora the Garden Goddess, arrives at her annual Hulaween gala benefit at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in New York on Oct. 31, 2006.

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Entertainer Bette Midler poses for photographers during a press conference in Sydney, March 30, 2005.

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Bette Midler performs at the "United We Stand: What More Can I Give?" Concert, a music benefit in support of recovery efforts from the September 11 attacks, on Oct. 21, 2001.

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Bette Midler, photographed at "The Stepford Wives" premiere in Los Angeles, June 6, 2004, has appeared in more than a dozen movies. She was nominated for Academy Awards in 1979 for "The Rose" and in 1991 for "For the Boys."

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Singer and actress Bette Midler in 2000.

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Bette Midler poses with her Emmy Award, won for Best Performance in a Variety or Music Program for "Bette Midler: Diva Las Vegas," at the Pasadena Civic Auditorium in Pasadena, Calif., September 14, 1997.

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Bette Midler, Goldie Hawn and Diane Keaton in a scene from "The First Wives Club."

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The 1991 film "For the Boys" spans nearly 50 years in the lives of song-and-dance partners Dixie Leonard and Eddie Sparks (Bette Midler and James Caan), who entertain U.S. troops during three wars. Midler won the Golden Globe and earned an Oscar nomination for her performance.

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Bette Midler sings during the opening night of her "Experience The Divine" show at Radio City Music Hall in New York, Sept. 14, 1993.

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Bette Midler, often referred to as the Divine Miss M, accepts her Grammy for Record of the Year for her "Wind Beneath My Wings" album in Los Angeles, Feb. 21, 1990.

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One of Bette Midler's most affecting roles was in the 1988 tearjerker "Beaches," co-starring Barbara Hershey. The featured song "Wind Beneath My Wings" -- originally written in 1982 and recorded by, among others, Roger Whittaker, Gladys Knight & The Pips, Lou Rawls and Sheena Easton -- was a No. 1 Billboard hit for Midler, and won two Grammy Awards.

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Singer Bette Midler performs during the first Live Aid concert at JFK stadium in Philadelphia, July 13, 1985. In simultaneous gigs in London and Philadelphia, the 16-hour "global jukebox" reached some 95 percent of television sets worldwide, raising an estimated $275 million to aid famine victims in Africa.

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Bette Midler celebrates her new HBO concert in New York City at the Private Eyes video club, Aug. 7, 1984.

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Singer Bette Midler rehearses at the Copacabana Club in New York, Jan. 12, 1978 prior to opening her new revue "An Intimate Evening With Bette Midler."

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A slimmed-down Bette Midler, who says she has lost 20 pounds, strikes a Greta Garbo pose in Los Angeles, Nov. 6, 1977, as she relates how "acting was my first love, I started on the theater when I was sixteen." Once in danger of becoming a female Tiny Tim, her talent won out and her upcoming film titled "The Rose" may well be another "A Star Is Born."

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Singer Bette Midler is shown in New York, Feb. 19, 1975.

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Singer Bette Midler holds up a plate of clams in New York's Oyster Bar Restaurant, Feb. 19, 1975 during promotion of her "Clams On The Half-Shell Revue" which opens next month. Chef Manuel Roumandakis looks on.

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Elton John, Cher, Flip Wilson and Bette Midler, in a publicity photo for CBS' "Cher!" (1975).