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A Conversation with the Divine Miss M.

Bette Midler made a name for herself in the early 1970s at New York's Continental Baths, a club for gay men. Since then she's been nominated for two Academy Awards, and earned Emmy and Grammy awards. She has a new CD, "Bathhouse Betty" (Warner Bros. Records).

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Fresh Air with Terry Gross, November 18, 1998: Interview with Bette Midler; Review of Michael Cunningham's novel "The Hours."

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