1972: After Dark magazine Ruby Award as Entertainer of the Year

1973: Grammy as Best New Artist

1974: Special-Category Tony for her Palace Shows
"Adding lustre to the Broadway season"
(Cable Ace Award)

1976: Harvard's "Hasty Pudding Award" for Woman of the Year

1977/78: Emmy for Ol' Red Hair is Back
"Outstanding Special-Comedy, Variety or Music"

1979: Nominated for Best Actress Oscar
(The Rose)

1980: Golden Globe for Best Actress
(The Rose)

1980: Golden Globe for Best Newcomer to Film
(The Rose)

1980: Entertainer of the Year from Conference of Personal Managers West

1980: Grammy for Best Pop Vocal
(The Rose)

1980: May, Ms. M signs fifteen hundred copies of "View From A Broad" in 3 and 1/2 hours enough to set a record in The Guiness Book of World Records

1981: Golden Globe Nomination for Best Motion Picture Actress - Musical/Comedy
(Divine Madness!)

1982: Grammy for Best Recording for Children
(In Harmony/ A Sesame Street record)

1986: Recieves her Star on Hollywood Boulevard

1986: (February 27) At second annual Movin Picture Ball, the American Cinematheque honors Bette Midler for her versatile talents in music, drama, and comedy in the theater, tv, and motion pictures.
Melissa Manchester, Whoopi Goldberg, and Stevie Wonder, among others, take part in the salute to Ms M.

1986: Chosen as one of 1986's most intriguing people in the Dec. issue of People Magazine

1987: Box Office Star of the Year

1987: Golden Globe Nomination for Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Comedy/Musical (Down and Out in Beverly Hills)

1987: American Comedy Awards for Best Comedic Actress
(Ruthless People)

1987: American Comedy Awards for Funniest Performance on a Record
(Mud Will Be Flung Tonight)

1987: American Comedy Awards Lifetime Achievement Award,

1987: American Comedy Awards for Overall funniest female performer of the year

1988: American Comedy Award
(Outrageous Fortune)

1988: ShoWest Award Female Star of the Year

1988: Golden Globe Nomination for Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Comedy/Musical
(Outrageous Fortune)

1989: Grammy for Wind Beneath My Wings

1991: Grammy for From A Distance
(Song of the Year Award to Julie Gold, the writer)
Bette did not win Record of the Year or Best Female Performance.

1991: Golden Globe for Best Actress
(For The Boys)

1991: Nominated for Best Actress Oscar
(For The Boys)

1991: Emmy for Farewell Performance on the Johnny Carson Show

1993: (Sept. 14) "Experience the Divine" opens a record-setting engagement at Radio City Music Hall in NYC.
Due to the incredible demand, the initial ten shows become 20 and then 30. She is the only artist in the history of Radio City Music Hall to play 30 shows of a single engagement.

1993: N.Y.'s Radio City Music Hall's "Sidewalk of Stars," is unveiled. Ms M. is among the 14 stars honored, keeping company with the likes of Liza Minelli and Frank Sinatra.

1994: As part of a police action to get people to turn in illegal guns in Oakland California one of the items offered in exchange for the guns is tickets to a Miss M concert

1994: Golden Globe for Best Performance by an Actress in a Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for TV
(Gypsy)

1995: American Comedy Awards for funniest role
(Get Shorty)

1997: Women in Film Crystal Awards
(The First Wives Club trio received this award)

1997: Honored by the United Nations as an influential woman leader in the environment.

1997: Emmy for Best Performance in a Musical/Variety Program
(Diva Las Vegas)

1997: Cable Ace award for Best Performance in a Musical/Variety Program
(Diva Las Vegas)

1997: CableACE Award: Music Special or Series, (shared award; Midler was an executive producer)
(Diva Las Vegas)

1997: Ms. M and her NYRP were honored with a "Green Star Award" from the Environmental Action Coalition

1998: American Comedy Award: Funniest Female Performer in a Television Special
(Diva Las Vegas)

1998: Emmy Nomination for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series
(Murphy Brown)
2001: People's Choice Award: Favorite Female Performer in a New Television Series (Bette) 2001: People's Choice Award Nomination: Favorite New Comedy Series (Bette)
2001: Golden Globe Nomination: Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series - Musical or Comedy (Bette)

**Note** this is the list "in progress" compiled so far from various sources...
Thank you to those who emailed me with information...
If you have things to add, please feel free to email me**