She has since starred in a number of hit films, which include. After he proposes halfheartedly, she rejects him and embarks upon raising their child jenny as a single mother but is always. Midler must have played around with a lot of walks and a lot of accents she must have experimented with attitudes and personal styles before she hit on the right note for stella. Get premium, high resolution news photos at getty images. Funky, tacky bette midler was probably the last person i would have expected to see starring in a movie promoting snobbery, but there she is in stella.
Bette midler may have misjudged her talents in stella, but the other possibility is that shes indulging that awful, moony, bagladyonaparkbench side of her that she showed off in the. Stella 1990 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. A beautiful film, watched it back to back, cant understand how bette midler didnt get more recognisation for this film, its a real girly film and you will shed a some tears watching it. In stella, bette midler looks at the world avidly, as though it were an enormous meal she was about to start consuming with her hands. The film was a success, but it failed to establish midler as a dramatic actress. Bette midler midler backstage at the grammy awairds, februar 1990. Bette talks about her movie stella entertainment tonight 1990 join us. Bette davis midler born december 1, 1945 is an american singer, songwriter, actress, comedian, and producer, also known by her informal stage name as the divine miss m. Based on the autobiography of gypsy rose lee, this madefortv moviepreviously a broadway smash and a 1962 filmdepicts the life and times of a.
Starring bette midler, john goodman and trini alvarado. Adapted from the novel stella dallas by olive higgins prouty, which was published in 1923, the story concerns an aggressive workingclass single mother bette midler who detriments herself to give her daughter an improved life with her separated, but rich father. Stella claire midler is a working class single mother whose dedication to her teenage daughter trini alvarado leads to some tough decisions about the young womans future. Stella 1990 dvd sealed bette midler brand new item information. Stella bette midler is a feisty woman working in a bar when she meets and falls for the suave charms of the young dr. Erman and the films lead, bette midler, perhaps the greatest compliment any executive producer can give. According to the 4 jun 1988 toronto star, she was disneys hottest female star since minnie mouse. Best actress in a leading role and best actress in a supporting role this was the second feature film adaptation of the 1923. It was directed by king vidor, and stars barbara stanwyck, john boles, and anne shirley. Lowincome, averagelooking people are not often seen in films with this much compassion and dignity we are often just comic relief or foils for the beautiful people.
With bette midler, john goodman, trini alvarado, stephen collins. Bette midler and trini alvarado play the mother and daughter as well as i can imagine them being played, with style and life. Stella, reborn as an unmarried mother the new york. With bette midler, peter riegert, cynthia gibb, edward asner. Because of her interest in the story, walt disney studios chairman jeffrey katzenberg spent eighteen months negotiating with samuel goldwyn, jr. Bene midler left stars as stella claire, a fiercely devoted single mother determined, no matter how great the personal sacrifice, to give her daughter jenny trim alvarado, right a life of promise and privilege, two advantages stella has never known. Midler made her motion picture debut in 1979 with the rose, which earned her a golden globe for best actress, as well as a nomination for the academy award for best actress. Bette midler is heartbreaking as the brash stella in this truly tender film. This 1990 drama stars bette midler as stella, a working class, single mother. And when she came to town in 1989 to film stella, we were still new enough to the whole hollywood north thing to be. Bette midler full list of movies and tv shows in theaters, in production and upcoming films.
But stella truly builds the best life for her daughter that she can in her tiny rented house you. Stella references cousin it when playing with young jenny. A beautiful film, watched it back to back, cant understand how bette midler didnt get more recognisation for this film, its a real girly film and you will shed a some. Press photo actress bette midler, trini alvarado in stella film hcp84744 this is an original press photo. The tamarind seed 1974 full movie starring julie andrews and. Bette midler as a selfless mother in tearinducing stella. Born in honolulu, hawaii, midler began her professional career in several offoffbroadway plays, prior to her engagements in fiddler on the roof and salvation on broadway in the late 1960s.
Central parks tavern on the green, where bette midler enacts perhaps a threehanky version of the famous fourhanky stella dallas finale, isnt quite the right setting for this brave mothers. How stella got her groove back 1998 film starring angela bassett. It is one of hollywoods classic tearjerking scenes. Stella was bette midlers sixth film for walt disney studios touchstone pictures. Actress trini alvarado and singer bette midler attend the. After she made beaches, bette midler was queen of the threehanky tearjerker. Bette midler has just been discussed and now is going to be discussed some more. Chronicling a strong, but eccentric womans devoted relationship to her daughter through the years.
Anjelica huston was nominated for her role as morticia addams family along with bette midler as dixie leonard for the boys for best actress at the golden globes in 1992. Although from opposite ends of the social spectrum, they start an affair resulting in stella becoming pregnant. Bette midler stars as stella claire, a workingclass, funloving barmaid in northern new york state. Shes a tough broad who, as the movie opens in 1969, tends bar for a living and who has even been known to climb up on the bar when someone plays the stripper on. Instead she decides to raise their daughter jenny singlehandedly. Press photo actress bette midler, trini alvarado in.
The movie, stella, is about a mother who doesnt have much education but raises her daughter to value education, and subtly urges her to make a life better than her own. Watch or download stella 1990 full movie online free. After he proposes halfheartedly, she rejects him and embarks upon raising their child jenny as a single mother but is. Stella 1990 dvd sealed bette midler brand new ebay. The feisty, funny bette midler is starring in a remake that the production team says updates the old concepts of high society but keeps the basic story intact. Hun er blevet opkaldt efter skuespillerinden bette davis, selv om davis udtalte sit navn i. Overview of stella, 1990, directed by john erman, with bette midler, john goodman, stephen collins, at turner classic movies. Stella dallas is a 1937 american drama film based on the olive higgins prouty novel of the same name. Best actress in a leading role and best actress in a supporting role this was the second feature film adaptation of the 1923 novel. Bette midler and trini alvarado in stella 1990 john erman in stella 1990 bette. A brief affair with handsome stephen dallas stephen collins produces a daughter, jenny trini alvarado, whom stella insists upon raising alone, despite. Actress trini alvarado and singer bette midler attend the stella westwood premiere on january 31, 1990 at avco centre cinemas in westwood, california.
Bette midler born december 1, 1945 is an american singer, songwriter, actress, comedian, and film producer. During her career, she has won four grammy awards, four golden globes, three emmy awards, and a tony award, and has been nominated for two academy awards. Midler plays a bartender in a small, nondescript new york town, and the movies early scenes, set in 1969 when. Though the two have a loving motherdaughter relationship, stella eventually realizes that in order for jenny to truly enjoy all that life has to offer, she must send her to live with her. Plus, i love bette midler and when i saw this 20 years ago i was touched by her courage as a mother. Tough and fiercely independent, stella discovers that she is pregnant after a brief relationship with a doctor stephen collins, the first wives club, but is too proud to accept a marriage of convenience from him or her wellmeaning best friend john goodman, the big lebowski. Stella by john erman bette midler, john goodman, trini.
Midler delivers another thrilling performance in stella. Gypsy starring bette midler full musical 1993 duration. She came to prominence in 1970 when she began singing in the. Stella, directed by laurent heynemann, see victor lanoux.
Bette midler born december 1, 1945, an aa kent bi her informal stage name the divine miss m, is an american sangster, sangwriter, actress, comedian, an film producer. Through the years, stella and jenny share a special bond of friendship, but as jenny blooms into a precocious young woman, stella is confronted with the reality of their lower. Join sign up keep track of your favorite shows and movies, across all your devices. Chronicling a strong, but eccentric womans devoted relationship to. Watch the trailer starring bette, john goodman, stephen collins, marsha mason and trini alvarado. I totally had to shed a few tears for bette midler, but it was so worth it because cute movies like these arent abundant and especially cute mothers like stella. Her stella claire is a rambunctiously declasse single mom who. Her daughter, jenny, is the result of a shortlived affair with stephen dallas.
In stella the third film adaptation of olive higgins proutys stella dallas, midler arranges for her daughters upward social mobility by sacrificing their relationship. These two films, with their emphasis on romance, work, and children, occurred soon after the birth of her daughter. Stella is a warm, humorous, and thoroughly entertaining film that speaks to the heart of all audiences. Stella film fiercely independent stella, a wisecracking bartender, refuses to marry the doctor, stephen dallas, who gets her pregnant.
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