For her first movie vehicle, Midler understandably chose a music-related project. The Rose was originally supposed to be titled Pearl, as it was meant to be a retelling of the Janis Joplin story.

1979's 'The Rose' served as Bette Midler's breakthrough movie role. But here's why the film was almost given the very different title of 'Pearl.' by Robert Yaniz Jr. But it wasn’t until the ...

This 1993 made-for-television film, based on the stage musical of the same name, stars Midler as Rose Hovick, a stage mother who will stop at nothing in order to get her daughter noticed so she ...

Bette Midler was honored with her own rose at the New York Restoration Project Gala. By Joe Lynch, Billboard Forty years ago, Bette Midler made her proper film debut in the Janis Joplin-inspired ...

Starring Bette Midler, 1979’s “The Rose” follows a self-destructive rock star struggling to deal with the pressures of fame and her ruthless business manager in the 1960s.

Cynthia Erivo is set to star in and produce a remake of the 1979 film “The Rose,” a musical romance that starred Bette Midler and earned her an Oscar nomination for Best Actress. Erivo’s ...