Bette Midler pictures through the years

Bette Midler attends the 2016 Public Theater Gala Benefit "United States of Shakespeare" at the Delacorte Theater in Central Park on June 16, 2016.

Bette Midle, right, and her daughter, Sophie von Haselberg, attend the Marc Jacobs Spring 2016 fashion show during New York Fashion Week at the Ziegfeld Theater in Manhattan on Sept. 17, 2015.

New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg and Bette Midler attend The Bette Midler NYRP (New York Restoration Project) 18th Annual Spring Picnic at Gracie Mansion in Manhattan on May 30, 2013.

Bette Midler during dress rehearsal of "I'll Eat You Last: A Chat With Sue Mengers" written by John Logan and directed by Joe Mantello at Booth Theatre in Manhattan, March 4, 2013.

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

Bette Midler stars in HBO's "Bette Midler: The Showgirl Must Go On" in 2010.

Bette Midler at a new community garden in New York on May 18, 2009. Midler founded the New York Restoration Project, which rehabilitates neglected properties in New York City.

Bette Midler in "The Showgirl Must Go On" at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas on Feb. 20, 2008.

Bette Midler at the restaurant in Bethpage State Park where she received an award from State Parks Commissioner Bernadette Castro at the Master Builder Gala on April 16, 2004.

Bette Midler in a scene from 2004's "The Stepford Wives."

Bette Midler performs at the inauguration of New York Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg on the steps of City Hall on Jan. 1, 2002.

Bette Midler in 2000.

Bette Midler stars in "Bette," on CBS in 2000.

Bette Midler as flamboyant celebrity author Jacqueline Susann and Nathan Lane as her devoted husband and manager, Irving Mansfield, in "Isn't She Great" in 2000.

In 2000's "Drowning Mona" Danny DeVito, center, referees a feud between Bette Midler and Casey Affleck.

Bette Midler performs to a sold-out crowd at Madison Square Garden on Oct. 25, 1999.

Bette Midler performs in Boston on the opening night of her cross-country tour, Oct. 8, 1999.

Bette Midler jokes at the podium with her award for outstanding performance in a variety or music program for "Bette Midler: Diva Las Vegas" at the 49th annual Primetime Emmy Awards in Pasadena, Calif., on Sept. 14, 1997.

Singer and actress Bette Midler performs in Las Vegas on Jan. 12, 1997.

Fran Drescher and Bette Midler in "The Nanny" on CBS in 1997.

The battle of the sexes comes full circle when happily divorced Lilly Leonard (Bette Midler) and Dan DeMauro (Dennis Farina) are reunited at their daughter's wedding in the 1997 movie "That Old Feeling."

Elise (Goldie Hawn), Annie (Diane Keaton) and Brenda (Bette Midler) plan revenge against their ex-husbands in the 1996 movie "The First Wives Club."

Bette Midler caresses talk show host Johnny Carson during his next-to-last taping of "The Tonight Show" in Burbank, Calif., on May 21, 1992.

James Caan and Bette Midler in the 1991 movie "For the Boys."

Lily Tomlin and Bette Midler in Touchstone Pictures' 1988 movie "Big Business."

Bette Midler singing during the First Live Aid concert at the JFK stadium in Philadelphia on July 13, 1985.

Bette Midler with Andy Warhol as she arrives at a party at New York City's Private Eyes video club to celebrate her new concert on HBO on Aug. 7, 1984.

Bette Midler accepts the entertainer of the year award at the Conference of Personal Managers West at the Beverly Hills Hotel, along with Liberace on Nov. 1, 1980.

Bette Midler sings, struts, laughs and woos the audience in her 1980 concert film "Divine Madness."

Frederic Forrest and Bette Midler in "The Rose," the 1979 movie about the emotional disintegration of a rock superstar who is ill-equipped to handle the pressures of overwhelming fame.

Bing Crosby and Bette Midler rehearse for his television special in Los Angeles on March 1, 1977.

Bette Midler poses backstage with Karen and Richard Carpenter during the 1974 Grammy Awards, in which Midler won for Best New Artist.