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Bette Davis Was ‘Not Pleased’ Bette Davis Was Named After Her

Bette Davis Was ‘Not Pleased’ That Bette Midler Was Named After Her


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Bette Midler is opening up about her bittersweet encounter with her namesake, Bette Davis.

“My mother named me for Bette Davis, which Bette Davis was not pleased to hear,” Midler, 78, said on the Wednesday, July 24 episode of Hoda Kotb’s

podcast.

According to the Hocus Pocus star, she met Davis at fellow screen icon Elizabeth Taylor’s 60th birthday, where Davis apparently took…

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