Bette Midler
Bette Midler is an example of the type of cartoon that Al Hirschfeld was most famous for: caricatures of stars of screen and stage. Bette Midler (b. 1945) is a singer, actor, and comedian who, shortly before this cartoon was drawn, had been awarded a Golden Globe award for her starring role in the movie The Rose (1979).
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