Leigh Hamilton 1992. She was also cast in smaller parts 1987's "P.K. and the Kid" and "Hocus Pocus", a 1993 Halloween-themed comedic film starring Sarah Jessica Parker, Bette Midler, and Kathy Najimy. In 1994, Hamilton opened the Hamilton Galleries in the Pacific Palisades, Los Angeles, and simultaneously left acting to focus on her art business. She represented California-based artists, including Brooke Adams, who had co-starred with Hamilton in "A Man, a Woman, and a Bank" and "Gas Food Lodging". The Hamilton Galleries are now located on Ocean Avenue in Santa Monica, California, as of 2012. Leigh Hamilton died at Saint John's Health
Bette Midler father, Fred Midler, worked at a Navy base in Hawaii as a painter, and was also a housepainter. Both parents were born in New Jersey. She was named after actress Bette Davis, though Davis pronounced her first name in two syllables, and Midler uses one. She was raised in Aiea and attended Radford High School, in Honolulu. She was voted "Most Talkative" in the 1961 school Hoss Election, and "Most Dramatic" in her senior year (class of 1963). Midler majored in drama at the University of Hawaii at Manoa but left after three semesters. She earned money in the 1966