Sarah Jessica Parker the City 2" (2010). Parker made her Broadway debut at the age of 11 in the 1976 revival of "The Innocents", before going on to star in the title role of the Broadway musical "Annie" in 1979. She made her first major film appearances in the 1984 dramas "Footloose" and "Firstborn". Her other film roles include "L.A. Story" (1991), "Honeymoon in Vegas" (1992), "Hocus Pocus" (1993), "Ed Wood" (1994), "The First Wives Club" (1996), "The Family Stone" (2005), "Failure to Launch" (2006), "Did You Hear About the Morgans?" (2009), and "New Year's Eve" (2011). In 2012, Parker returned to television
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