Bette Midler — singer with roots in the Russian Empire
Bette Midler is an American singer, actress and comedian born in Honolulu. She has won Grammy, Emmy, Tony and Golden Globe awards and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress for The Rose.
"Her paternal grandfather, Reuben Midler, was reportedly a Russian Jewish immigrant to the United States; her other grandparents came from Poland or Lithuania, Austria-Hungary and Poland."
Migration storyTracing the roots — Russian Empire (town not documented)
Both her parents, Fred and Ruth Midler, were born in New Jersey; her father worked as a painter at a U.S. Navy base in Hawaii. Her paternal grandfather Reuben Midler was reportedly a Russian Jewish immigrant and her paternal grandmother came from Poland or Lithuania; her maternal grandparents, Israel Schindel and Fannie Goldberger, came from Austria-Hungary and Poland.
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Russian Empire (town not documented). At the time, this region lay within the Russian Empire, which spanned from Poland to the Pacific.