Bette Midler as Mary Clarence
Movie: Sister Act (1992)
Played by: Whoopie Goldberg
She can sing. She can even shake her booty, but had they cast Midler as Mary Clarence in Sister Act it would have changed the movie and the audience. With Goldberg in the lead, the movie made an appeal to a broader range of audience members, attracting black and white audiences. Midler said she didn’t think her fans would appreciate her as a nun.