Blythe Danner
Acting1943Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Biography
Blythe Katherine Danner (born February 3, 1943) is an American actress. She is the mother of actress Gwyneth Paltrow and director Jake Paltrow.
Known For
Acting History
Future
Small Potatoes
as Mimi
Pretty/Handsome
TVas Bunny
2026
Focker-In-Law
as Dina Byrnes
2023
Happiness for Beginners
as Gigi
2021
American Gods
TVas Demeter / Caroline Wells / Demeter• 1 eps
2019
2018
Hearts Beat Loud
as Marianne Fisher
What They Had
as Ruth
The Mayo Clinic
as (voice)
Will & Grace
TVas Marilyn Truman• 4 eps
Patrick Melrose
TVas Nancy Valance• 2 eps
2017
The Great War
as Self (voice)
Halfway There
as Jeanne Ross
2016
Eero Saarinen: The Architect Who Saw the Future
as Aline Saarinen (voice)
Tumbledown
as Ellen Jespersen
Madoff
TVas Ruth Madoff
2015
I'll See You in My Dreams
as Carol Petersen
The Slap
TVas Virginia• 1 eps
2014
Murder of a Cat
as Edie Moisey
2013
Gilded Lilys
as Caroline Lily
2012
Hello I Must Be Going
as Ruth
The Lucky One
as Nana
2011
Paul
as Tara Walton
Detachment
as Ms. Perkins
What's Your Number?
as Ava Darling
Prohibition
TVas Reader (voice)
Up All Night
TVas Angie Chafin• 3 eps
2010
Little Fockers
as Dina Byrnes
Waiting for Forever
as Miranda Twist
2009
The Lightkeepers
as Mrs. Bascom
Beyond All Boundaries
as Elsa Maxwell
Medium
TVas Louise Leaming• 1 eps
Nurse Jackie
TVas Maureen Cooper• 1 eps
2008
Golden Globe Awards
TVas Self - Nominee• 1 eps
2006
The Last Kiss
as Anna
2005
2004
Meet the Fockers
as Dina Byrnes
Back When We Were Grownups
as Rebecca Holmes Davitch
Good Day Live
TVas Self• 1 eps
Huff
TVas Isabelle Huffstodt
2003
Sylvia
as Aurelia Plath
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
TVas Self
2002
Mark Twain
as Olivia "Livy" Langdon Clemens (voice)
We Were the Mulvaneys
as Corinne Mulvaney
Presidio Med
TVas Dr. Harriet Lanning• 16 eps
Mark Twain
TVas Olivia 'Livy' Langdon Clemens (voice)
2001
The Invisible Circus
as Gail
Will & Grace
TVas Marilyn Truman• 11 eps
2000
Meet the Parents
as Dina Byrnes
1999
Forces of Nature
as Virginia
The Love Letter
as Lillian
Things I Forgot to Remember
as Mrs. Bradford
Intimate Portrait
TVas Self - Narrator (voice)• 1 eps
1998
The X-Files
as Cassidy
No Looking Back
as Claudia's Mom
Saint Maybe
as Bee Bedloe
Murder She Purred: A Mrs. Murphy Mystery
as Mrs. Murphy (voice)
Eye of the Storm
as Irma
The Proposition
as Syril Danning
From the Earth to the Moon
TVas narrator• 1 eps
1997
The Myth of Fingerprints
as Lena
Mad City
as Mrs. Banks
A Call to Remember
as Paula Tobias
Thomas Jefferson
TVas Martha Jefferson
1994
Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All
as Bianca Honicut
Leave of Absence
as Elisa
Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All
TVas Bianca Honicut
1993
Tracey Ullman Takes on New York
as Eleanor Levine
Great Performances
TVas Alma Winemiller / Self / Narrator / Nina• 1 eps
1992
Lincoln
as Elizabeth Todd Edwards (voice)
Husbands and Wives
as Rain's mother
Getting Up and Going Home
as Lily Montgomery
Kiss, Kiss, Dahlings
as The Daughter
Tales from the Crypt
TVas Margaret• 1 eps
Cruel Doubt
TVas Bonnie Von Stein• 2 eps
1991
Never Forget
as Jane Mermelstein
The Prince of Tides
as Sally Wingo
1990
1989
Money, Power, Murder.
as Jeannie
1988
Another Woman
as Lydia
1987
Elizabeth Bishop: One Art
as Voice of Elizabeth Bishop
1986
Brighton Beach Memoirs
as Kate
1985
Guilty Conscience
as Louise Jamison
1984
Helen Keller: The Miracle Continues
as Anne Sullivan
St. Elsewhere
TVas Paige Gerradeaux• 1 eps
1983
In Defense of Kids
as Ellen Wilcox
Man, Woman and Child
as Sheila Beckwith
1979
The Great Santini
as Lillian Meechum
Too Far to Go
as Joan Barlow Maple
You Can't Take it With You
as Alice Sycamore
1978
Are You in the House Alone?
as Anne Osborne
A Love Affair: The Eleanor and Lou Gehrig Story
as Eleanor Gehrig
1977
The Court-Martial of George Armstrong Custer
as Elizabeth Custer
1976
Futureworld
as Tracy Ballard
The Eccentricities of a Nightingale
as Alma Winemiller
M*A*S*H
TVas Carlye• 1 eps
1975
1974
Lovin' Molly
as Molly Taylor
F. Scott Fitzgerald and the Last of the Belles
as Zelda Fitzgerald
Sidekicks
as Prudy Jenkins
1973
Adam's Rib
TVas Amanda Bonner
1972
To Kill a Clown
as Lily Frischer
To Be Young, Gifted and Black
as Self and other assorted characters
Scarecrow
as Rachel Merton
1776
as Martha Jefferson
Columbo
TVas Janice Benedict• 1 eps
1971
Dr. Cook's Garden
as Janey Rausch
1970
George M!
as Agnes Nolan
Tony Awards
TVas Self - Winner• 1 eps
1952
Today
TVas Self
1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame
TVas Elizabeth Custer / Rebecca Holmes Davitch / Bee Bedloe