Blythe Danner

81 · Born: Feb 3, 1943

Personal Details

Born Feb 3, 1943 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Parents

Harry Earl Danner
Katharine Danner

Relatives

Kate Moennig (Niece or Nephew)
Apple Martin (Grandchild)
Moses Martin (Grandchild)
Dorothy Danner (Sibling)
William Moennig III (Half Sibling)
Hillary Danner (Niece or Nephew)
Harry Danner (Sibling)
Amanda Seyfried (Cousin)

Biography

Blythe Katherine Danner (born February 3, 1943) is an American actress. She is the mother of actress Gwyneth Paltrow and director Jake Paltrow. Description above from the Wikipedia article Blythe Danner , licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Career

acting

2023

Happiness for Beginners

Happiness for Beginners as Gigi

2021

American Gods as Demeter / Caroline Wells

2019

Strange But True

Strange But True as Gail

The Chaperone as Mary O'Dell

The Tomorrow Man

The Tomorrow Man as Ronnie

2018

What They Had as Ruth

Hearts Beat Loud

Hearts Beat Loud as Marianne Fisher

Patrick Melrose

Patrick Melrose as Nancy Valance

2017

Halfway There as Jeanne Ross

2016

Eero Saarinen: The Architect Who Saw the Future

Eero Saarinen: The Architect Who Saw the Future

Madoff as Ruth Madoff

2015

Tumbledown as Ellen Jespersen

I'll See You in My Dreams

I'll See You in My Dreams as Carol Petersen

2014

Murder of a Cat

Murder of a Cat as Edie Moisey

2012

The Lucky One as Nana

Hello I Must Be Going

Hello I Must Be Going as Ruth

2011

What's Your Number?

What's Your Number? as Ava Darling

Paul as Tara Walton

Detachment as Ms. Perkins

Prohibition as Reader (voice)

2010

Waiting for Forever

Waiting for Forever as Miranda Twist

Little Fockers as Dina Byrnes

2009

The Lightkeepers

The Lightkeepers as Mrs. Bascom

Beyond All Boundaries

Beyond All Boundaries as Elsa Maxwell

Medium as Louise Leaming

2008

2006

Stolen as Isabella Stewart Gardner

The Last Kiss as Anna

2005

Will & Grace as Marilyn Truman

2004

Meet the Fockers

Meet the Fockers as Dina Byrnes

Back When We Were Grownups

Back When We Were Grownups as Rebecca Holmes Davitch

Huff as Isabelle Huffstodt

2003

Sylvia as Aurelia Plath

2002

Mark Twain as Olivia "Livy" Langdon Clemens (voice)

Three Days of Rain

Three Days of Rain as Woman In Cab

We Were the Mulvaneys

We Were the Mulvaneys as Corinne Mulvaney

Presidio Med as Dr. Harriet Lanning

Mark Twain as Olivia 'Livy' Langdon Clemens (voice)

2001

The Invisible Circus

The Invisible Circus as Gail

2000

Meet the Parents

Meet the Parents as Dina Byrnes

1999

The Love Letter

The Love Letter as Lillian MacFarquhar

Forces of Nature

Forces of Nature as Virginia

1998

The Proposition

The Proposition as Syril Danning

The X Files as Cassidy

No Looking Back

No Looking Back as Claudia's Mom

Saint Maybe as Bee Bedloe

The Wonderful World of Disney

The Wonderful World of Disney as Mrs. Murphy (voice)

The Farmhouse as Irma

From the Earth to the Moon

From the Earth to the Moon as narrator

1997

Mad City as Mrs. Banks

A Call to Remember

A Call to Remember as Paula Tobias

The Myth of Fingerprints

The Myth of Fingerprints as Lena

Thomas Jefferson

Thomas Jefferson as Martha Jefferson

1995

Napoleon as Mother Dingo (voice)

To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar

To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar as Beatrice

Homage as Katherine Samuel

1994

Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All

Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All as Bianca Honicut

Leave of Absence

Leave of Absence as Elisa

1993

Tracey Takes on New York

Tracey Takes on New York as Eleanor Levine

1992

Getting Up and Going Home

Getting Up and Going Home as Lily Montgomery

Husbands and Wives

Husbands and Wives as Rain's mother

Cruel Doubt as Bonnie Von Stein

Tales from the Crypt

Tales from the Crypt as Margaret

1991

Never Forget as Jane Mermelstein

The Prince of Tides

The Prince of Tides as Sally Wingo

1990

Alice as Dorothy

Judgment as Emmeline Guitry

Mr. & Mrs. Bridge

Mr. & Mrs. Bridge as Grace Barron

1988

Another Woman as Lydia

1986

Brighton Beach Memoirs

Brighton Beach Memoirs as Kate

1985

Guilty Conscience

Guilty Conscience

1984

Helen Keller: The Miracle Continues

Helen Keller: The Miracle Continues as Anne Sullivan

1983

In Defense of Kids

In Defense of Kids as Ellen Wilcox

Man, Woman and Child

Man, Woman and Child as Sheila Beckwith

1982

Inside the Third Reich

Inside the Third Reich as Margarete Speer

1979

Too Far to Go as Joan Barlow Maple

You Can't Take It with You

You Can't Take It with You as Alice Sycamore

The Great Santini

The Great Santini as Lillian Meechum

1978

Are You in the House Alone?

Are You in the House Alone? as Anne Osborne

A Love Affair: The Eleanor and Lou Gehrig Story

A Love Affair: The Eleanor and Lou Gehrig Story as Eleanor Gehrig

1977

Hallmark Hall of Fame

Hallmark Hall of Fame as Elizabeth Custer

1976

Futureworld as Tracy Ballard

Great Performances

Great Performances as Alma Winemiller

1975

Hearts of the West

Hearts of the West as Miss Trout

Great Performances

Great Performances as Nina

M*A*S*H as Carlye

Great Performances

Great Performances as Nina

1974

Lovin' Molly as Molly Taylor

F. Scott Fitzgerald and 'the Last of the Belles'

F. Scott Fitzgerald and 'the Last of the Belles' as Zelda Fitzgerald

Sidekicks as Prudy Jenkins

1972

1776 as Martha Jefferson

The Scarecrow as Rachel Merton

To Kill a Clown

To Kill a Clown as Lily Frischer

Columbo as Janice Benedict

1971

Dr. Cook's Garden

Dr. Cook's Garden as Janey Rausch

1970

George M! as Agnes Nolan Cohan

appearances

2017

American Experience

American Experience

1981

Saturday Night Live

Saturday Night Live

1972

To Be Young, Gifted, and Black

To Be Young, Gifted, and Black