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Blythe Danner

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Blythe Danner

Known For

Acting

Gender

Female

Birthday

Feb 3, 1943 (83 years old)

Place of Birth

Philadelphia, 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
2026Focker-In-LawDina Byrnes
2023Happiness for BeginnersGigi
2019Strange but TrueGail
2019The ChaperoneMary O'Dell
2019The Tomorrow ManRonnie
2018What They HadRuth
2018Hearts Beat LoudMarianne Fisher
2018The Mayo Clinic(voice)
2018Patrick MelroseNancy Valance
2017Saving the Great Swamp: Battle to Defeat the JetportNarrator
2017Halfway ThereJeanne Ross
2017The Great WarSelf (voice)
2017American GodsDemeter / Caroline Wells
2017American GodsDemeter
2017Will & GraceMarilyn Truman
2016TumbledownEllen Jespersen
2016Eero Saarinen: The Architect Who Saw the FutureAline Saarinen (voice)
2016MadoffRuth Madoff
2015I'll See You in My DreamsCarol Petersen
2015The SlapVirginia
2014Murder of a CatEdie Moisey
2013Gilded LilysCaroline Lily
2012Hello I Must Be GoingRuth
2012The Lucky OneNana
2011What's Your Number?Ava Darling
2011PaulTara Walton
2011DetachmentMs. Perkins
2011Up All NightAngie Chafin
2011ProhibitionReader (voice)
2010Little FockersDina Byrnes
2010Waiting for ForeverMiranda Twist
2009The LightkeepersMrs. Bascom
2009Beyond All BoundariesElsa Maxwell
2009Nurse JackieMaureen Cooper
2008The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2Greta
2008Side by EachDaisy/Delores/Delilah
2006The Last KissAnna
2005MediumLouise Leaming
2005The Late Late Show with Craig FergusonSelf
2004Meet the FockersDina Byrnes
2004Back When We Were GrownupsRebecca Holmes Davitch
2004HuffIsabelle Huffstodt
2003SylviaAurelia Plath
2003The Ellen DeGeneres ShowSelf
2003Working Shakespeare
2002Mark TwainOlivia "Livy" Langdon Clemens (voice)
2002We Were the MulvaneysCorinne Mulvaney
2002Presidio MedDr. Harriet Lanning
2002Mark TwainOlivia 'Livy' Langdon Clemens (voice)
2001The Invisible CircusGail
2001Good Day LiveSelf
2000Meet the ParentsDina Byrnes
1999Forces of NatureVirginia
1999The Love LetterLillian
1999Things I Forgot to RememberMrs. Bradford
1998The X-FilesCassidy
1998Saint MaybeBee Bedloe
1998No Looking BackClaudia's Mom
1998The PropositionSyril Danning
1998Murder She Purred: A Mrs. Murphy MysteryMrs. Murphy (voice)
1998Eye of the StormIrma
1998Will & GraceMarilyn Truman
1998From the Earth to the MoonNarrator (voice)
1997Mad CityMrs. Banks
1997The Myth of FingerprintsLena
1997A Call to RememberPaula Tobias
1997Thomas JeffersonMartha Jefferson
1995HomageKatherine Samuel
1995To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie NewmarBeatrice
1995NapoleonMother Dingo (voice)
1994Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells AllBianca Honicut
1994Leave of AbsenceElisa
1994Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells AllBianca Honicut
1993Tracey Ullman Takes on New YorkEleanor Levine
1993Intimate PortraitSelf - Narrator (voice)
1992Kiss, Kiss, DahlingsThe Daughter
1992Getting Up and Going HomeLily Montgomery
1992Husbands and WivesRain's mother
1992LincolnElizabeth Todd Edwards (voice)
1992Cruel DoubtBonnie Von Stein
1991The Prince of TidesSally Wingo
1991Never ForgetJane Mermelstein
1990AliceDorothy
1990Mr. & Mrs. BridgeGrace Barron
1990JudgmentEmmeline Guitry
1989Money, Power, Murder.Jeannie
1989Tales from the CryptMargaret
1988Another WomanLydia
1988Tattingers
1987Elizabeth Bishop: One ArtVoice of Elizabeth Bishop
1986Brighton Beach MemoirsKate
1985Guilty ConscienceLouise Jamison
1984Helen Keller: The Miracle ContinuesAnne Sullivan
1983Man, Woman and ChildSheila Beckwith
1983In Defense of KidsEllen Wilcox
1982St. ElsewherePaige Gerradeaux
1982Inside the Third ReichMargarete Speer
1979The Great SantiniLillian Meechum
1979Too Far to GoJoan Barlow Maple
1979You Can't Take it With YouAlice Sycamore
1978Are You in the House Alone?Anne Osborne
1978A Love Affair: The Eleanor and Lou Gehrig StoryEleanor Gehrig
1977The Court-Martial of George Armstrong CusterElizabeth Custer
1976FutureworldTracy Ballard
1976The Eccentricities of a NightingaleAlma Winemiller
1975Hearts of the WestMiss Trout
1975The SeagullNina
1975Saturday Night LiveSelf - Host
1974Lovin' MollyMolly Taylor
1974SidekicksPrudy Jenkins
1974F. Scott Fitzgerald and the Last of the BellesZelda Fitzgerald
1973Adam's RibAmanda Bonner
1972To Kill a ClownLily Frischer
19721776Martha Jefferson
1972ScarecrowRachel Merton
1972To Be Young, Gifted and BlackSelf and other assorted characters
1972M*A*S*HCarlye
1971Dr. Cook's GardenJaney Rausch
1971ColumboJanice Benedict
1971Great PerformancesNina
1971Great PerformancesAlma Winemiller
1971Great PerformancesSelf
1971Great PerformancesNarrator
1970George M!Agnes Nolan
1956Tony AwardsSelf - Winner
1956Tony AwardsSelf - Nominee
1952TodaySelf
1951Hallmark Hall of FameElizabeth Custer
1951Hallmark Hall of FameBee Bedloe
1951Hallmark Hall of FameRebecca Holmes Davitch
1944Golden Globe AwardsSelf - Nominee
-Small PotatoesMimi
-Pretty/HandsomeBunny