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Known For

Acting

Known Credits

133

Gender

Female

Birthday

1943-02-03 (83 years old)

Place of Birth

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Also Known As

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Blythe Danner

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

Detachment

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The Lucky One

The Lucky One

A Love Affair: The Eleanor and Lou Gehrig Story

A Love Affair: The Eleanor and Lou Gehrig Story

The Eccentricities of a Nightingale

The Eccentricities of a Nightingale

Scarecrow

Scarecrow

George M!

George M!

To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar

To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar

Acting

Meet the Parents

2000

Meet the Parents

as

Dina Byrnes

Meet the Fockers

2004

Meet the Fockers

as

Dina Byrnes

The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2

2008

The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2

as

Greta

Forces of Nature

1999

Forces of Nature

as

Virginia

The X-Files

1998

The X-Files

as

Cassidy

The Prince of Tides

1991

The Prince of Tides

as

Sally Wingo

Futureworld

1976

Futureworld

as

Tracy Ballard

The Great Santini

1979

The Great Santini

as

Lillian Meechum

The Last Kiss

2006

The Last Kiss

as

Anna

Another Woman

1988

Another Woman

as

Lydia

The Love Letter

1999

The Love Letter

as

Lillian

Alice

1990

Alice

as

Dorothy

Brighton Beach Memoirs

1986

Brighton Beach Memoirs

as

Kate

Saving the Great Swamp: Battle to Defeat the Jetport

2017

Saving the Great Swamp: Battle to Defeat the Jetport

as

Narrator

Mad City

1997

Mad City

as

Mrs. Banks

What's Your Number?

2011

What's Your Number?

as

Ava Darling

Tracey Ullman Takes on New York

1993

Tracey Ullman Takes on New York

as

Eleanor Levine

Paul

2011

Paul

as

Tara Walton

Guilty Conscience

1985

Guilty Conscience

as

Louise Jamison

Little Fockers

2010

Little Fockers

as

Dina Byrnes

The Invisible Circus

2001

The Invisible Circus

as

Gail

The Lightkeepers

2009

The Lightkeepers

as

Mrs. Bascom

Waiting for Forever

2010

Waiting for Forever

as

Miranda Twist

Hearts of the West

1975

Hearts of the West

as

Miss Trout

Hello I Must Be Going

2012

Hello I Must Be Going

as

Ruth

Detachment

2011

Detachment

as

Ms. Perkins

Are You in the House Alone?

1978

Are You in the House Alone?

as

Anne Osborne

Saint Maybe

1998

Saint Maybe

as

Bee Bedloe

No Looking Back

1998

No Looking Back

as

Claudia's Mom

The Lucky One

2012

The Lucky One

as

Nana

The Myth of Fingerprints

1997

The Myth of Fingerprints

as

Lena

Back When We Were Grownups

2004

Back When We Were Grownups

as

Rebecca Holmes Davitch

Helen Keller: The Miracle Continues

1984

Helen Keller: The Miracle Continues

as

Anne Sullivan

Too Far to Go

1979

Too Far to Go

as

Joan Barlow Maple

Mr. & Mrs. Bridge

1990

Mr. & Mrs. Bridge

as

Grace Barron

Never Forget

1991

Never Forget

as

Jane Mermelstein

Mark Twain

2002

Mark Twain

as

Olivia "Livy" Langdon Clemens (voice)

Happiness for Beginners

2023

Happiness for Beginners

as

Gigi

Money, Power, Murder.

1989

Money, Power, Murder.

as

Jeannie

Man, Woman and Child

1983

Man, Woman and Child

as

Sheila Beckwith

Lovin' Molly

1974

Lovin' Molly

as

Molly Taylor

Tumbledown

2016

Tumbledown

as

Ellen Jespersen

A Love Affair: The Eleanor and Lou Gehrig Story

1978

A Love Affair: The Eleanor and Lou Gehrig Story

as

Eleanor Gehrig

To Kill a Clown

1972

To Kill a Clown

as

Lily Frischer

A Call to Remember

1997

A Call to Remember

as

Paula Tobias

We Were the Mulvaneys

2002

We Were the Mulvaneys

as

Corinne Mulvaney

Dr. Cook's Garden

1971

Dr. Cook's Garden

as

Janey Rausch

Sidekicks

1974

Sidekicks

as

Prudy Jenkins

Things I Forgot to Remember

1999

Things I Forgot to Remember

as

Mrs. Bradford

Side by Each

2008

Side by Each

as

Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All

1994

Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All

as

Bianca Honicut

The Eccentricities of a Nightingale

1976

The Eccentricities of a Nightingale

as

Alma Winemiller

Murder of a Cat

2014

Murder of a Cat

as

Edie Moisey

Kiss, Kiss, Dahlings

1992

Kiss, Kiss, Dahlings

as

The Daughter

Homage

1995

Homage

as

Katherine Samuel

Getting Up and Going Home

1992

Getting Up and Going Home

as

Lily Montgomery

The Proposition

1998

The Proposition

as

Syril Danning

I'll See You in My Dreams

2015

I'll See You in My Dreams

as

Carol Petersen

You Can't Take it With You

1979

You Can't Take it With You

as

Alice Sycamore

Husbands and Wives

1992

Husbands and Wives

as

Rain's mother

The Court-Martial of George Armstrong Custer

1977

The Court-Martial of George Armstrong Custer

as

Elizabeth Custer

Lincoln

1992

Lincoln

as

Elizabeth Todd Edwards (voice)

1776

1972

1776

as

Martha Jefferson

Scarecrow

1972

Scarecrow

as

Rachel Merton

Sylvia

2003

Sylvia

as

Aurelia Plath

Judgment

1990

Judgment

as

Emmeline Guitry

Gilded Lilys

2013

Gilded Lilys

as

Caroline Lily

F. Scott Fitzgerald and the Last of the Belles

1974

F. Scott Fitzgerald and the Last of the Belles

as

Zelda Fitzgerald

Eero Saarinen: The Architect Who Saw the Future

2016

Eero Saarinen: The Architect Who Saw the Future

as

Aline Saarinen (voice)

Leave of Absence

1994

Leave of Absence

as

Elisa

What They Had

2018

What They Had

as

Ruth

In Defense of Kids

1983

In Defense of Kids

as

Ellen Wilcox

Hearts Beat Loud

2018

Hearts Beat Loud

as

Marianne Fisher

Strange But True

2019

Strange But True

as

Gail

The Chaperone

2019

The Chaperone

as

Mary O'Dell

Halfway There

2017

Halfway There

as

Jeanne Ross

Murder She Purred: A Mrs. Murphy Mystery

1998

Murder She Purred: A Mrs. Murphy Mystery

as

Mrs. Murphy (voice)

George M!

1970

George M!

as

Agnes Nolan

The Tomorrow Man

2019

The Tomorrow Man

as

Ronnie

Beyond All Boundaries

2009

Beyond All Boundaries

as

Elsa Maxwell

Eye of the Storm

1998

Eye of the Storm

as

Irma

To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar

1995

To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar

as

Beatrice

Napoleon

1995

Napoleon

as

Mother Dingo (voice)

To Be Young, Gifted and Black

1972

To Be Young, Gifted and Black

as

Self and other assorted characters

The Seagull

1975

The Seagull

as

Nina

Elizabeth Bishop: One Art

1987

Elizabeth Bishop: One Art

as

Voice of Elizabeth Bishop

The Great War

2017

The Great War

as

Self (voice)

Focker-In-Law

2026

Focker-In-Law

as

Dina Byrnes

The Mayo Clinic

2018

The Mayo Clinic

as

(voice)

Small Potatoes

Small Potatoes

as

Mimi

Presidio Med

Presidio Med

as

Dr. Harriet Lanning

Medium

Medium

as

Louise Leaming

St. Elsewhere

St. Elsewhere

as

Paige Gerradeaux

Columbo

Columbo

as

Janice Benedict

M*A*S*H

M*A*S*H

as

Carlye

The Ellen DeGeneres Show

The Ellen DeGeneres Show

as

Self

Today

Today

as

Self

Huff

Huff

as

Isabelle Huffstodt

Tales from the Crypt

Tales from the Crypt

as

Margaret

American Gods

American Gods

as

Demeter / Caroline Wells

American Gods

American Gods

as

Demeter

Will & Grace

Will & Grace

as

Marilyn Truman

Hallmark Hall of Fame

Hallmark Hall of Fame

as

Elizabeth Custer

Pretty/Handsome

Pretty/Handsome

as

Bunny

Adam's Rib

Adam's Rib

as

Amanda Bonner

Tattingers

Tattingers

as

Good Day Live

Good Day Live

as

Self

Patrick Melrose

Patrick Melrose

as

Nancy Valance

Thomas Jefferson

Thomas Jefferson

as

Martha Jefferson

Up All Night

Up All Night

as

Angie Chafin

Saturday Night Live

Saturday Night Live

as

Self - Host

The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson

The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson

as

Self

The Slap

The Slap

as

Virginia

From the Earth to the Moon

From the Earth to the Moon

as

narrator

Mark Twain

Mark Twain

as

Olivia 'Livy' Langdon Clemens (voice)

Intimate Portrait

Intimate Portrait

as

Self - Narrator (voice)

Madoff

Madoff

as

Ruth Madoff

Cruel Doubt

Cruel Doubt

as

Bonnie Von Stein

Hallmark Hall of Fame

Hallmark Hall of Fame

as

Bee Bedloe

Hallmark Hall of Fame

Hallmark Hall of Fame

as

Rebecca Holmes Davitch

Tony Awards

Tony Awards

as

Self - Nominee

Will & Grace

Will & Grace

as

Marilyn Truman

Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All

Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All

as

Bianca Honicut

Prohibition

Prohibition

as

Reader (voice)

Great Performances

Great Performances

as

Nina

Great Performances

Great Performances

as

Alma Winemiller

Great Performances

Great Performances

as

Self

Great Performances

Great Performances

as

Narrator

Golden Globe Awards

Golden Globe Awards

as

Self - Nominee

Tony Awards

Tony Awards

as

Self - Winner

Working Shakespeare

Working Shakespeare

as

Inside the Third Reich

Inside the Third Reich

as

Margarete Speer

Nurse Jackie

Nurse Jackie

as

Maureen Cooper

Production

Crew

Directing