Blythe Danner

Blythe Danner Headshot

Actress

Birth Date: February 3, 1943

Age: 80 years old

Birth Place: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Children: Gwyneth Paltrow

Genteel actress Blythe Danner earned her reputation as one of the more accomplished performers in film and on stage and television over the course of an exceptional career. Early in her career, Danner became a Broadway sensation with her Tony Award-winning performance in "Butterflies Are Free" (1969). Screen work in smaller films like the off-beat comedy "Hearts of the West" (1975) soon led to the actress earning widespread critical acclaim for performances in such television projects as "Too Far to Go" (NBC, 1979). Although consistently cast in the roles of wives and mothers, Danner deftly made each character her own in films as diverse as the adaptation of Neil Simon's "Brighton Beach Memoirs" (1986) and the Barbara Streisand-helmed drama, "The Prince of Tides" (1991). Some three decades into her career, Danner - now known to young fans as the mother of Oscar-winning daughter Gwyneth Paltrow - scored her biggest movie hit with "Meet the Parents" (2000) and its popular sequels, in which she played Robert De Niro's understanding wife. In 2002, her own life was dealt a devastating blow with the sudden death of producer-director Bruce Paltrow, her husband of more than 30 years. A pillar of strength, Danner carried on, exhibiting impressive comedic skill with her recurring roles on the series "Will & Grace" (NBC, 1998-2006) and "Huff" (Showtime, 2004-06). While never having the marquee name recognition enjoyed by some of her contemporaries, the elegant Danner nonetheless remained one of the most respected working actresses of her generation.

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Ridley Jones

Voice
Grandma Jones
TV Show
2021

Strahan & Sara

Guest
TV Show
2019

The Tomorrow Man

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Ronnie
Movie
2019

Strange but True

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Gail
Movie
2019

Patrick MelroseStream

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Nancy
TV Show
2018
90%

What They Had

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Ruth
Movie
2018

Hearts Beat Loud

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Marianne Fisher
Movie
2018

The ChaperoneStream

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Mary O'Dell
Movie
2018
47%

Saving the Great Swamp: Battle to Defeat the Jetport

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TV Show
2017

Will & Grace

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TV Show
2017

Madoff : l'arnaque du siècle

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Ruth Madoff
TV Show
2016

MadoffStream

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Ruth
TV Show
2016
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Madoff

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Ruth
TV Show
2016

Madoff - A Fraude do Século

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Ruth
Movie
2016

Eero Saarinen: The Architect Who Saw the Future

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Aline Saarinen
Movie
2016

Odd Mom OutStream

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Jill's Mom
TV Show
2015

I'll See You in My Dreams

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Carol
Movie
2015

Tumbledown

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Ellen
Movie
2015

Row J

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TV Show
2014

The Meredith Vieira Show

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TV Show
2014

Murder of a Cat

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Edie
Movie
2014

Katie

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TV Show
2012

CBS This Morning

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TV Show
2012

The Lucky One

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Ellie
Movie
2012

Hello I Must Be Going

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Ruth
Movie
2012

The Chew

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TV Show
2011

Up All Night

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TV Show
2011

Dr. Steve

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2011

Paul

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Tara Walton
Movie
2011

What's Your Number?

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Ava Darling
Movie
2011

Detachment

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Ms. Perkins
Movie
2011

Access Hollywood Live

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TV Show
2010

Little FockersStream

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Dina Byrnes
Movie
2010
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Waiting for Forever

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Miranda Twist
Movie
2010

Nurse JackieStream

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Maureen Cooper
TV Show
2009
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Late Night With Jimmy Fallon

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TV Show
2009

The Lightkeepers

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Mrs. Bascom
Movie
2009

The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2

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Greta
Movie
2008

Side by Each

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Daisy/Dolores/Delilah
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2008

Rachael RayStream

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TV Show
2006

The Last Kiss

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Anna
Movie
2006

Stolen

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Isabella Stewart Gardner
Movie
2005

HUFF

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Isabelle "Izzy" Huffstodt
TV Show
2004

Tavis Smiley

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TV Show
2004

Back When We Were Grownups

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Rebecca Holmes Davitch
Movie
2004

Meet the FockersStream

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Dina Byrnes
Movie
2004
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Howl's Moving Castle

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Madam Suliman
Movie
2004

Sylvia

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Aurelia Plath
Movie
2003

Presidio Med

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Dr. Harriet Lanning
TV Show
2002

We Were the Mulvaneys

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Corinne Mulvaney
Movie
2002

Thomas Eakins: Scenes From Modern Life

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Movie
2002

The Invisible Circus

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Gail
Movie
2001

Mark Twain

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Olivia 'Livy' Langdon Clemens
Movie
2001

Meet the ParentsStream

Actor
Dina Byrnes
Movie
2000
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Forces of Nature

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Virginia
Movie
1999

The Love Letter

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Lillian MacFarquhar
Movie
1999

Cosas que olvidé recordar

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Mrs. Bradford
Movie
1999

Will & GraceStream

Guest Star
Marilyn Truman
TV Show
1998
74%

From the Earth to the MoonStream

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TV Show
1998

No Looking Back

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Claudia's Mom
Movie
1998

The Proposition

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Syril Danning
Movie
1998

The X-FilesStream

Actor
Jana Cassidy
Movie
1998
66%

Murder She Purred: A Mrs. Murphy Mystery

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Mrs. Murphy
Movie
1998

Saint Maybe

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Bee Bedloe
Movie
1998

The Farmhouse

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Irma Miller
Movie
1998

The View

Guest
TV Show
1997

Thomas Jefferson

Actor
TV Show
1997

The Myth of Fingerprints

Actor
Lena
Movie
1997

A Call to Remember

Actor
Paula Tobias
Movie
1997

Mad City

Actor
Mrs. Banks
Movie
1997

Homage

Actor
Katherine Samuel
Movie
1995

To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything, Julie Newmar

Actor
Beatrice
Movie
1995

A Century of Women

Actor
TV Show
1994

Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All

Actor
TV Show
1994

Leave of Absence

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Elisa
Movie
1994

Cruel Doubt

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Bonnie Von Stein
Movie
1992

Getting Up and Going Home

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Lily
Movie
1992

Husbands and WivesStream

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Rain's Mother
Movie
1992
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Nunca Lo Olvides

Actor
Movie
1991

Mil Ojos del Pasado

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Movie
1991

Never Forget

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Jane Mermelstein
Movie
1991

The Prince of TidesStream

Actor
Sally Wingo
Movie
1991
68%

Judgment

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Emmeline Guitry
Movie
1990

Mr. & Mrs. BridgeStream

Actor
Grace Barron
Movie
1990
81%

Alice

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Dorothy
Movie
1990

Tales From the Crypt

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TV Show
1989
82%

Le Pouvoir de la mort

Actor
Movie
1989

Dinero, Poder y Crimen

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Movie
1989

Money, Power, Murder

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Jeannie
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1989

Tattinger's

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Hillary Tattinger
TV Show
1988

American ExperienceStream

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TV Show
1988

Another Woman

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Lydia
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1988

Brighton Beach Memoirs

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Kate
Movie
1986

Guilty Conscience

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Louise Jamison
Movie
1985

Helen Keller: The Miracle Continues

Actor
Anne Sullivan
Movie
1984

In Defense of Kids

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Ellen Wilcox
Movie
1983

Man, Woman and Child

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Sheila Beckwith
Movie
1983

St. ElsewhereStream

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TV Show
1982

Inside the Third Reich

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Margarete Speer
Movie
1982

Too Far to Go

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Joan Barlow Maple
Movie
1979

The Great SantiniStream

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Lillian Meechum
Movie
1979
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Are You in the House Alone?

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Anne Osborne
Movie
1978

A Love Affair: The Eleanor and Lou Gehrig Story

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Eleanor Gehrig
Movie
1978

Le Dernier Match

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Movie
1978

Futureworld

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Tracy Ballard
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1976

Good Morning America

Guest
TV Show
1975

Saturday Night LiveStream

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TV Show
1975

The Seagull

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Nina
TV Show
1975

Hearts of the West

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Miss Trout
Movie
1975

Sidekicks

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Prudy Jenkins
Movie
1974

Lovin' Molly

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Molly Taylor
Movie
1974

F. Scott Fitzgerald and the Last of the Belles

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Zelda Fitzgerald
Movie
1974

Adam's Rib

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Amanda Bonner
TV Show
1973

M*A*S*HStream

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Carlye Breslin Walton
TV Show
1972

Canada AM

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TV Show
1972

1776

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Martha Jefferson
Movie
1972

Colombo: Concerto con delitto

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Janice Benedict
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1972

To Kill a Clown

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Lily Frischer
Movie
1972

ColumboStream

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Janice Benedict
TV Show
1971

Dr. Cook's Garden

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Janey Rausch
Movie
1971

George M!

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Agnes Nolan Cohan
Movie
1970

TodayStream

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1952

What's My Line?Stream

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1950

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