Person

Blythe Danner

Acting · Born 1943-02-03 · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Blythe Katherine Danner (born February 3, 1943) is an American actress. She is the mother of actress Gwyneth Paltrow and director Jake Paltrow.

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  Columbo

  Janice Benedict

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  Saturday Night Live

  Self - Host

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  The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson

  Self

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  Medium

  Louise Leaming

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  Golden Globe Awards

  Self - Nominee

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  Great Performances

  Nina

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  M*A*S*H

  Carlye

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  Intimate Portrait

  Self - Narrator (voice)

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  Will & Grace

  Marilyn Truman

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  St. Elsewhere

  Paige Gerradeaux

• 2026Focker-In-LawDina Byrnes
• 2026Wildwood(voice)
• 2023Happiness for BeginnersGigi
• 2019Strange but TrueGail
• 2019The Tomorrow ManRonnie
• 2019The ChaperoneMary O'Dell
• 2018What They HadRuth
• 2018The Mayo Clinic(voice)
• 2018Hearts Beat LoudMarianne Fisher
• 2018Patrick MelroseNancy Valance
• 2017Halfway ThereJeanne Ross
• 2017Saving the Great Swamp: Battle to Defeat the JetportNarrator
• 2017Will & GraceMarilyn Truman
• 2017American GodsDemeter / Caroline Wells
• 2017The Great WarSelf (voice)
• 2017The Great WarSelf (voice)
• 2016Eero Saarinen: The Architect Who Saw the FutureAline Saarinen (voice)
• 2016TumbledownEllen Jespersen
• 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
• 2011ProhibitionReader (voice)
• 2011What's Your Number?Ava Darling
• 2011Up All NightAngie Chafin
• 2011DetachmentMs. Perkins
• 2011PaulTara Walton
• 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
• 2002Presidio MedDr. Harriet Lanning
• 2002We Were the MulvaneysCorinne Mulvaney
• 2002Mark TwainOlivia "Livy" Langdon Clemens (voice)
• 2002Mark TwainOlivia 'Livy' Langdon Clemens (voice)
• 2001Good Day LiveSelf
• 2001The Invisible CircusGail
• 2000Meet the ParentsDina Byrnes
• 1999Things I Forgot to RememberMrs. Bradford
• 1999The Love LetterLillian
• 1999Forces of NatureVirginia
• 1998Murder She Purred: A Mrs. Murphy MysteryMrs. Murphy (voice)
• 1998Saint MaybeBee Bedloe
• 1998Will & GraceMarilyn Truman
• 1998The X-FilesCassidy
• 1998From the Earth to the MoonNarrator (voice)
• 1998No Looking BackClaudia's Mom
• 1998The PropositionSyril Danning
• 1998Eye of the StormIrma
• 1997Mad CityMrs. Banks
• 1997The Myth of FingerprintsLena
• 1997A Call to RememberPaula Tobias
• 1997Thomas JeffersonMartha Jefferson (voice)
• 1995To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie NewmarBeatrice
• 1995NapoleonMother Dingo (voice)
• 1995HomageKatherine Samuel
• 1994Leave of AbsenceElisa
• 1994Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells AllBianca Honicut
• 1994Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells AllBianca Honicut
• 1993Intimate PortraitSelf - Narrator (voice)
• 1993Tracey Ullman Takes on New YorkEleanor Levine
• 1992LincolnElizabeth Todd Edwards (voice)
• 1992Kiss, Kiss, DahlingsThe Daughter
• 1992Husbands and WivesRain's mother
• 1992Getting Up and Going HomeLily Montgomery
• 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
• 1988Tattingers
• 1988Another WomanLydia
• 1987Elizabeth Bishop: One ArtVoice of Elizabeth Bishop
• 1986Brighton Beach MemoirsKate
• 1985Guilty ConscienceLouise Jamison
• 1984Helen Keller: The Miracle ContinuesAnne Sullivan
• 1983In Defense of KidsEllen Wilcox
• 1983Man, Woman and ChildSheila Beckwith
• 1982St. ElsewherePaige Gerradeaux
• 1982Inside the Third ReichMargarete Speer
• 1979The Great SantiniLillian Meechum
• 1979You Can't Take it With YouAlice Sycamore
• 1979Too Far to GoJoan Barlow Maple
• 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
• 1975Saturday Night LiveSelf - Host
• 1975Hearts of the WestMiss Trout
• 1975The SeagullNina
• 1974Lovin' MollyMolly Taylor
• 1974SidekicksPrudy Jenkins
• 1974F. Scott Fitzgerald and the Last of the BellesZelda Fitzgerald
• 1973Adam's RibAmanda Bonner
• 19721776Martha Jefferson
• 1972M*A*S*HCarlye
• 1972To Kill a ClownLily Frischer
• 1972To Be Young, Gifted and BlackSelf and other assorted characters
• 1972ScarecrowRachel Merton
• 1971ColumboJanice Benedict
• 1971Great PerformancesNina
• 1971Dr. Cook's GardenJaney Rausch
• 1970George M!Agnes Nolan
• 1956Tony AwardsSelf - Winner
• 1952TodaySelf
• 1951Hallmark Hall of FameElizabeth Custer
• 1944Golden Globe AwardsSelf - Nominee
• —Small PotatoesMimi
• —RSC Meets USA: Working ShakespeareSelf
• —Pretty/HandsomeBunny