Portrait of Blythe Danner

Blythe Danner

Acting

Biography

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

Born: February 3, 1943

Place of Birth: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Filmography

2026
Focker-In-Law

as Dina Byrnes

2019
2019
2019
The Chaperone

as Mary O'Dell

2018
2018
The Mayo Clinic

as (voice)

2018
Hearts Beat Loud

as Marianne Fisher

2018
Patrick Melrose

as Nancy Valance

2017
Halfway There

as Jeanne Ross

2017
Will & Grace

as Marilyn Truman

2017
American Gods

as Demeter / Caroline Wells

2017
American Gods

as Demeter

2017
The Great War

as Self (voice)

2016
Tumbledown

as Ellen Jespersen

2016
Madoff

as Ruth Madoff

2015
I'll See You in My Dreams

as Carol Petersen

2015
The Slap

as Virginia

2014
Murder of a Cat

as Edie Moisey

2013
Gilded Lilys

as Caroline Lily

2012
2011
Prohibition

as Reader (voice)

2011
What's Your Number?

as Ava Darling

2011
Up All Night

as Angie Chafin

2011
Detachment

as Ms. Perkins

2011
Paul

as Tara Walton

2010
Little Fockers

as Dina Byrnes

2010
Waiting for Forever

as Miranda Twist

2009
The Lightkeepers

as Mrs. Bascom

2009
Beyond All Boundaries

as Elsa Maxwell

2006
2005
Medium

as Louise Leaming

2004
Meet the Fockers

as Dina Byrnes

2004
Back When We Were Grownups

as Rebecca Holmes Davitch

2004
Huff

as Isabelle Huffstodt

2003
Sylvia

as Aurelia Plath

2002
Presidio Med

as Dr. Harriet Lanning

2002
We Were the Mulvaneys

as Corinne Mulvaney

2002
Mark Twain

as Olivia "Livy" Langdon Clemens (voice)

2002
Mark Twain

as Olivia 'Livy' Langdon Clemens (voice)

2000
Meet the Parents

as Dina Byrnes

1999
1999
The Love Letter

as Lillian

1999
Forces of Nature

as Virginia

1998
Saint Maybe

as Bee Bedloe

1998
Will & Grace

as Marilyn Truman

1998
The X-Files

as Cassidy

1998
No Looking Back

as Claudia's Mom

1998
The Proposition

as Syril Danning

1998
1997
Mad City

as Mrs. Banks

1997
Thomas Jefferson

as Martha Jefferson

1995
Napoleon

as Mother Dingo (voice)

1995
Homage

as Katherine Samuel

1994
1993
Intimate Portrait

as Self - Narrator (voice)

1992
Kiss, Kiss, Dahlings

as The Daughter

1992
Husbands and Wives

as Rain's mother

1992
Getting Up and Going Home

as Lily Montgomery

1992
Cruel Doubt

as Bonnie Von Stein

1991
The Prince of Tides

as Sally Wingo

1991
Never Forget

as Jane Mermelstein

1990
Alice

as Dorothy

1990
Mr. & Mrs. Bridge

as Grace Barron

1990
Judgment

as Emmeline Guitry

1989
1989
1988
1987
Elizabeth Bishop: One Art

as Voice of Elizabeth Bishop

1985
Guilty Conscience

as Louise Jamison

1983
In Defense of Kids

as Ellen Wilcox

1983
Man, Woman and Child

as Sheila Beckwith

1982
Inside the Third Reich

as Margarete Speer

1982
Inside the Third Reich

as Margarete Speer

1979
The Great Santini

as Lillian Meechum

1979
1979
Too Far to Go

as Joan Barlow Maple

1978
1976
Futureworld

as Tracy Ballard

1975
Saturday Night Live

as Self - Host

1975
Hearts of the West

as Miss Trout

1975
1974
Lovin' Molly

as Molly Taylor

1974
Sidekicks

as Prudy Jenkins

1973
Adam's Rib

as Amanda Bonner

1972
1776

as Martha Jefferson

1972
M*A*S*H

as Carlye

1972
To Kill a Clown

as Lily Frischer

1972
To Be Young, Gifted and Black

as Self and other assorted characters

1972
Scarecrow

as Rachel Merton

1971
Columbo

as Janice Benedict

1971
Great Performances

as Alma Winemiller

1971
1971
Dr. Cook's Garden

as Janey Rausch

1970
George M!

as Agnes Nolan

1956
Tony Awards

as Self - Nominee

1956
Tony Awards

as Self - Winner

1952
Today

as Self

1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame

as Elizabeth Custer

1951
1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame

as Rebecca Holmes Davitch

1944
Golden Globe Awards

as Self - Nominee

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