Blythe Danner

Blythe Danner

Acting

Born February 3, 1943 · 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.

Known for

Saturday Night Live

Saturday Night Live

1975

Columbo

Columbo

1971

The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson

The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson

2005

Golden Globe Awards

Golden Globe Awards

1944

Tony Awards

Tony Awards

1956

Tony Awards

Tony Awards

1956

M*A*S*H

M*A*S*H

1972

Great Performances

Great Performances

1971

Acting(128)

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)

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

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

1951Hallmark Hall of FameElizabeth Custer

1944Golden Globe AwardsSelf - Nominee

Small PotatoesMimi

RSC Meets USA: Working ShakespeareSelf

Pretty/HandsomeBunny