Blythe Danner

Acting

Blythe Danner

Born 3 February 1943 · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA · 83

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

Highlights

Paul2011 · Film · Tara Walton
The Lucky One2012 · Film · Nana
Meet the Parents2000 · Film · Dina Byrnes
Detachment2011 · Film · Ms. Perkins
Tales from the Crypt1989 · Series · Margaret
Columbo1971 · Series · Janice Benedict

Filmography

Movies

83 films

Wildwood2026 · Film · The Seer (voice)
Happiness for Beginners2023 · Film · Gigi
Strange but True2019 · Film · Gail
The Tomorrow Man2019 · Film · Ronnie
The Chaperone2019 · Film · Mary O'Dell
What They Had2018 · Film · Ruth
The Mayo Clinic2018 · Film · (voice)
Hearts Beat Loud2018 · Film · Marianne Fisher
Halfway There2017 · Film · Jeanne Ross
Eero Saarinen: The Architect Who Saw the Future2016 · Film · Aline Saarinen (voice)
Tumbledown2016 · Film · Ellen Jespersen
I'll See You in My Dreams2015 · Film · Carol Petersen
Murder of a Cat2014 · Film · Edie Moisey
Gilded Lilys2013 · Film · Caroline Lily
Hello I Must Be Going2012 · Film · Ruth
The Lucky One2012 · Film · Nana
What's Your Number?2011 · Film · Ava Darling
Detachment2011 · Film · Ms. Perkins
Paul2011 · Film · Tara Walton
Little Fockers2010 · Film · Dina Byrnes
Waiting for Forever2010 · Film · Miranda Twist
The Lightkeepers2009 · Film · Mrs. Bascom
Beyond All Boundaries2009 · Film · Elsa Maxwell
The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 22008 · Film · Greta
Pretty/Handsome2008 · Film · Bunny Fitzpayne
The Last Kiss2006 · Film · Anna
Meet the Fockers2004 · Film · Dina Byrnes
Back When We Were Grownups2004 · Film · Rebecca Holmes Davitch
Sylvia2003 · Film · Aurelia Plath
We Were the Mulvaneys2002 · Film · Corinne Mulvaney
Mark Twain2002 · Film · Olivia "Livy" Langdon Clemens (voice)
The Invisible Circus2001 · Film · Gail
Meet the Parents2000 · Film · Dina Byrnes
Things I Forgot to Remember1999 · Film · Mrs. Bradford
The Love Letter1999 · Film · Lillian
Forces of Nature1999 · Film · Virginia
Murder She Purred: A Mrs. Murphy Mystery1998 · Film · Mrs. Murphy (voice)
Saint Maybe1998 · Film · Bee Bedloe
The X-Files1998 · Film · Cassidy
No Looking Back1998 · Film · Claudia's Mom
The Proposition1998 · Film · Syril Danning
Eye of the Storm1998 · Film · Irma
Mad City1997 · Film · Mrs. Banks
The Myth of Fingerprints1997 · Film · Lena
A Call to Remember1997 · Film · Paula Tobias
To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar1995 · Film · Beatrice
Homage1995 · Film · Katherine Samuel
Leave of Absence1994 · Film · Elisa
Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All1994 · Film · Bianca Honicut
Tracey Ullman Takes on New York1993 · Film · Eleanor Levine
Kiss, Kiss, Dahlings1992 · Film · The Daughter
Husbands and Wives1992 · Film · Rain's mother
Getting Up and Going Home1992 · Film · Lily Montgomery
The Prince of Tides1991 · Film · Sally Wingo
Never Forget1991 · Film · Jane Mermelstein
Alice1990 · Film · Dorothy
Mr. & Mrs. Bridge1990 · Film · Grace Barron
Judgment1990 · Film · Emmeline Guitry
Money, Power, Murder.1989 · Film · Jeannie
Another Woman1988 · Film · Lydia
Elizabeth Bishop: One Art1987 · Film · Voice of Elizabeth Bishop
Brighton Beach Memoirs1986 · Film · Kate
Guilty Conscience1985 · Film · Louise Jamison
In Defense of Kids1983 · Film · Ellen Wilcox
Man, Woman and Child1983 · Film · Sheila Beckwith
The Great Santini1979 · Film · Lillian Meechum
You Can't Take it With You1979 · Film · Alice Sycamore
Too Far to Go1979 · Film · Joan Barlow Maple
Are You in the House Alone?1978 · Film · Anne Osborne
A Love Affair: The Eleanor and Lou Gehrig Story1978 · Film · Eleanor Gehrig
The Court-Martial of George Armstrong Custer1977 · Film · Elizabeth Custer
Futureworld1976 · Film · Tracy Ballard
The Eccentricities of a Nightingale1976 · Film · Alma Winemiller
Hearts of the West1975 · Film · Miss Trout
The Seagull1975 · Film · Nina
Lovin' Molly1974 · Film · Molly Taylor
Sidekicks1974 · Film · Prudy Jenkins
F. Scott Fitzgerald and the Last of the Belles1974 · Film · Zelda Fitzgerald
17761972 · Film · Martha Jefferson
To Kill a Clown1972 · Film · Lily Frischer
Scarecrow1972 · Film · Rachel Merton
Dr. Cook's Garden1971 · Film · Janey Rausch
George M!1970 · Film · Agnes Nolan

Filmography

Series

24 shows

Patrick Melrose2018 · Series · Nancy Valance
Will & Grace2017 · Series · Marilyn Truman
American Gods2017 · Series · Demeter / Caroline Wells
Madoff2016 · Series · Ruth Madoff
The Slap2015 · Series · Virginia
Prohibition2011 · Series · Reader (voice)
Up All Night2011 · Series · Angie Chafin
Nurse Jackie2009 · Series · Maureen Cooper
Medium2005 · Series · Louise Leaming
Huff2004 · Series · Isabelle Huffstodt
Working Shakespeare2003 · Series
Presidio Med2002 · Series · Harriet Lanning
Mark Twain2002 · Series · Olivia 'Livy' Langdon Clemens (voice)
Will & Grace1998 · Series · Marilyn Truman
Thomas Jefferson1997 · Series · Martha Jefferson (voice)
Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All1994 · Series · Bianca Honicut
Cruel Doubt1992 · Series · Bonnie Von Stein
Tales from the Crypt1989 · Series · Margaret
St. Elsewhere1982 · Series · Paige Gerradeaux
Inside the Third Reich1982 · Series · Margarete Speer
Adam's Rib1973 · Series · Amanda Bonner
M*A*S*H1972 · Series · Carlye
Columbo1971 · Series · Janice Benedict
Great Performances1971 · Series · Nina