Blythe Danner

Blythe Danner

Acting • Born 1943-02-03

Acting2Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Biography

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

Filmography

131 credits
Meet the Parents

Meet the Parents

Movie • 2000

Dina Byrnes

Meet the Fockers

Meet the Fockers

Movie • 2004

Dina Byrnes

The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2

The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2

Movie • 2008

Greta

Forces of Nature

Forces of Nature

Movie • 1999

Virginia

The X-Files

The X-Files

Movie • 1998

Cassidy

The Prince of Tides

The Prince of Tides

Movie • 1991

Sally Wingo

Futureworld

Futureworld

Movie • 1976

Tracy Ballard

The Great Santini

The Great Santini

Movie • 1979

Lillian Meechum

The Last Kiss

The Last Kiss

Movie • 2006

Anna

Another Woman

Another Woman

Movie • 1988

Lydia

The Love Letter

The Love Letter

Movie • 1999

Lillian

Alice

Alice

Movie • 1990

Dorothy

Brighton Beach Memoirs

Brighton Beach Memoirs

Movie • 1986

Kate

Saving the Great Swamp: Battle to Defeat the Jetport

Saving the Great Swamp: Battle to Defeat the Jetport

Movie • 2017

Narrator

Mad City

Mad City

Movie • 1997

Mrs. Banks

What's Your Number?

What's Your Number?

Movie • 2011

Ava Darling

Tracey Ullman Takes on New York

Tracey Ullman Takes on New York

Movie • 1993

Eleanor Levine

Paul

Paul

Movie • 2011

Tara Walton

Guilty Conscience

Guilty Conscience

Movie • 1985

Louise Jamison

Little Fockers

Little Fockers

Movie • 2010

Dina Byrnes

The Invisible Circus

The Invisible Circus

Movie • 2001

Gail

The Lightkeepers

The Lightkeepers

Movie • 2009

Mrs. Bascom

Waiting for Forever

Waiting for Forever

Movie • 2010

Miranda Twist

Hearts of the West

Hearts of the West

Movie • 1975

Miss Trout

Hello I Must Be Going

Hello I Must Be Going

Movie • 2012

Ruth

Detachment

Detachment

Movie • 2011

Ms. Perkins

Are You in the House Alone?

Are You in the House Alone?

Movie • 1978

Anne Osborne

Saint Maybe

Saint Maybe

Movie • 1998

Bee Bedloe

No Looking Back

No Looking Back

Movie • 1998

Claudia's Mom

The Lucky One

The Lucky One

Movie • 2012

Nana

The Myth of Fingerprints

The Myth of Fingerprints

Movie • 1997

Lena

Back When We Were Grownups

Back When We Were Grownups

Movie • 2004

Rebecca Holmes Davitch

Helen Keller: The Miracle Continues

Helen Keller: The Miracle Continues

Movie • 1984

Anne Sullivan

Too Far to Go

Too Far to Go

Movie • 1979

Joan Barlow Maple

Mr. & Mrs. Bridge

Mr. & Mrs. Bridge

Movie • 1990

Grace Barron

Never Forget

Never Forget

Movie • 1991

Jane Mermelstein

Mark Twain

Mark Twain

Movie • 2002

Olivia "Livy" Langdon Clemens (voice)

Happiness for Beginners

Happiness for Beginners

Movie • 2023

Gigi

Money, Power, Murder.

Money, Power, Murder.

Movie • 1989

Jeannie

Man, Woman and Child

Man, Woman and Child

Movie • 1983

Sheila Beckwith

Lovin' Molly

Lovin' Molly

Movie • 1974

Molly Taylor

Tumbledown

Tumbledown

Movie • 2016

Ellen Jespersen

A Love Affair: The Eleanor and Lou Gehrig Story

A Love Affair: The Eleanor and Lou Gehrig Story

Movie • 1978

Eleanor Gehrig

To Kill a Clown

To Kill a Clown

Movie • 1972

Lily Frischer

A Call to Remember

A Call to Remember

Movie • 1997

Paula Tobias

We Were the Mulvaneys

We Were the Mulvaneys

Movie • 2002

Corinne Mulvaney

Dr. Cook's Garden

Dr. Cook's Garden

Movie • 1971

Janey Rausch

Sidekicks

Sidekicks

Movie • 1974

Prudy Jenkins

Things I Forgot to Remember

Things I Forgot to Remember

Movie • 1999

Mrs. Bradford

Side by Each

Side by Each

Movie • 2008

Daisy/Delores/Delilah

Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All

Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All

Movie • 1994

Bianca Honicut

The Eccentricities of a Nightingale

The Eccentricities of a Nightingale

Movie • 1976

Alma Winemiller

Murder of a Cat

Murder of a Cat

Movie • 2014

Edie Moisey

Kiss, Kiss, Dahlings

Kiss, Kiss, Dahlings

Movie • 1992

The Daughter

Homage

Homage

Movie • 1995

Katherine Samuel

Getting Up and Going Home

Getting Up and Going Home

Movie • 1992

Lily Montgomery

The Proposition

The Proposition

Movie • 1998

Syril Danning

I'll See You in My Dreams

I'll See You in My Dreams

Movie • 2015

Carol Petersen

You Can't Take it With You

You Can't Take it With You

Movie • 1979

Alice Sycamore

Husbands and Wives

Husbands and Wives

Movie • 1992

Rain's mother

The Court-Martial of George Armstrong Custer

The Court-Martial of George Armstrong Custer

Movie • 1977

Elizabeth Custer

Lincoln

Lincoln

Movie • 1992

Elizabeth Todd Edwards (voice)

1776

1776

Movie • 1972

Martha Jefferson

Scarecrow

Scarecrow

Movie • 1972

Rachel Merton

Sylvia

Sylvia

Movie • 2003

Aurelia Plath

Judgment

Judgment

Movie • 1990

Emmeline Guitry

Gilded Lilys

Gilded Lilys

Movie • 2013

Caroline Lily

F. Scott Fitzgerald and the Last of the Belles

F. Scott Fitzgerald and the Last of the Belles

Movie • 1974

Zelda Fitzgerald

Eero Saarinen: The Architect Who Saw the Future

Eero Saarinen: The Architect Who Saw the Future

Movie • 2016

Aline Saarinen (voice)

Leave of Absence

Leave of Absence

Movie • 1994

Elisa

What They Had

What They Had

Movie • 2018

Ruth

In Defense of Kids

In Defense of Kids

Movie • 1983

Ellen Wilcox

Hearts Beat Loud

Hearts Beat Loud

Movie • 2018

Marianne Fisher

Strange but True

Strange but True

Movie • 2019

Gail

The Chaperone

The Chaperone

Movie • 2019

Mary O'Dell

Halfway There

Halfway There

Movie • 2017

Jeanne Ross

Murder She Purred: A Mrs. Murphy Mystery

Murder She Purred: A Mrs. Murphy Mystery

Movie • 1998

Mrs. Murphy (voice)

George M!

George M!

Movie • 1970

Agnes Nolan

The Tomorrow Man

The Tomorrow Man

Movie • 2019

Ronnie

Beyond All Boundaries

Beyond All Boundaries

Movie • 2009

Elsa Maxwell

Eye of the Storm

Eye of the Storm

Movie • 1998

Irma

To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar

To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar

Movie • 1995

Beatrice

Napoleon

Napoleon

Movie • 1995

Mother Dingo (voice)

To Be Young, Gifted and Black

To Be Young, Gifted and Black

Movie • 1972

Self and other assorted characters

The Seagull

The Seagull

Movie • 1975

Nina

Elizabeth Bishop: One Art

Elizabeth Bishop: One Art

Movie • 1987

Voice of Elizabeth Bishop

The Great War

The Great War

Movie • 2017

Self (voice)

Focker-In-Law

Focker-In-Law

Movie • 2026

Dina Byrnes

The Mayo Clinic

The Mayo Clinic

Movie • 2018

(voice)

Small Potatoes

Small Potatoes

Movie

Mimi

Presidio Med

Presidio Med

TV • 2002

Dr. Harriet Lanning

Medium

Medium

TV • 2005

Louise Leaming

St. Elsewhere

St. Elsewhere

TV • 1982

Paige Gerradeaux

Columbo

Columbo

TV • 1971

Janice Benedict

M*A*S*H

M*A*S*H

TV • 1972

Carlye

The Ellen DeGeneres Show

The Ellen DeGeneres Show

TV • 2003

Self

Huff

Huff

TV • 2004

Isabelle Huffstodt

Today

Today

TV • 1952

Self

Tales from the Crypt

Tales from the Crypt

TV • 1989

Margaret

American Gods

American Gods

TV • 2017

Demeter / Caroline Wells

American Gods

American Gods

TV • 2017

Demeter

Will & Grace

Will & Grace

TV • 1998

Marilyn Truman

Hallmark Hall of Fame

Hallmark Hall of Fame

TV • 1951

Elizabeth Custer

Pretty/Handsome

Pretty/Handsome

TV

Bunny

Adam's Rib

Adam's Rib

TV • 1973

Amanda Bonner

Tattingers

Tattingers

TV • 1988

Good Day Live

Good Day Live

TV • 2001

Self

Patrick Melrose

Patrick Melrose

TV • 2018

Nancy Valance

Thomas Jefferson

Thomas Jefferson

TV • 1997

Martha Jefferson

Up All Night

Up All Night

TV • 2011

Angie Chafin

Saturday Night Live

Saturday Night Live

TV • 1975

Self - Host

The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson

The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson

TV • 2005

Self

The Slap

The Slap

TV • 2015

Virginia

From the Earth to the Moon

From the Earth to the Moon

TV • 1998

narrator

Mark Twain

Mark Twain

TV • 2002

Olivia 'Livy' Langdon Clemens (voice)

Intimate Portrait

Intimate Portrait

TV • 1993

Self - Narrator (voice)

Madoff

Madoff

TV • 2016

Ruth Madoff

Cruel Doubt

Cruel Doubt

TV • 1992

Bonnie Von Stein

Hallmark Hall of Fame

Hallmark Hall of Fame

TV • 1951

Bee Bedloe

Hallmark Hall of Fame

Hallmark Hall of Fame

TV • 1951

Rebecca Holmes Davitch

Will & Grace

Will & Grace

TV • 2017

Marilyn Truman

Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All

Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All

TV • 1994

Bianca Honicut

Prohibition

Prohibition

TV • 2011

Reader (voice)

Great Performances

Great Performances

TV • 1971

Nina

Great Performances

Great Performances

TV • 1971

Alma Winemiller

Great Performances

Great Performances

TV • 1971

Self

Great Performances

Great Performances

TV • 1971

Narrator

Golden Globe Awards

Golden Globe Awards

TV • 1944

Self - Nominee

Working Shakespeare

Working Shakespeare

TV • 2003

Inside the Third Reich

Inside the Third Reich

TV • 1982

Margarete Speer

Nurse Jackie

Nurse Jackie

TV • 2009

Maureen Cooper