Acting · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA · Born February 3, 1943
Blythe Katherine Danner (born February 3, 1943) is an American actress. She is the mother of actress Gwyneth Paltrow and director Jake Paltrow.
MovieFocker-In-Law
2026
as Dina Byrnes
MovieWildwood
2026
as (voice)
MovieHappiness for Beginners
2023
as Gigi
MovieStrange but True
2019
as Gail
MovieThe Tomorrow Man
2019
as Ronnie
MovieThe Chaperone
2019
as Mary O'Dell
MovieWhat They Had
2018
as Ruth
MovieThe Mayo Clinic
2018
as (voice)
MovieHearts Beat Loud
2018
as Marianne Fisher
TVPatrick Melrose
2018
as Nancy Valance
MovieHalfway There
2017
as Jeanne Ross
Saving the Great Swamp: Battle to Defeat the Jetport
2017
as Narrator
TVWill & Grace
2017
as Marilyn Truman
TVAmerican Gods
2017
as Demeter / Caroline Wells
MovieThe Great War
2017
as Self (voice)
TVThe Great War
2017
as Self (voice)
MovieEero Saarinen: The Architect Who Saw the Future
2016
as Aline Saarinen (voice)
MovieTumbledown
2016
as Ellen Jespersen
TVMadoff
2016
as Ruth Madoff
MovieI'll See You in My Dreams
2015
as Carol Petersen
TVThe Slap
2015
as Virginia
MovieMurder of a Cat
2014
as Edie Moisey
MovieGilded Lilys
2013
as Caroline Lily
MovieHello I Must Be Going
2012
as Ruth
MovieThe Lucky One
2012
as Nana
TVProhibition
2011
as Reader (voice)
MovieWhat's Your Number?
2011
as Ava Darling
TVUp All Night
2011
as Angie Chafin
MovieDetachment
2011
as Ms. Perkins
MoviePaul
2011
as Tara Walton
MovieLittle Fockers
2010
as Dina Byrnes
MovieWaiting for Forever
2010
as Miranda Twist
MovieThe Lightkeepers
2009
as Mrs. Bascom
MovieBeyond All Boundaries
2009
as Elsa Maxwell
TVNurse Jackie
2009
as Maureen Cooper
MovieThe Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2
2008
as Greta
Side by Each
2008
as Daisy/Delores/Delilah
MovieThe Last Kiss
2006
as Anna
TVMedium
2005
as Louise Leaming
TVThe Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
2005
as Self
MovieMeet the Fockers
2004
as Dina Byrnes
MovieBack When We Were Grownups
2004
as Rebecca Holmes Davitch
TVHuff
2004
as Isabelle Huffstodt
MovieSylvia
2003
as Aurelia Plath
TVThe Ellen DeGeneres Show
2003
as Self
TVWorking Shakespeare
2003
TVPresidio Med
2002
as Dr. Harriet Lanning
MovieWe Were the Mulvaneys
2002
as Corinne Mulvaney
MovieMark Twain
2002
as Olivia "Livy" Langdon Clemens (voice)
TVMark Twain
2002
as Olivia 'Livy' Langdon Clemens (voice)
Good Day Live
2001
as Self
MovieThe Invisible Circus
2001
as Gail
MovieMeet the Parents
2000
as Dina Byrnes
MovieThings I Forgot to Remember
1999
as Mrs. Bradford
MovieThe Love Letter
1999
as Lillian
MovieForces of Nature
1999
as Virginia
MovieMurder She Purred: A Mrs. Murphy Mystery
1998
as Mrs. Murphy (voice)
MovieSaint Maybe
1998
as Bee Bedloe
TVWill & Grace
1998
as Marilyn Truman
MovieThe X-Files
1998
as Cassidy
TVFrom the Earth to the Moon
1998
as Narrator (voice)
MovieNo Looking Back
1998
as Claudia's Mom
MovieThe Proposition
1998
as Syril Danning
MovieEye of the Storm
1998
as Irma
MovieMad City
1997
as Mrs. Banks
MovieThe Myth of Fingerprints
1997
as Lena
MovieA Call to Remember
1997
as Paula Tobias
TVThomas Jefferson
1997
as Martha Jefferson (voice)
MovieTo Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar
1995
as Beatrice
MovieNapoleon
1995
as Mother Dingo (voice)
MovieHomage
1995
as Katherine Samuel
MovieLeave of Absence
1994
as Elisa
MovieOldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All
1994
as Bianca Honicut
TVOldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All
1994
as Bianca Honicut
TVIntimate Portrait
1993
as Self - Narrator (voice)
MovieTracey Ullman Takes on New York
1993
as Eleanor Levine
Lincoln
1992
as Elizabeth Todd Edwards (voice)
MovieKiss, Kiss, Dahlings
1992
as The Daughter
MovieHusbands and Wives
1992
as Rain's mother
MovieGetting Up and Going Home
1992
as Lily Montgomery
TVCruel Doubt
1992
as Bonnie Von Stein
MovieThe Prince of Tides
1991
as Sally Wingo
MovieNever Forget
1991
as Jane Mermelstein
MovieAlice
1990
as Dorothy
MovieMr. & Mrs. Bridge
1990
as Grace Barron
MovieJudgment
1990
as Emmeline Guitry
MovieMoney, Power, Murder.
1989
as Jeannie
TVTales from the Crypt
1989
as Margaret
Tattingers
1988
MovieAnother Woman
1988
as Lydia
MovieElizabeth Bishop: One Art
1987
as Voice of Elizabeth Bishop
MovieBrighton Beach Memoirs
1986
as Kate
MovieGuilty Conscience
1985
as Louise Jamison
Helen Keller: The Miracle Continues
1984
as Anne Sullivan
MovieIn Defense of Kids
1983
as Ellen Wilcox
MovieMan, Woman and Child
1983
as Sheila Beckwith
TVSt. Elsewhere
1982
as Paige Gerradeaux
TVInside the Third Reich
1982
as Margarete Speer
MovieThe Great Santini
1979
as Lillian Meechum
MovieYou Can't Take it With You
1979
as Alice Sycamore
MovieToo Far to Go
1979
as Joan Barlow Maple
MovieAre You in the House Alone?
1978
as Anne Osborne
MovieA Love Affair: The Eleanor and Lou Gehrig Story
1978
as Eleanor Gehrig
MovieThe Court-Martial of George Armstrong Custer
1977
as Elizabeth Custer
MovieFutureworld
1976
as Tracy Ballard
MovieThe Eccentricities of a Nightingale
1976
as Alma Winemiller
TVSaturday Night Live
1975
as Self - Host
MovieHearts of the West
1975
as Miss Trout
MovieThe Seagull
1975
as Nina
MovieLovin' Molly
1974
as Molly Taylor
MovieSidekicks
1974
as Prudy Jenkins
MovieF. Scott Fitzgerald and the Last of the Belles
1974
as Zelda Fitzgerald
TVAdam's Rib
1973
as Amanda Bonner
Movie1776
1972
as Martha Jefferson
TVM*A*S*H
1972
as Carlye
MovieTo Kill a Clown
1972
as Lily Frischer
MovieTo Be Young, Gifted and Black
1972
as Self and other assorted characters
MovieScarecrow
1972
as Rachel Merton
TVColumbo
1971
as Janice Benedict
TVGreat Performances
1971
as Nina
MovieDr. Cook's Garden
1971
as Janey Rausch
MovieGeorge M!
1970
as Agnes Nolan
TVTony Awards
1956
as Self - Winner
TVToday
1952
as Self
TVHallmark Hall of Fame
1951
as Elizabeth Custer
TVGolden Globe Awards
1944
as Self - Nominee
Small Potatoes
as Mimi
RSC Meets USA: Working Shakespeare
as Self
TVPretty/Handsome
as Bunny
