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Blythe studied acting and got her degree from Bard College and began her career in Boston theater companies. By 25, she won the Theater World Award for her work in 'Moliere''s "The Miser" at Lincoln Center. She also won the 1970 Tony award for her role in "Butterflies Are Free". She made her film premiere in the same year in the television production of Dr. Cook's Garden... See full bio »

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Blythe Katherine Danner
in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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2012 Gilded Lilys (TV movie) (post-production)
Caroline Lily
 
2012 The Lucky One
Ellie
 
2012 Hello I Must Be Going
Ruth Minsky
 
2011 Up All Night (TV series)
Dr. Angie Chafin
– First Christmas (2011) … Dr. Angie Chafin
– Parents (2011) … Dr. Angie Chafin
 
2011 What's Your Number?
Ava Darling
 
2011 Detachment
Ms. Perkins
 
2011 Paul
Tara Walton
 
2010 Little Fockers
Dina Byrnes
 
2010 Waiting for Forever
Miranda Twist
 
2009 The Lightkeepers
Mrs. Bascom
 
2009 Beyond All Boundaries (short)
Elsa Maxwell - New York Post Columnist (voice)
 
2009 Nurse Jackie (TV series)
Maureen Cooper
– Tiny Bubbles (2009) … Maureen Cooper
 
2009 Medium (TV series)
Louise Leaming
– A Taste of Her Own Medicine (2009) … Louise Leaming
 
2008 'Side by Each'
Daisy/Delores/Delilah
 
2008 The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2
Greta
 
2008 Pretty/Handsome (TV movie)
Bunny Fitzpayne
 
2006 The Last Kiss
Anna
 
2004-2006 Huff (TV series)
Isabelle 'Izzy' Huffstodt
– Which Lip Is the Cervical Lip? (2006) … Isabelle 'Izzy' Huffstodt
– Tapping the Squid (2006) … Isabelle 'Izzy' Huffstodt
– Bethless (2006) … Isabelle 'Izzy' Huffstodt
– Radio Silence (2006) … Isabelle 'Izzy' Huffstodt
– A Cornfield Grows in L.A. (2006) … Isabelle 'Izzy' Huffstodt
See all 25 episodes »
 
2001-2006 Will & Grace (TV series)
Marilyn Truman
– The Mourning Son (2006) … Marilyn Truman
– Blanket Apology (2006) … Marilyn Truman
– A Little Christmas Queer (2005) … Marilyn Truman
– From Queer to Eternity (2005) … Marilyn Truman
– Christmas Break (2004) … Marilyn Truman
See all 11 episodes »
 
2006 Stolen (documentary)
Isabella Stewart Gardner (voice)
 
2005 Independent Lens (TV series documentary)
Isabella Stewart Gardner
– Stolen (2005) … Isabella Stewart Gardner (voice)
 
2004 Meet the Fockers
Dina Byrnes
 
2004 Back When We Were Grownups (TV movie)
Rebecca Holmes Davitch
 
2004 Howl's Moving Castle
Madame Suliman (voice: English version)
 
2003 Sylvia
Aurelia Plath
 
2003 Two and a Half Men (TV series)
Evelyn Harper
– Most Chicks Won't Eat Veal: Original Pilot … Evelyn Harper
 
2003 The Quality of Light
Mary
 
2003 Freedom: A History of Us (TV series documentary)
Appleton's Journal / Emma Lazarus
– Working for Freedom (2003) … Appleton's Journal
– Yearning to Breathe Free (2003) … Emma Lazarus
 
2002 Presidio Med (TV series)
Dr. Harriet Lanning
– Second Chance (2002) … Dr. Harriet Lanning
– This Baby's Gonna Fly (2002) … Dr. Harriet Lanning
– Best of Enemies … Dr. Harriet Lanning
– Good Question … Dr. Harriet Lanning
 
2002 Three Days of Rain
Woman In Cab
 
2002 We Were the Mulvaneys (TV movie)
Corinne Mulvaney
 
2000 Meet the Parents
Dina Byrnes
 
1999 Things I Forgot to Remember
Mrs. Bradford
 
1999 The Love Letter
Lillian MacFarquhar
 
1999 Forces of Nature
Virginia
 
1999 The Invisible Circus
Gail
 
1998 Murder She Purred: A Mrs. Murphy Mystery (TV movie)
Mrs. Murphy (voice)
 
1998 Saint Maybe (TV movie)
Bee Bedloe
 
1998 The X Files
Jana Cassidy
 
1998 From the Earth to the Moon (TV mini-series)
Narrator
– Le voyage dans la lune (1998) … Narrator
 
1998 The Proposition
Syril Danning
 
1998 No Looking Back
Claudia's Mom
 
1998 The Farmhouse
Irma Miller
 
1997 Mad City
Mrs. Banks
 
1997 The Myth of Fingerprints
Lena
 
1997 A Call to Remember (TV movie)
Paula Tobias
 
1997 Thomas Jefferson (TV mini-series)
Martha Jefferson (voice)
 
1995 To Wong Foo Thanks for Everything, Julie Newmar
Beatrice
 
1995 Napoleon
Mother Dingo (voice: English version)
 
1995 Homage
Katherine Samuel
 
1994 Leave of Absence (TV movie)
Elisa
 
1994 Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All (TV movie)
Bianca Honicut
 
1993 Tracey Takes on New York (TV movie)
Eleanor Levine
 
1975-1993 Great Performances (TV series)
Alma Winemiller / Narrator / Nina
– The Maestros of Philadelphia (1993) … Narrator (voice)
– Eccentricities of a Nightingale (1976) … Alma Winemiller
– The Seagull (1975) … Nina
 
1992 Lincoln (TV movie)
Elizabeth Todd Edwards (voice)
 
1992 Kiss-Kiss, Dahlings! (TV short)
 
1992 Husbands and Wives
Rain's Mother
 
1992 Tales from the Crypt (TV series)
Margaret
– Maniac at Large (1992) … Margaret
 
1992 Getting Up and Going Home (TV movie)
Lily
 
1992 Cruel Doubt (TV movie)
Bonnie Von Stein
 
1991 The Prince of Tides
Sally Wingo
 
1991 Never Forget (TV movie)
Jane Mermelstein
 
1990 Alice
Dorothy
 
1990 Mr. & Mrs. Bridge
Grace Barron
 
1990 Judgment (TV movie)
Emmeline Guitry
 
1989 Money, Power, Murder. (TV movie)
Jeannie
 
1988-1989 Tattingers (TV series)
Hillary Tattinger
– El Sid (1989) … Hillary Tattinger
– Half a Loaf (1989) … Hillary Tattinger
– Wall Street Blues (1989) … Hillary Tattinger
– Broken Windows (1989) … Hillary Tattinger
– Ex-Appeal (1989) … Hillary Tattinger
See all 13 episodes »
 
1988 Another Woman
Lydia
 
1986 Brighton Beach Memoirs
Kate
 
1986 American Masters (TV series documentary)
Anna Christie
– Eugene O'Neill: A Glory of Ghosts (1986) … Anna Christie
 
1985 Guilty Conscience (TV movie)
Louise Jamison
 
1984 Helen Keller: The Miracle Continues (TV movie)
Anne Sullivan
 
1984 St. Elsewhere (TV series)
Paige Gerradeaux
– The Women (1984) … Paige Gerradeaux
 
1983 In Defense of Kids (TV movie)
Ellen Wilcox
 
1983 Man, Woman and Child
Sheila Beckwith
 
1982 Inside the Third Reich (TV movie)
Margarete Speer
 
1979 The Great Santini
Lillian Meechum
 
1979 You Can't Take It with You (TV movie)
Alice Sycamore
 
1979 Too Far to Go (TV movie)
Joan Barlow Maple
 
1978 Are You in the House Alone? (TV movie)
Anne Osborne
 
1978 A Love Affair: The Eleanor and Lou Gehrig Story (TV movie)
Eleanor Gehrig
 
1977 The Court-Martial of George Armstrong Custer (TV movie)
Mrs. Custer
 
1976 Futureworld
Tracy Ballard
 
1976 M*A*S*H (TV series)
Carlye Breslin Walton
– The More I See You (1976) … Carlye Breslin Walton
 
1975 Hearts of the West
Miss Trout
 
1974 Lovin' Molly
Molly Taylor
 
1974 Sidekicks (TV movie)
Prudy Jenkins
 
1974 F. Scott Fitzgerald and 'The Last of the Belles' (TV movie)
Zelda Fitzgerald
 
1973 Adam's Rib (TV series)
Amanda Bonner
– Too Many Cooks (1973) … Amanda Bonner
– The First Hurrah (1973) … Amanda Bonner
– Friend of the Family (1973) … Amanda Bonner
– Murder (1973) … Amanda Bonner
– For Richer, for Poorer (1973) … Amanda Bonner
See all 13 episodes »
 
1972 1776
Martha Jefferson
 
1972 Columbo (TV series)
Janice Benedict
– Étude in Black (1972) … Janice Benedict
 
1972 To Kill a Clown
Lily Frischer
 
1972 The Scarecrow (TV movie)
Rachel Merton
 
1972 Invitation to a March (TV movie)
Norma Brown
 
1971 Dr. Cook's Garden (TV movie)
Janey Rausch
 
1970 George M! (TV movie)
Agnes Nolan Cohan
 
1970 To Confuse the Angel (TV movie)
 
1968 N.Y.P.D. (TV series)
Felicia
– Day Tripper (1968) … Felicia
 
Show ShowThanks (1 title)
2011 Who Do You Think You Are? (TV series documentary) (special thanks - 1 episode)
– Gwyneth Paltrow (2011) (special thanks)
 
Show ShowSelf (43 titles)
2012 Made in Hollywood (TV series)
Herself
– Episode #7.25 (2012) … Herself
 
2011 Prohibition (TV mini-series documentary)
– A Nation of Hypocrites (2011) (voice)
– A Nation of Scofflaws (2011) (voice)
– A Nation of Drunkards (2011)
 
2011 The Early Show (TV series)
Herself
– Episode dated 6 September 2011 (2011) … Herself
 
2011 Access Hollywood Live (TV series)
Herself
– Episode dated 25 August 2011 (2011) … Herself
 
2011 Tavis Smiley (TV series)
Herself
– Episode dated 2 February 2011 (2011) … Herself
 
2010 Late Night with Jimmy Fallon (TV series)
Herself
– Episode #1.364 (2010) … Herself
 
2007-2009 Entertainment Tonight (TV series)
Herself
– Episode dated 18 March 2009 (2009) … Herself
– Episode dated 16 January 2008 (2008) … Herself
– Episode dated 13 July 2007 (2007) … Herself
 
2008 CMT Insider (TV series)
Herself
– Episode dated 27 September 2008 (2008) … Herself
 
2008 Biography (TV series documentary)
– Gwyneth Paltrow (2008)
 
2007 Breakfast (TV series)
Herself
– Episode dated 22 February 2007 (2007) … Herself
 
2006 Working in the Theatre (TV series)
Herself
– Leading Ladies (2006) … Herself
 
2006 The 58th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (TV special)
Herself - Winner
 
2006 The White Shadow: The Shadow of Bruce Paltrow (video documentary short)
Herself
 
2005 RSC Meets USA: Working Shakespeare (video)
Herself
 
2005 Ellen: The Ellen DeGeneres Show (TV series)
Herself
– Episode dated 19 September 2005 (2005) … Herself
 
2005 The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson (TV series)
Herself
– Episode #1.18 (2005) … Herself
 
2005 The 62nd Annual Golden Globe Awards (TV special documentary)
Herself - Nominee: Best Actress in a Mini-Series or Made for TV Movie
 
2004 'Huff': Around the Edges (TV documentary short)
Herself
 
1999-2003 Intimate Portrait (TV series documentary)
Herself / Narrator
– Dana Delany (2003) … Herself
– Cynthia Nixon (2002) … Herself
– Mia Farrow (1999) … Narrator
 
2003 AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Robert De Niro (TV movie)
Herself
 
2003 The 29th Annual People's Choice Awards (TV movie)
Herself
 
2002 Thomas Eakins: Scenes from Modern Life (TV documentary)
Narrator (voice)
 
2002 The 56th Annual Tony Awards (TV special)
Herself - Presenter
 
2002 Your Money, Your Life: Healthcare Now (TV documentary)
Narrator (voice)
 
2002 CBS Cares (TV series)
Herself
– Episode dated 1 January 2002 (2002) … Herself
 
2001 Mark Twain (TV documentary)
Olivia 'Livy' Langdon Clemens (voice)
 
2001 Echoes from the White House (TV documentary)
 
2000 MADtv (TV series)
Herself
– Episode #6.2 (2000) … Herself
 
2000 Healthcare Crisis (TV series documentary)
Narrator
 
2000 2000 Blockbuster Entertainment Awards (TV special documentary)
Herself
 
1999 Six Billion and Beyond (TV documentary)
(Narrator)
 
1999 The 71st Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Herself - Audience Member
 
1996 The West (TV series documentary)
– The Grandest Enterprise Under God (1996) (voice)
– Empire Upon the Trails (1996) (voice)
 
1994 A Century of Women (TV mini-series documentary) (voice)
 
1994 Linda Leisure and H.O.M.E. (TV documentary short)
Narrator
 
1992 The 13th Annual CableACE Awards (TV special)
Herself
 
1988 The 42nd Annual Tony Awards (TV special)
Herself - Nominee: Best Leading Actress in a Play
 
1984 Starring... the Actors (documentary)
Interview Subject
 
1982 Great Performances (TV series)
Herself
– Great Performances' 10th Anniversary Celebration (1982) … Herself
 
1982 Saturday Night Live (TV series)
Herself - Host / Various
– Blythe Danner/Rickie Lee Jones (1982) … Herself - Host/Various
 
1981 The 53rd Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Herself - Presenter: Best Cinematography
 
1976 The CBS Festival of Lively Arts for Young People (TV series)
Herself
– You're a Poet and Don't Know It!... the Poetry Power Hour (1976) … Herself
 
1972 To Be Young, Gifted, and Black (TV movie)
Herself and other assorted characters
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (2 titles)
2008 Oscar, que empiece el espectáculo (TV documentary)
Herself (uncredited)
 
2005 Corazón de... (TV series)
 

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Height:

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[on the birth of Moses, her second grandchild] We love unusual names in the family. See more »

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Mother, with Bruce Paltrow, of Gwyneth Paltrow and Jake Paltrow. See more »

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Husky voice See more »

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Lalo Given by Apple, her granddaughter See more »

Star Sign:

Aquarius