Blythe Danner, who’s receiving accolades for her performance in comedy-drama “I’ll See You in My Dreams” and will play the wife of the corrupt financier in the TV miniseries “Madoff,” is perhaps best known for being a mom — to Will Truman in “Will & Grace,” to Teri Polo in the “Meet the Parents” trilogy, and to Gwyneth Paltrow in real life. Celebrating her 50th anniversary in the entertainment industry, Danner earned her first mention in Variety for her part in 1966 play “The Infantry,” three years before her Tony-winning turn in “Butterflies Are Free.”
How did you land the role in “The Infantry?”
It’s a funny story. I auditioned for the part of this starving German girl, and I had to speak a few lines in German. I had come back from being an exchange student in Berlin the year the Wall was built. I was supposed to be starving,...
How did you land the role in “The Infantry?”
It’s a funny story. I auditioned for the part of this starving German girl, and I had to speak a few lines in German. I had come back from being an exchange student in Berlin the year the Wall was built. I was supposed to be starving,...
- 11/13/2015
- by Jacob Bryant
- Variety - Film News
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