Blythe Danner

Biography

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

Columbo

Saturday Night Live

Medium

The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson

Golden Globe Awards

Tony Awards

M*A*S*H

All Movies (92)

Focker-In-Law2026 · as Dina Byrnes
Wildwood2026 · as (voice)
Happiness for Beginners2023 · as Gigi
Strange but True2019 · as Gail
The Tomorrow Man2019 · as Ronnie
The Chaperone2019 · as Mary O'Dell
What They Had2018 · as Ruth
The Mayo Clinic2018 · as (voice)
Hearts Beat Loud2018 · as Marianne Fisher
Halfway There2017 · as Jeanne Ross
Saving the Great Swamp: Battle to Defeat the Jetport2017 · as Narrator
The Great War2017 · as Self (voice)
Eero Saarinen: The Architect Who Saw the Future2016 · as Aline Saarinen (voice)
Tumbledown2016 · as Ellen Jespersen
I'll See You in My Dreams2015 · as Carol Petersen
Murder of a Cat2014 · as Edie Moisey
Gilded Lilys2013 · as Caroline Lily
Hello I Must Be Going2012 · as Ruth
The Lucky One2012 · as Nana
What's Your Number?2011 · as Ava Darling
Detachment2011 · as Ms. Perkins
Paul2011 · as Tara Walton
Little Fockers2010 · as Dina Byrnes
Waiting for Forever2010 · as Miranda Twist
The Lightkeepers2009 · as Mrs. Bascom
Beyond All Boundaries2009 · as Elsa Maxwell
The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 22008 · as Greta
Side by Each2008 · as Daisy/Delores/Delilah
The Last Kiss2006 · as Anna
Meet the Fockers2004 · as Dina Byrnes
Back When We Were Grownups2004 · as Rebecca Holmes Davitch
Sylvia2003 · as Aurelia Plath
We Were the Mulvaneys2002 · as Corinne Mulvaney
Mark Twain2002 · as Olivia "Livy" Langdon Clemens (voice)
The Invisible Circus2001 · as Gail
Meet the Parents2000 · as Dina Byrnes
Things I Forgot to Remember1999 · as Mrs. Bradford
The Love Letter1999 · as Lillian
Forces of Nature1999 · as Virginia
Murder She Purred: A Mrs. Murphy Mystery1998 · as Mrs. Murphy (voice)
Saint Maybe1998 · as Bee Bedloe
The X-Files1998 · as Cassidy
No Looking Back1998 · as Claudia's Mom
The Proposition1998 · as Syril Danning
Eye of the Storm1998 · as Irma
Mad City1997 · as Mrs. Banks
The Myth of Fingerprints1997 · as Lena
A Call to Remember1997 · as Paula Tobias
To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar1995 · as Beatrice
Napoleon1995 · as Mother Dingo (voice)
Homage1995 · as Katherine Samuel
Leave of Absence1994 · as Elisa
Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All1994 · as Bianca Honicut
Tracey Ullman Takes on New York1993 · as Eleanor Levine
Lincoln1992 · as Elizabeth Todd Edwards (voice)
Kiss, Kiss, Dahlings1992 · as The Daughter
Husbands and Wives1992 · as Rain's mother
Getting Up and Going Home1992 · as Lily Montgomery
The Prince of Tides1991 · as Sally Wingo
Never Forget1991 · as Jane Mermelstein
Alice1990 · as Dorothy
Mr. & Mrs. Bridge1990 · as Grace Barron
Judgment1990 · as Emmeline Guitry
Money, Power, Murder.1989 · as Jeannie
Another Woman1988 · as Lydia
Elizabeth Bishop: One Art1987 · as Voice of Elizabeth Bishop
Brighton Beach Memoirs1986 · as Kate
Guilty Conscience1985 · as Louise Jamison
Helen Keller: The Miracle Continues1984 · as Anne Sullivan
In Defense of Kids1983 · as Ellen Wilcox
Man, Woman and Child1983 · as Sheila Beckwith
The Great Santini1979 · as Lillian Meechum
You Can't Take it With You1979 · as Alice Sycamore
Too Far to Go1979 · as Joan Barlow Maple
Are You in the House Alone?1978 · as Anne Osborne
A Love Affair: The Eleanor and Lou Gehrig Story1978 · as Eleanor Gehrig
The Court-Martial of George Armstrong Custer1977 · as Elizabeth Custer
Futureworld1976 · as Tracy Ballard
The Eccentricities of a Nightingale1976 · as Alma Winemiller
Hearts of the West1975 · as Miss Trout
The Seagull1975 · as Nina
Lovin' Molly1974 · as Molly Taylor
Sidekicks1974 · as Prudy Jenkins
F. Scott Fitzgerald and the Last of the Belles1974 · as Zelda Fitzgerald
17761972 · as Martha Jefferson
To Kill a Clown1972 · as Lily Frischer
To Be Young, Gifted and Black1972 · as Self and other assorted characters
Scarecrow1972 · as Rachel Merton
Dr. Cook's Garden1971 · as Janey Rausch
George M!1970 · as Agnes Nolan
Small Potatoes— · as Mimi
RSC Meets USA: Working Shakespeare— · as Self

All TV Shows (44)

Patrick Melrose2018 · as Nancy Valance
Will & Grace2017 · as Marilyn Truman
American Gods2017 · as Demeter / Caroline Wells
American Gods2017 · as Demeter
The Great War2017 · as Self (voice)
Madoff2016 · as Ruth Madoff
The Slap2015 · as Virginia
Prohibition2011 · as Reader (voice)
Up All Night2011 · as Angie Chafin
Nurse Jackie2009 · as Maureen Cooper
Medium2005 · as Louise Leaming
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson2005 · as Self
Huff2004 · as Isabelle Huffstodt
The Ellen DeGeneres Show2003 · as Self
Working Shakespeare2003
Presidio Med2002 · as Dr. Harriet Lanning
Mark Twain2002 · as Olivia 'Livy' Langdon Clemens (voice)
Good Day Live2001 · as Self
Will & Grace1998 · as Marilyn Truman
From the Earth to the Moon1998 · as Narrator (voice)
Thomas Jefferson1997 · as Martha Jefferson (voice)
Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All1994 · as Bianca Honicut
Intimate Portrait1993 · as Self - Narrator (voice)
Cruel Doubt1992 · as Bonnie Von Stein
Tales from the Crypt1989 · as Margaret
Tattingers1988
St. Elsewhere1982 · as Paige Gerradeaux
Inside the Third Reich1982 · as Margarete Speer
Saturday Night Live1975 · as Self - Host
Adam's Rib1973 · as Amanda Bonner
M*A*S*H1972 · as Carlye
Columbo1971 · as Janice Benedict
Great Performances1971 · as Nina
Great Performances1971 · as Alma Winemiller
Great Performances1971 · as Self
Great Performances1971 · as Narrator
Tony Awards1956 · as Self - Winner
Tony Awards1956 · as Self - Nominee
Today1952 · as Self
Hallmark Hall of Fame1951 · as Elizabeth Custer
Hallmark Hall of Fame1951 · as Bee Bedloe
Hallmark Hall of Fame1951 · as Rebecca Holmes Davitch
Golden Globe Awards1944 · as Self - Nominee
Pretty/Handsome— · as Bunny