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

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