Blythe Danner

Blythe Danner

Blythe Katherine Danner (born February 3, 1943) is an American actress. She is the mother of actress Gwyneth Paltrow and director Jake Paltrow. Description above from the Wikipedia article Blythe Danner , licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Known For

Columbo

Columbo

1971 • as Janice Benedict

The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson

The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson

2005 • as Self

Medium

Medium

2005 • as Louise Leaming

Saturday Night Live

Saturday Night Live

1975 • as Self - Host

M*A*S*H

M*A*S*H

1972 • as Carlye

Tales from the Crypt

Tales from the Crypt

1989 • as Margaret

Filmography

2026

Focker-In-Law
Focker-In-Law
as Dina Byrnes
Movie - Released: 11/25/2026

2023

Happiness for Beginners
Happiness for Beginners
as Gigi
Movie - Released: 7/23/2023

2019

Strange But True
Strange But True
as Gail
Movie - Released: 10/17/2019
The Chaperone
The Chaperone
as Mary O'Dell
Movie - Released: 3/29/2019
The Tomorrow Man
The Tomorrow Man
as Ronnie
Movie - Released: 5/22/2019

2018

What They Had
What They Had
as Ruth
Movie - Released: 10/19/2018
Hearts Beat Loud
Hearts Beat Loud
as Marianne Fisher
Movie - Released: 6/8/2018
The Mayo Clinic
The Mayo Clinic
as (voice)
Movie - Released: 9/25/2018
Patrick Melrose
Patrick Melrose
as Nancy Valance
TV - Released: 5/12/2018

2017

Movie
Saving the Great Swamp: Battle to Defeat the Jetport
as Narrator
Movie - Released: 11/1/2017
Halfway There
Halfway There
as Jeanne Ross
Movie - Released: 12/12/2017
The Great War
The Great War
as Self (voice)
Movie - Released: 4/10/2017
American Gods
American Gods
as Demeter / Caroline Wells
TV - Released: 4/30/2017
American Gods
American Gods
as Demeter
TV - Released: 4/30/2017
Will & Grace
Will & Grace
as Marilyn Truman
TV - Released: 9/28/2017

2016

Tumbledown
Tumbledown
as Ellen Jespersen
Movie - Released: 2/12/2016
Eero Saarinen: The Architect Who Saw the Future
Eero Saarinen: The Architect Who Saw the Future
as Aline Saarinen (voice)
Movie - Released: 12/27/2016
Madoff
Madoff
as Ruth Madoff
TV - Released: 2/3/2016

2015

I'll See You in My Dreams
I'll See You in My Dreams
as Carol Petersen
Movie - Released: 5/15/2015
The Slap
The Slap
as Virginia
TV - Released: 2/12/2015

2014

Murder of a Cat
Murder of a Cat
as Edie Moisey
Movie - Released: 4/24/2014

2013

Gilded Lilys
Gilded Lilys
as Caroline Lily
Movie - Released: 5/2/2013

2012

Hello I Must Be Going
Hello I Must Be Going
as Ruth
Movie - Released: 9/7/2012
The Lucky One
The Lucky One
as Nana
Movie - Released: 4/19/2012

2011

What's Your Number?
What's Your Number?
as Ava Darling
Movie - Released: 9/30/2011
Paul
Paul
as Tara Walton
Movie - Released: 2/14/2011
Detachment
Detachment
as Ms. Perkins
Movie - Released: 4/24/2011
Up All Night
Up All Night
as Angie Chafin
TV - Released: 9/14/2011
Prohibition
Prohibition
as Reader (voice)
TV - Released: 10/2/2011

2010

Little Fockers
Little Fockers
as Dina Byrnes
Movie - Released: 12/21/2010
Waiting for Forever
Waiting for Forever
as Miranda Twist
Movie - Released: 2/10/2010

2009

The Lightkeepers
The Lightkeepers
as Mrs. Bascom
Movie - Released: 12/18/2009
Beyond All Boundaries
Beyond All Boundaries
as Elsa Maxwell
Movie - Released: 11/9/2009

2008

The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2
The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2
as Greta
Movie - Released: 8/6/2008
Movie
Side by Each
Movie - Released: 1/1/2008

2006

The Last Kiss
The Last Kiss
as Anna
Movie - Released: 9/10/2006

2005

Medium
Medium
as Louise Leaming
TV - Released: 1/3/2005
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
as Self
TV - Released: 1/3/2005

2004

Meet the Fockers
Meet the Fockers
as Dina Byrnes
Movie - Released: 12/22/2004
Back When We Were Grownups
Back When We Were Grownups
as Rebecca Holmes Davitch
Movie - Released: 11/21/2004
Huff
Huff
as Isabelle Huffstodt
TV - Released: 11/7/2004

2003

Sylvia
Sylvia
as Aurelia Plath
Movie - Released: 10/17/2003
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
as Self
TV - Released: 9/8/2003
Working Shakespeare
Working Shakespeare
TV - Released: 7/15/2003

2002

Mark Twain
Mark Twain
as Olivia "Livy" Langdon Clemens (voice)
Movie - Released: 1/14/2002
We Were the Mulvaneys
We Were the Mulvaneys
as Corinne Mulvaney
Movie - Released: 4/8/2002
Presidio Med
Presidio Med
as Dr. Harriet Lanning
TV - Released: 9/24/2002
Mark Twain
Mark Twain
as Olivia 'Livy' Langdon Clemens (voice)
TV - Released: 1/14/2002

2001

The Invisible Circus
The Invisible Circus
as Gail
Movie - Released: 2/23/2001
TV
Good Day Live
as Self
TV - Released: 9/17/2001

2000

Meet the Parents
Meet the Parents
as Dina Byrnes
Movie - Released: 10/6/2000

1999

Forces of Nature
Forces of Nature
as Virginia
Movie - Released: 3/12/1999
The Love Letter
The Love Letter
as Lillian
Movie - Released: 5/21/1999
Things I Forgot to Remember
Things I Forgot to Remember
as Mrs. Bradford
Movie - Released: 6/10/1999

1998

The X-Files
The X-Files
as Cassidy
Movie - Released: 6/19/1998
Saint Maybe
Saint Maybe
as Bee Bedloe
Movie - Released: 11/22/1998
No Looking Back
No Looking Back
as Claudia's Mom
Movie - Released: 3/27/1998
The Proposition
The Proposition
as Syril Danning
Movie - Released: 3/26/1998
Murder She Purred: A Mrs. Murphy Mystery
Murder She Purred: A Mrs. Murphy Mystery
as Mrs. Murphy (voice)
Movie - Released: 12/13/1998
Eye of the Storm
Eye of the Storm
as Irma
Movie - Released: 1/1/1998
Will & Grace
Will & Grace
as Marilyn Truman
TV - Released: 9/21/1998
From the Earth to the Moon
From the Earth to the Moon
as narrator
TV - Released: 4/5/1998

1997

Mad City
Mad City
as Mrs. Banks
Movie - Released: 11/7/1997
The Myth of Fingerprints
The Myth of Fingerprints
as Lena
Movie - Released: 9/17/1997
Movie
A Call to Remember
as Paula Tobias
Movie - Released: 8/30/1997
Thomas Jefferson
Thomas Jefferson
as Martha Jefferson
TV - Released: 2/18/1997

1995

Homage
Homage
as Katherine Samuel
Movie - Released: 5/3/1995
To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar
To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar
as Beatrice
Movie - Released: 9/8/1995
Napoleon
Napoleon
as Mother Dingo (voice)
Movie - Released: 6/30/1995

1994

Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All
Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All
as Bianca Honicut
Movie - Released: 5/1/1994
Leave of Absence
Leave of Absence
as Elisa
Movie - Released: 5/11/1994
Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All
Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All
as Bianca Honicut
TV - Released: 5/1/1994

1993

Movie
Tracey Ullman Takes on New York
as Eleanor Levine
Movie - Released: 10/9/1993
Intimate Portrait
Intimate Portrait
as Self - Narrator (voice)
TV - Released: 11/14/1993

1992

Kiss, Kiss, Dahlings
Kiss, Kiss, Dahlings
as The Daughter
Movie - Released: 10/9/1992
Getting Up and Going Home
Getting Up and Going Home
as Lily Montgomery
Movie - Released: 7/21/1992
Husbands and Wives
Husbands and Wives
as Rain's mother
Movie - Released: 9/18/1992
Movie
Lincoln
as Elizabeth Todd Edwards (voice)
Movie - Released: 12/26/1992
Cruel Doubt
Cruel Doubt
as Bonnie Von Stein
TV - Released: 5/17/1992

1991

The Prince of Tides
The Prince of Tides
as Sally Wingo
Movie - Released: 12/25/1991
Never Forget
Never Forget
as Jane Mermelstein
Movie - Released: 4/8/1991

1990

Alice
Alice
as Dorothy
Movie - Released: 12/25/1990
Mr. & Mrs. Bridge
Mr. & Mrs. Bridge
as Grace Barron
Movie - Released: 11/23/1990
Judgment
Judgment
as Emmeline Guitry
Movie - Released: 10/13/1990

1989

Money, Power, Murder.
Money, Power, Murder.
as Jeannie
Movie - Released: 12/10/1989
Tales from the Crypt
Tales from the Crypt
as Margaret
TV - Released: 6/10/1989

1988

Another Woman
Another Woman
as Lydia
Movie - Released: 10/13/1988
TV
Tattingers
TV - Released: 10/26/1988

1987

Elizabeth Bishop: One Art
Elizabeth Bishop: One Art
as Voice of Elizabeth Bishop
Movie - Released: 1/1/1987

1986

Brighton Beach Memoirs
Brighton Beach Memoirs
as Kate
Movie - Released: 12/26/1986

1985

Guilty Conscience
Guilty Conscience
as Louise Jamison
Movie - Released: 4/2/1985

1984

Movie
Helen Keller: The Miracle Continues
as Anne Sullivan
Movie - Released: 4/23/1984

1983

Man, Woman and Child
Man, Woman and Child
as Sheila Beckwith
Movie - Released: 4/1/1983
In Defense of Kids
In Defense of Kids
as Ellen Wilcox
Movie - Released: 4/6/1983

1982

Inside the Third Reich
Inside the Third Reich
as Margarete Speer
Movie - Released: 5/9/1982
St. Elsewhere
St. Elsewhere
TV - Released: 10/26/1982

1979

The Great Santini
The Great Santini
as Lillian Meechum
Movie - Released: 10/26/1979
Too Far to Go
Too Far to Go
as Joan Barlow Maple
Movie - Released: 3/12/1979
You Can't Take it With You
You Can't Take it With You
as Alice Sycamore
Movie - Released: 5/16/1979

1978

Are You in the House Alone?
Are You in the House Alone?
as Anne Osborne
Movie - Released: 9/20/1978
A Love Affair: The Eleanor and Lou Gehrig Story
A Love Affair: The Eleanor and Lou Gehrig Story
as Eleanor Gehrig
Movie - Released: 1/15/1978

1977

The Court-Martial of George Armstrong Custer
The Court-Martial of George Armstrong Custer
as Elizabeth Custer
Movie - Released: 12/1/1977

1976

Futureworld
Futureworld
as Tracy Ballard
Movie - Released: 8/13/1976
The Eccentricities of a Nightingale
The Eccentricities of a Nightingale
as Alma Winemiller
Movie - Released: 6/16/1976

1975

Hearts of the West
Hearts of the West
as Miss Trout
Movie - Released: 10/8/1975
The Seagull
The Seagull
as Nina
Movie - Released: 1/5/1975
Saturday Night Live
Saturday Night Live
as Self - Host
TV - Released: 10/11/1975

1974

Lovin' Molly
Lovin' Molly
as Molly Taylor
Movie - Released: 4/14/1974
Sidekicks
Sidekicks
as Prudy Jenkins
Movie - Released: 3/21/1974
F. Scott Fitzgerald and the Last of the Belles
F. Scott Fitzgerald and the Last of the Belles
as Zelda Fitzgerald
Movie - Released: 1/7/1974

1973

Adam's Rib
Adam's Rib
as Amanda Bonner
TV - Released: 9/14/1973

1972

To Kill a Clown
To Kill a Clown
as Lily Frischer
Movie - Released: 8/23/1972
1776
1776
as Martha Jefferson
Movie - Released: 11/9/1972
Scarecrow
Scarecrow
as Rachel Merton
Movie - Released: 1/10/1972
To Be Young, Gifted and Black
To Be Young, Gifted and Black
as Self and other assorted characters
Movie - Released: 1/20/1972
M*A*S*H
M*A*S*H
as Carlye
TV - Released: 9/17/1972

1971

Dr. Cook's Garden
Dr. Cook's Garden
as Janey Rausch
Movie - Released: 1/19/1971
Columbo
Columbo
as Janice Benedict
TV - Released: 9/15/1971
Great Performances
Great Performances
as Nina
TV - Released: 1/28/1971
Great Performances
Great Performances
as Alma Winemiller
TV - Released: 1/28/1971
Great Performances
Great Performances
as Self
TV - Released: 1/28/1971
Great Performances
Great Performances
as Narrator
TV - Released: 1/28/1971

1970

George M!
George M!
as Agnes Nolan
Movie - Released: 9/12/1970

1956

Tony Awards
Tony Awards
as Self - Nominee
TV - Released: 4/1/1956
Tony Awards
Tony Awards
as Self - Winner
TV - Released: 4/1/1956

1952

Today
Today
as Self
TV - Released: 1/14/1952

1951

Hallmark Hall of Fame
Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Elizabeth Custer
TV - Released: 12/24/1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Bee Bedloe
TV - Released: 12/24/1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Rebecca Holmes Davitch
TV - Released: 12/24/1951

1944

Golden Globe Awards
Golden Globe Awards
as Self - Nominee
TV - Released: 1/20/1944

Unknown

Small Potatoes
Small Potatoes
as Mimi
Movie
Pretty/Handsome
Pretty/Handsome
as Bunny
TV