Blythe Danner

Blythe Danner

Blythe Katherine Danner is an American actress. She is the mother of actress Gwyneth Paltrow and director Jake Paltrow.

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Known For

Columbo

Columbo

1971 • as Janice Benedict

Medium

Medium

2005 • as Louise Leaming

Saturday Night Live

Saturday Night Live

1975 • as Self - Host

Tony Awards

Tony Awards

1956 • as Self - Nominee

Tony Awards

Tony Awards

1956 • as Self - Winner

St. Elsewhere

St. Elsewhere

1982

Filmography

2026

Movie
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