
Blythe Danner
Highest Rated: 95% The Great Santini (1979)
Lowest Rated: 5% Waiting for Forever (2010)
Birthday: Feb 03, 1943
Birthplace: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Genteel actress Blythe Danner earned her reputation as one of the more accomplished performers in film and on stage and television over the course of an exceptional career. Early in her career, Danner became a Broadway sensation with her Tony Award-winning performance in "Butterflies Are Free" (1969). Screen work in smaller films like the off-beat comedy "Hearts of the West" (1975) soon led to the actress earning widespread critical acclaim for performances in such television projects as "Too Far to Go" (NBC, 1979). Although consistently cast in the roles of wives and mothers, Danner deftly made each character her own in films as diverse as the adaptation of Neil Simon's "Brighton Beach Memoirs" (1986) and the Barbara Streisand-helmed drama, "The Prince of Tides" (1991). Some three decades into her career, Danner - now known to young fans as the mother of Oscar-winning daughter Gwyneth Paltrow - scored her biggest movie hit with "Meet the Parents" (2000) and its popular sequels, in which she played Robert De Niro's understanding wife. In 2002, her own life was dealt a devastating blow with the sudden death of producer-director Bruce Paltrow, her husband of more than 30 years. A pillar of strength, Danner carried on, exhibiting impressive comedic skill with her recurring roles on the series "Will & Grace" (NBC, 1998-2006) and "Huff" (Showtime, 2004-06). While never having the marquee name recognition enjoyed by some of her contemporaries, the elegant Danner nonetheless remained one of the most respected working actresses of her generation.
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Highest Rated Movies
Filmography
Movies
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41% | 44% | The Tomorrow Man | Ronnie (Character) | $331.8K | 2019 |
56% | 83% | Strange but True | Gail (Character) | - | 2019 |
No Score Yet | 60% | The Mayo Clinic: Faith - Hope - Science | Unknown (Character) | - | 2018 |
92% | 73% | Hearts Beat Loud | Marianne Fisher (Character) | $2.4M | 2018 |
47% | 75% | The Chaperone | Mary O'Dell (Character) | $599.6K | 2018 |
86% | 83% | What They Had | Ruth (Character) | $254.4K | 2018 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Eero Saarinen: The Architect Who Saw the Future | Aline Saarinen (Voice) | - | 2016 |
93% | 68% | I'll See You in My Dreams | Carol (Character) | $7.4M | 2015 |
70% | 61% | Tumbledown | Ellen (Character) | $135K | 2015 |
27% | 29% | Murder of a Cat | Edie (Character) | - | 2014 |
75% | 55% | Hello I Must Be Going | Ruth (Character) | $25K | 2012 |
20% | 67% | The Lucky One | Ellie (Character) | $60.4M | 2012 |
70% | 62% | Paul | Tara Walton (Character) | $37.4M | 2011 |
23% | 44% | What's Your Number? | Ava Darling (Character) | $14M | 2011 |
57% | 74% | Detachment | Ms. Perkins (Character) | $71.2K | 2011 |
9% | 34% | Little Fockers | Dina Byrnes (Character) | $148.4M | 2010 |
5% | 42% | Waiting for Forever | Miranda Twist (Character) | $21K | 2010 |
20% | 47% | The Lightkeepers | Mrs. Bascom (Character) | - | 2009 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Side by Each |
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- | 2008 |
65% | 66% | The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2 | Greta (Character) | $44.1M | 2008 |
46% | 59% | The Last Kiss | Anna (Character) | $11.6M | 2006 |
67% | 47% | Stolen | Isabella Stewart Gardner (Character) | $130.6K | 2005 |
39% | 58% | Meet the Fockers | Dina Byrnes (Character) | $279.2M | 2004 |
No Score Yet | 93% | Howl's Moving Castle | Madam Suliman (Voice) | $4.7M | 2004 |
No Score Yet | 45% | Back When We Were Grownups | Rebecca Holmes Davitch (Character) | - | 2004 |
36% | 56% | Sylvia | Aurelia Plath (Character) | $1.3M | 2003 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Thomas Eakins: Scenes From Modern Life | Narrator | - | 2002 |
No Score Yet | 43% | We Were the Mulvaneys | Corinne Mulvaney (Character) | - | 2002 |
No Score Yet | 67% | Mark Twain | Olivia 'Livy' Langdon Clemens (Voice) | - | 2001 |
22% | 44% | The Invisible Circus | Gail (Character) | $55.4K | 2001 |
84% | 79% | Meet the Parents | Dina Byrnes (Character) | $166.2M | 2000 |
45% | 35% | Forces of Nature | Virginia (Character) | $52.9M | 1999 |
33% | 38% | The Love Letter | Lillian MacFarquhar (Character) | $8.3M | 1999 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Cosas que olvidé recordar | Mrs. Bradford (Character) | - | 1999 |
No Score Yet | 33% | Saint Maybe | Bee Bedloe (Character) | - | 1998 |
66% | 72% | The X-Files | Jana Cassidy (Character) | $83.9M | 1998 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Farmhouse | Irma Miller (Character) | - | 1998 |
36% | 65% | No Looking Back | Claudia's Mom (Character) | $221.8K | 1998 |
11% | 51% | The Proposition | Syril Danning (Character) | $121.9K | 1998 |
No Score Yet | 71% | Murder She Purred: A Mrs. Murphy Mystery | Mrs. Murphy (Voice) | - | 1998 |
60% | 56% | The Myth of Fingerprints | Lena (Character) | $541.1K | 1997 |
No Score Yet | 80% | A Call to Remember | Paula Tobias (Character) | - | 1997 |
36% | 42% | Mad City | Mrs. Banks (Character) | $10.6M | 1997 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Homage | Katherine Samuel (Character) | - | 1995 |
39% | 71% | To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything, Julie Newmar | Beatrice (Character) | $36.4M | 1995 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Leave of Absence | Elisa (Character) | - | 1994 |
No Score Yet | 75% | Cruel Doubt | Bonnie Von Stein (Character) | - | 1992 |
93% | 87% | Husbands and Wives | Rain's Mother (Character) | $9.3M | 1992 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Getting Up and Going Home | Lily (Character) | - | 1992 |
No Score Yet | 44% | Never Forget | Jane Mermelstein (Character) | - | 1991 |
70% | 70% | The Prince of Tides | Sally Wingo (Character) | $72M | 1991 |
80% | 43% | Mr. & Mrs. Bridge | Grace Barron (Character) | $5M | 1990 |
No Score Yet | 20% | Judgment | Emmeline Guitry (Character) | - | 1990 |
75% | 57% | Alice | Dorothy (Character) | $6.8M | 1990 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Money, Power, Murder | Jeannie (Character) | - | 1989 |
64% | 75% | Another Woman | Lydia (Character) | $499.5K | 1988 |
69% | 79% | Brighton Beach Memoirs | Kate (Character) | $11M | 1986 |
No Score Yet | 44% | Guilty Conscience | Louise Jamison (Character) | - | 1985 |
No Score Yet | 60% | Helen Keller: The Miracle Continues | Anne Sullivan (Character) | - | 1984 |
No Score Yet | 71% | Man, Woman and Child | Sheila Beckwith (Character) | - | 1983 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | In Defense of Kids | Ellen Wilcox (Character) | - | 1983 |
No Score Yet | 67% | Inside the Third Reich | Margarete Speer (Character) | - | 1982 |
95% | 75% | The Great Santini | Lillian Meechum (Character) | - | 1979 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Too Far to Go | Joan Barlow Maple (Character) | - | 1979 |
No Score Yet | 25% | Are You in the House Alone? | Anne Osborne (Character) | - | 1978 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | A Love Affair: The Eleanor and Lou Gehrig Story | Eleanor Gehrig (Character) | - | 1978 |
36% | 30% | Futureworld | Tracy Ballard (Character) | - | 1976 |
No Score Yet | 50% | Anton Chekhov's The Seagull | Unknown (Character) | - | 1975 |
88% | 43% | Hearts of the West | Miss Trout (Character) | - | 1975 |
No Score Yet | 0% | F. Scott Fitzgerald and the Last of the Belles | Zelda Fitzgerald (Character) | - | 1974 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Sidekicks | Prudy Jenkins (Character) | - | 1974 |
No Score Yet | 14% | Lovin' Molly | Molly Taylor (Character) | - | 1974 |
69% | 84% | 1776 | Martha Jefferson (Character) | - | 1972 |
No Score Yet | 20% | To Kill a Clown | Lily Frischer (Character) | - | 1972 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Dr. Cook's Garden | Janey Rausch (Character) | - | 1971 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | George M! | Agnes Nolan Cohan (Character) | - | 1970 |
TV
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No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Today | Guest | 2019-2020 2015 2012 2010 |
74% | No Score Yet | Will & Grace | Marilyn Truman (Guest Star) | 2018-2020 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Strahan & Sara | Guest | 2019 |
90% | 44% | Patrick Melrose | Nancy (Character) | 2018 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | American Experience | Unknown (Voice) | 2017 |
No Score Yet | 70% | Odd Mom Out | Jill's Mom (Guest Star) | 2016 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Madoff | Ruth (Character) | 2016 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Meredith Vieira Show | Guest | 2016 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The View | Guest | 2016 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Good Morning America | Guest | 2016 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Tavis Smiley | Guest | 2015 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Row J | Guest | 2014 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Rachael Ray | Guest | 2013 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Katie | Guest | 2013 |
70% | 67% | Up All Night | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2011-2012 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | CBS This Morning | Guest | 2012 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Chew | Guest | 2012 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Dr. Steve | Guest | 2011 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Late Night With Jimmy Fallon | Guest | 2010 |
81% | 86% | Nurse Jackie | Maureen Cooper (Guest Star) | 2009 |
67% | No Score Yet | HUFF | Isabelle "Izzy" Huffstodt (Character) | 2004-2006 |
No Score Yet | 87% | Will & Grace | Marilyn Truman (Guest Star) | 2002-2006 |
27% | No Score Yet | Presidio Med | Dr. Harriet Lanning (Character) | 2006 2002-2003 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | From the Earth to the Moon | Narrator | 1998 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All | Unknown (Character) | 1994 |
82% | 98% | Tales From the Crypt | Unknown (Character) | 1992 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | St. Elsewhere | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1984 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Saturday Night Live | Host | 1982 |
No Score Yet | 92% | M*A*S*H | Carlye Breslin Walton (Guest Star) | 1976 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Adam's Rib | Amanda Bonner (Character) | 1973 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Columbo | Janice Benedict (Guest Star) | 1972 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | What's My Line? | Guest | 1970 |
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