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Blythe Katherine Danner (born February 3, 1943)[1] is an American actress. Accolades she has received include two Primetime Emmy Awards for Best Supporting Actress in a Drama Series for her role as Izzy Huffstodt on Huff (2004–2006), and a Tony Award for Best Actress for her performance in Butterflies Are Free on Broadway (1969–1972). Danner was twice nominated for the Primetime Emmy for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series for portraying Marilyn Truman on Will & Grace (2001–06; 2018–20), and the Primetime Emmy for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or Movie for her roles in We Were the Mulvaneys (2002) and Back When We Were Grownups (2004). For the latter, she also received a Golden Globe Award nomination.

Blythe Danner
Danner in 2010
Born	Blythe Katherine Danner (1943-02-03) February 3, 1943 (age 79) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Alma mater	Bard College
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1968–present
Spouse	Bruce Paltrow ​ ​ (m. 1969; died 2002)​
Children	Gwyneth Paltrow Jake Paltrow
Relatives	Harry Danner (brother) Katherine Moennig (niece)

Danner played Dina Byrnes in Meet the Parents (2000) and its sequels Meet the Fockers (2004) and Little Fockers (2010). She has collaborated on several occasions with Woody Allen, appearing in three of his films: Another Woman (1988), Alice (1990), and Husbands and Wives (1992). Her other notable film credits include 1776 (1972), Hearts of the West (1975), The Great Santini (1979), Mr. and Mrs. Bridge (1990), The Prince of Tides (1991), To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar (1995), The Myth of Fingerprints (1997), The X-Files (1998), Forces of Nature (1999), The Love Letter (1999), The Last Kiss (2006), Paul (2011), Hello I Must Be Going (2012), I'll See You in My Dreams (2015), and What They Had (2018).

Danner is the sister of Harry Danner and the widow of Bruce Paltrow. She is the mother of actress Gwyneth Paltrow and director Jake Paltrow.

Early life

Danner was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the daughter of Katharine (née Kile)^{[citation needed]} and Harry Earl Danner, a bank executive.[2] She has a brother, opera singer and actor Harry Danner; a sister, performer-turned-director Dorothy "Dottie" Danner; and a maternal half-brother, violin maker William Moennig III. Danner has Pennsylvania Dutch (German), and some English and Irish ancestry; her maternal grandmother was a German immigrant, and one of her paternal great-grandmothers was born in Barbados (to a family of European descent).[3][4]

Danner graduated from George School, a Quaker high school located near Newtown, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, in 1960.[5]

Career

A graduate of Bard College, Danner's first roles included the 1967 musical Mata Hari and the 1968 Off-Broadway production of Summertree. Her early Broadway appearances included Cyrano de Bergerac (1968) and her Theatre World Award-winning performance in The Miser (1969). She won the Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play for portraying a free-spirited divorcée in Butterflies Are Free (1970).

In 1972, Danner portrayed Martha Jefferson in the film version of 1776. That same year, she played the unknowing wife of a husband who committed murder, opposite Peter Falk and John Cassavetes, in the Columbo episode "Etude in Black".

Her earliest starring film role was opposite Alan Alda in To Kill a Clown (1972). Danner appeared in the episode of M*A*S*H entitled "The More I See You", playing the love interest of Alda's character Hawkeye Pierce. She played lawyer Amanda Bonner in television's Adam's Rib, opposite Ken Howard as Adam Bonner. She played Zelda Fitzgerald in F. Scott Fitzgerald and 'The Last of the Belles' (1974). She was the eponymous heroine in the film Lovin' Molly (1974) (directed by Sidney Lumet). She appeared in Futureworld, playing Tracy Ballard with co-star Peter Fonda (1976). In the 1982 TV movie Inside the Third Reich, she played the wife of Albert Speer. In the film version of Neil Simon's semi-autobiographical play Brighton Beach Memoirs (1986), she portrayed a middle-aged Jewish mother. She has appeared in two films based on the novels of Pat Conroy, The Great Santini (1979) and The Prince of Tides (1991), as well as two television movies adapted from books by Anne Tyler, Saint Maybe and Back When We Were Grownups, both for the Hallmark Hall of Fame.

Danner appeared opposite Robert De Niro in the 2000 comedy hit Meet the Parents, and its sequels, Meet the Fockers (2004) and Little Fockers (2010).

From 2001 to 2006, she regularly appeared on NBC's sitcom Will & Grace as Will Truman's mother Marilyn. From 2004 to 2006, she starred in the main cast of the comedy-drama series Huff. In 2005, she was nominated for three Primetime Emmy Awards for her work on Will & Grace, Huff, and the television film Back When We Were Grownups, winning for her role in Huff. The following year, she won a second consecutive Emmy Award for Huff. For 25 years, she has been a regular performer at the Williamstown Summer Theater Festival, where she also serves on the board of directors.[6]

In 2006, Danner was awarded an inaugural Katharine Hepburn Medal by Bryn Mawr College's Katharine Houghton Hepburn Center.[7] In 2015, Danner was inducted into the American Theater Hall of Fame.[8]

Environmental activism

Danner has been involved in environmental issues such as recycling and conservation for over 30 years.[9] She has been active with INFORM, Inc., is on the Board of Environmental Advocates of New York and the Board of Directors of the Environmental Media Association,[10] and won the 2002 EMA Board of Directors Ongoing Commitment Award.[11] In 2011, Danner joined Moms Clean Air Force,[12] to help call on parents to join in the fight against toxic air pollution.

Health care activism

After the death of her husband Bruce Paltrow from oral cancer, she became involved with the nonprofit Oral Cancer Foundation.[13] In 2005, she filmed a public service announcement to raise public awareness of the disease and the need for early detection. She has since appeared on morning talk shows and given interviews in such magazines as People. The Bruce Paltrow Oral Cancer Fund, administered by the Oral Cancer Foundation, raises funding for oral cancer research and treatment, with a particular focus on those communities in which healthcare disparities exist.[14]

She has also appeared in commercials for Prolia, a brand of denosumab used in the treatment of osteoporosis.[15][16]

Personal life

Danner was married to producer and director Bruce Paltrow, who died of oral cancer in 2002.[17] She and Paltrow had two children together, actress Gwyneth Paltrow and director Jake Paltrow.[18]

Danner's niece is the actress Katherine Moennig, the daughter of her maternal half-brother William.

Danner co-starred with her daughter in the 1992 television film Cruel Doubt[19] and again in the 2003 film Sylvia, in which she portrayed Aurelia Plath, mother to Gwyneth's title role of Sylvia Plath.[20]

Danner is a practitioner of transcendental meditation, which she has described as "very helpful and comforting".[21]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1972	To Kill a Clown	Lily Frischer
1972	1776	Martha Jefferson
1974	Lovin' Molly	Molly Taylor
1975	Hearts of the West	Miss Trout
1976	Futureworld	Tracy Ballard	Saturn Award for Best Actress
1979	The Great Santini	Lillian Meechum
1983	Inside the Third Reich	Margarete Speer
1983	Man, Woman and Child	Sheila Beckwith
1985	Guilty Conscience	Louise Jamison
1986	Brighton Beach Memoirs	Kate Jerome
1988	Another Woman	Lydia
1990	Mr. and Mrs. Bridge	Grace Barron
1990	Alice	Dorothy Smith
1991	The Prince of Tides	Sally Wingo
1992	Husbands and Wives	Rain's Mother
1995	Napoleon	Mother Dingo
1995	Homage	Katherine Samuel
1995	To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar	Beatrice
1997	The Myth of Fingerprints	Lena
1997	Mad City	Mrs. Banks
1998	The Proposition	Syril Danning
1998	No Looking Back	Claudia's Mother
1998	The X-Files	Jana Cassidy
1999	Forces of Nature	Virginia Cahill
1999	The Love Letter	Lillian MacFarquhar
1999	Things I Forgot to Remember	Mrs. Bradford
2000	Meet the Parents	Dina Byrnes	Nominated – Blockbuster Entertainment Award for Favorite Supporting Actress in a Comedy
2001	The Invisible Circus	Gail O'Connor
2003	Three Days of Rain	Woman in Cab
2003	Sylvia	Aurelia Plath
2004	Howl's Moving Castle	Madam Suliman	Voice role (English dub)
2004	Meet the Fockers	Dina Byrnes
2006	Stolen	Isabella Stewart Gardner
2006	The Last Kiss	Anna	Nominated – Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture
2008	The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2	Greta Randolph
2009	Waiting for Forever	Miranda Twist
2009	The Lightkeepers	Mrs. Bascom
2010	Little Fockers	Dina Byrnes
2011	Paul	Tara Walton
2011	What's Your Number?	Ava Darling
2011	Detachment	Mrs. Perkins
2012	The Lucky One	Ellie Green
2012	Hello I Must Be Going	Ruth Minsky
2014	Murder of a Cat	Edie Moisey
2015	I'll See You in My Dreams	Carol Petersen	Nominated – Gotham Award for Best Actress Nominated – Satellite Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture
2015	Tumbledown	Linda Jespersen
2018	What They Had	Ruth O’Shea
2018	Hearts Beat Loud	Marianne Fisher
2018	The Chaperone	Mary O'Dell
2019	The Tomorrow Man	Ronnie Meisner
2019	Strange but True	Gail Erwin

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1970	George M!	Agnes Nolan Cohan	Television film
1971	Dr. Cook's Garden	Janey Rausch	Television film
1972	Columbo	Janice Benedict	Episode: "Etude in Black"
1973	Adam's Rib	Amanda Bonner	13 episodes
1974	F. Scott Fitzgerald and 'The Last of the Belles'	Zelda Fitzgerald	Television film
1974	Sidekicks	Prudy Jenkins	Television film
1975	Great Performances	Nina Zarechnaya	Episode: "The Seagull"
1976	M*A*S*H	Carlye Breslin Walton	Episode: "The More I See You"
1976	A Love Affair: The Eleanor and Lou Gehrig Story	Eleanor Twitchell Gehrig	Television film
1976	Great Performances	Alma Winemiller	Episode: "Eccentricites of a Nightingale"
1977	The Court-Martial of George Armstrong Custer	Mrs. Custer	Television film
1978	Are You in the House Alone?	Anne Osbourne	Television film
1979	Too Far to Go	Joan Barlow Maple	Television film
1979	You Can't Take It with You	Alice Sycamore	Television film
1982	Inside the Third Reich	Margarete Speer	Television film
1983	In Defense of Kids	Ellen Wilcox	Television film
1984	Guilty Conscience	Louise Jamison	Television film
1984	Helen Keller: The Miracle Continues	Anne Sullivan	Television film
1988–1989	Tattingers	Hillary Tattinger	13 episodes
1989	Money, Power, Murder	Jeannie	Television film
1990	Judgment	Emmeline Guitry	Television film
1992	Getting Up and Going Home	Lily	Television film
1992	Cruel Doubt	Bonnie Van Stein	Television film
1992	Tales from the Crypt	Margaret	Episode: "Maniac at Large"
1992	Lincoln	Elizabeth Todd Edwards	Television film
1993	Tracey Ullman Takes on New York	Eleanor Levine	Television film
1993	Great Performances	Narrator	Episode: "The Maestros of Philadelphia"
1994	Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All	Bianca Honicut	Television film
1994	Leave of Absence	Elisa	Television film
1997	Thomas Jefferson	Martha Jefferson	Television film
1997	A Call to Remember	Paula Tobias	Television film
1998	From the Earth to the Moon	Narrator	Episode: "Le voyage dans la lune"
1998	Saint Maybe	Bee Bedloe	Television film
1998	Murder She Purred: A Mrs. Murphy Mystery	Mrs. Murphy	Television film
2001–2006, 2018–2020	Will & Grace	Marilyn Truman	14 episodes Nominated – Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series (2005–2006)
2002	We Were the Mulvaneys	Corinne Mulvaney	Television film Nominated – Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie
2002	Presidio Med	Dr. Harriet Lanning	3 episodes
2003	Two and a Half Men	Evelyn Harper	Episode: "Most Chicks Won't Eat Veal"
2004	Back When We Were Grownups	Rebecca Holmes Davitch	Television film Nominated – Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Miniseries or Television Film Nominated – Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie
2004–2006	Huff	Isabelle Huffstodt	25 episodes Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series (2005–2006)
2009	Medium	Louise Leaming	Episode: "A Taste of Her Own Medicine"
2009	Nurse Jackie	Maureen Cooper	Episode: "Tiny Bubbles"
2011–2012	Up All Night	Dr. Angie Chafin	3 episodes
2015	The Slap	Virginia Latham	Episode: "Anouk"
2016	Madoff	Ruth Madoff	4 episodes
2016	Odd Mom Out	Jill's Mom	Episode: "Fasting and Furious"
2017	Gypsy	Nancy	4 episodes
2018	Patrick Melrose	Nancy Valance	Mini-series
2021	American Gods	Demeter	2 episodes
2021	Ridley Jones	Sylvia Jones	TBA

Stage

Year	Title	Role	Location	Notes
1965	The Glass Menagerie	Laura Wingfield	Theater Company of Boston
1967	Three Sisters	Irina Prozorova	Trinity Square Playhouse
1968	Cyrano de Bergerac	Sister Marthe	Vivian Beaumont Theater
1968	Up Eden	Violet Beam	Jan Hus Playhouse Theater
1968	Lovers	Margaret Mary Enright	Vivian Beaumont Theater
1969	Someone's Comin' Hungry	Connie Odum	Pocket Theatre
1969	The Miser	Elise	Vivian Beaumont Theater	Theatre World Award
1969–1972	Butterflies Are Free	Jill Tanner	Booth Theatre	Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play
1971	Major Barbara	Barbara Undershaft	Mark Taper Forum
1972	Twelfth Night	Viola	Vivian Beaumont Theater
1974	The Seagull	Nina Zarechnaya	Williamstown Theatre Festival
1975	Ring Round the Moon	Isabelle	Williamstown Theatre Festival
1977	The New York Idea	Cynthia Karslake	Brooklyn Academy of Music	Nominated – Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actress in a Play
1979	Children of the Sun	Lisa	Williamstown Theatre Festival
1980	Betrayal	Emma	Trafalgar Theatre	Nominated – Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play Nominated – Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actress in a Play
1980–1981	The Philadelphia Story	Tracy Samantha Lord	Vivian Beaumont Theater
1987	Blithe Spirit	Elvira Condomine	Neil Simon Theatre
1988	Much Ado About Nothing	Beatrice[22][23][24]	Delacorte Theater	"most fun she had in a role was playing on stage opposite Kevin Kline in"[22]
1988	A Streetcar Named Desire	Blanche DuBois	Circle in the Square Theatre	Nominated – Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play; "thrill ... playing Blanche to Christopher Walken's Stanley"[22]
1989	Love Letters	Melissa Gardner	Promenade Theatre
1991	Picnic	Rosemary Sydney	Williamstown Theatre Festival
1994	The Seagull	Irina Arkadina	Williamstown Theatre Festival
1995	Sylvia	Kate	New York City Center
1995–1996	Moonlight	Bel	Laura Pels Theatre
1998	The Deep Blue Sea	Hester Collyer	Criterion Center Stage Right
2000	Tonight at 8.30	Jane Featherways	Williamstown Theatre Festival
2001	Follies	Phyllis Rogers Stone	Belasco Theatre	Nominated – Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical
2002	Carousel	Mrs. Mullin	Carnegie Hall
2003	All About Eve	Karen Richards	Ahmanson Theatre
2006	Suddenly Last Summer	Violet Venable	Laura Pels Theatre	Nominated – Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actress in a Play
2012–2013	Nice Work If You Can Get It	Millicent Winter	Imperial Theatre
2014	The Country House	Anna Paterson	Samuel J. Friedman Theatre

References

External links

• Blythe Danner at the Internet Broadway Database
• Blythe Danner at the Internet Off-Broadway Database
• Blythe Danner at IMDb
• Stage biography from Playbill website
• 2003 article from the Environmental Media Association
• Blythe Danner interview: Leading Ladies Working in the Theatre video from American Theatre Wing, December 2006
• Working in the Theatre: Performance video seminar at American Theatre Wing, April 1998
• Working in the Theatre: Performance video seminar at American Theatre Wing, April 1988

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Blythe Katherine Danner (* 3. Februar 1943 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) ist eine US-amerikanische Schauspielerin deutscher Abstammung.

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Blythe Danner (Filadelfia, 3 de febrero de 1943) es una actriz estadounidense ganadora de un Premio Tony y dos Premios Emmy.

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Блайт Кэтрин Даннер Пэлтроу (англ. Blythe Katherine Danner Paltrow; род. 3 февраля 1943) — американская актриса. Лауреат премии «Тони» и двух прайм-тайм премий «Эмми».

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