Blythe Danner was born in Philadelphia on Feb. 3, 1943. The 1965 Bard College graduate began her stage career in Boston, and at age 25 won a Theatre World award for her performance in "The Miser" at Lincoln Center.Danner went on to win a 1970 Best Supporting Actress Tony Award for "Butterflies Are Free" and made her TV-movie debut a year later in Dr. Cook's Garden. She made an impressive singing-and-dancing film debut in 1776 (1972) and followed it with lead roles in Lovin' Molly (1974) and Futureworld (1977).
Many know her as the mother of actress Gwyneth Paltrow (they teamed on-screen in 2004's Sylvia), Eric McCormack's TV mom on "Will & Grace" and the wife of Robert De Niro in Meet the Parents and Meet the Fockers. Danner continues to work in the theater as well, receiving Tony nominations in 1980, 1988 and 2001. For her role on the TV dramedy "Huff," she won an Emmy in 2005 and 2006.
The LightkeepersRichard Dreyfuss stars as solitary lighthouse keeper Seth Atkins, who no longer thinks he needs women until well-kept Ruth (Mamie Gummer) and her housekeeper, Mrs. Bascom (Blythe Danner), arrive. An unexpected romance is rekindled when Seth is forced to confront a past love. Daniel Adams writes and... Read More
We Were the MulvaneysIn 1976, in the small town of St. Ephraim, N.Y., the Mulvaney clan lived what most people would consider the American Dream. But mum's the word when one year, a tragic incident occurs that the family -- and townspeople -- vow never to mention again. Beau Bridges and Blythe Danner star in this... Read More
Brighton Beach MemoirsGene Saks directs this film adaptation of Neil Simon's hit play, starring Jonathan Silverman as Eugene, a Jewish teenager sharing very cramped quarters with his loud, nosy and loving family in Depression-era Brooklyn. Both touching and laugh-out-loud funny, the film co-stars Blythe Danner and Bob... Read More
Man, Woman and ChildWhen college professor Robert Beckwith (Martin Sheen) learns he has a 9-year-old son from an affair he had in France, the discovery shakes up his once-happy family. Although hurt, his wife, Sheila (Blythe Danner), suggests they bring the boy, Jean-Claude (Sebastian Dungan), to California for a... Read More
The Eccentricities of a NightingaleBlythe Danner and Frank Langella star in this televised Broadway staging of Tennessee Williams' "The Eccentricities of a Nightingale," the tale of a lonely Southern woman's longing for her handsome next-door neighbor. At once tragic and romantic, the story is a reworking of the Williams play "Summer... Read More
