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'{{Use mdy dates|date=March 2015}} {{Infobox person | image = Blythe Danner - 1980.jpg | caption = Danner in 1980 | birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1943|2|3}} | birth_place = [[Philadelphia]], [[Pennsylvania]], U.S. | birth_name = Blythe Katherine Danner | alma_mater = [[Bard College]] | occupation = Actress | years_active = 1965–present | spouse = {{marriage|[[Bruce Paltrow]]<br>|1969|2002|end=his death}} | children = {{Plainlist| * [[Gwyneth Paltrow]] * [[Jake Paltrow]] }} | relatives = [[Harry Danner]] <small>(brother)</small> }} '''Blythe Katherine Danner''' (born February 3, 1943) is an American actress. She won two [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series|Primetime Emmy Awards for Best Supporting Actress in a Drama Series]] for her role as Izzy Huffstodt on ''[[Huff (TV series)|Huff]]'' (2004–2006), and a [[Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play]] for her performance in ''[[Butterflies Are Free (play)|Butterflies Are Free]]'' (1969–1972). Danner was nominated for two [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series|Primetime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series]] for portraying Marilyn Truman on ''[[Will & Grace]]'' (2001–2006), and the [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie]] for her roles in ''[[We Were the Mulvaneys (film)|We Were the Mulvaneys]]'' (2002) and ''[[Back When We Were Grownups]]'' (2004). For the latter, she was also nominated for the [[Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Miniseries or Television Film]]. Danner is best known for her roles as Martha Jefferson in the film ''[[1776 (film)|1776]]'' (1972), and as Dina Byrnes in ''[[Meet the Parents]]'' (2000) and its sequels ''[[Meet the Fockers]]'' (2004) and ''[[Little Fockers]]'' (2010). She has also appeared in the films ''[[The Great Santini]]'' (1979), ''[[Mr. and Mrs. Bridge]]'' (1990), ''[[The Prince of Tides]]'' (1991), ''[[Husbands and Wives]]'' (1992), and ''[[I'll See You in My Dreams (2015 film)|I'll See You in My Dreams]]'' (2015). She is the widow of [[Bruce Paltrow]] and the mother of actress [[Gwyneth Paltrow]] and director [[Jake Paltrow]]. ==Early life== Danner was born in [[Philadelphia]], [[Pennsylvania]], the daughter of Katharine ([[née]] Kile; 1909–2006)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JGFD-RJQ|title=Social Security Death Index|website=FamilySearch|accessdate=March 12, 2015}}</ref> and Harry Earl Danner, a bank executive.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.filmreference.com/film/67/Blythe-Danner.html|title=Blythe Danner Biography (1944–)|website=FilmReference.com|accessdate=August 17, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://articles.philly.com/2011-04-28/entertainment/29483137_1_violin-maker-water-club-marlton|title=Dan Gross: Gwynnie had no time for granny|date=April 28, 2011|website=Philly.com}}</ref> She has a brother, opera singer and actor [[Harry Danner]]; a sister-in-law, performer-turned-director Dorothy "Dottie" Danner; and a maternal half-brother, violin maker William Moennig. 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).<ref name="laetgi">{{cite web|last=Hughes|first=Mike|title='Grownups' star finds role is a welcome distraction|website=Lansing State Journal|date=November 20, 2004|url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/lansingstatejournal/access/1800643341.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Nov+20%2C+2004&author=Hughes+Mike&pub=Lansing+State+Journal&desc='Grownups'+star+finds+role+is+a+welcom+distraction&pqatl=google|accessdate=December 17, 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.barbadosadvocate.com/newsitem.asp?more=lifestyle&NewsID=16711|title=Hollywood celebrity finds family links in Barbados|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120119080432/http://www.barbadosadvocate.com/newsitem.asp?more=lifestyle&NewsID=16711|archivedate=January 19, 2012|website=Barbados Advocate|date=March 31, 2011}}</ref> Danner graduated from [[George School]], a Quaker high school located near [[Newtown, Bucks County, Pennsylvania]] in 1960.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.georgeschool.org/NewsAndEvents/2014/Fast%20Friends%20Blythe%20Danner%20and%20Meredith%20Monk.aspx|title=George School profile|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141018034154/http://www.georgeschool.org/NewsAndEvents/2014/Fast%20Friends%20Blythe%20Danner%20and%20Meredith%20Monk.aspx|archivedate=October 18, 2014|website=GeorgeSchool.org|accessdate=February 3, 2016}}</ref> ==Career== A graduate of [[Bard College]], Danner's first roles included the 1967 musical ''[[Mata Hari (musical)|Mata Hari]]'' (closed out of town), 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 (play)|Butterflies Are Free]]'' (1969–1972). In 1972, Danner portrayed Martha Jefferson in the film version of ''[[1776 (film)|1776]]''. That same year, she played a wife whose husband has been unfaithful, opposite [[Peter Falk]] and [[John Cassavetes]], in the ''[[Columbo (TV series)|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 (TV series)|M*A*S*H]]'' entitled "[[List of M*A*S*H episodes (Season 4)|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'', also 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 (film)|Inside the Third Reich]]'', she played the wife of [[Albert Speer]]. In the [[Brighton Beach Memoirs (film)|film version]] of [[Neil Simon]]'s semi-autobiographical play ''[[Brighton Beach Memoirs]]'' (1986), she portrayed a middle-aged [[Jew]]ish 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]]. [[File:Blythe Danner at Met Opera.jpg|thumb|Danner at the Metropolitan Opera opening, September 22, 2008]] 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 [[Supporting characters on Will & Grace#Will's family|Marilyn]]. From 2004 to 2006, she starred in the main cast of the comedy-drama series ''[[Huff (TV series)|Huff]]''. In 2005, she was nominated for three [[Primetime Emmy Award]]s 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.<ref name="wtf">{{cite web|title=Trustees |url=http://wtfestival.org/about/trustees |publisher=Williamstown Theatre Festival |accessdate=December 7, 2011 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20111021203352/http://www.wtfestival.org/about/trustees |archivedate=October 21, 2011 |df=mdy }}</ref> In 2006, Danner was awarded an inaugural [[Katharine Hepburn]] Medal by [[Bryn Mawr College]]'s Katharine Houghton Hepburn Center.<ref>[http://www.brynmawr.edu/hepburn/medalists/danner.shtml "Danner wins medal"] Bryn Mawr.edu</ref> In 2015, Danner was inducted into the [[American Theater Hall of Fame]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.playbill.com/news/article/theater-hall-of-fame-ceremony-honoring-susan-stroman-f.-murray-abraham-philip-j.-smith-and-more-presented-tonight-348021|title=Theater Hall of Fame Ceremony, Honoring Susan Stroman, F. Murray Abraham, Philip J. Smith and more, presented tonight|publisher=www.playbill.com|accessdate=July 31, 2015}}</ref> ==Environmental activism== Danner has been involved in environmental issues such as [[recycling]] and [[conservation ethic|conservation]] for over 30 years.<ref name="minutes">{{cite web| title=City Council Minutes| url=http://www01.smgov.net/cityclerk/council/agendas/2003/20030826/wm062403.htm| date=June 24, 2003| publisher=[[Santa Monica, California|City of Santa Monica]]| accessdate=December 7, 2011| deadurl=yes| archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120119052954/http://www01.smgov.net/cityclerk/council/agendas/2003/20030826/wm062403.htm| archivedate=January 19, 2012| df=mdy-all}}</ref> 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]],<ref name="board">{{cite web| title=Board of Directors| url=http://www.ema-online.org/board_of_directors.php| publisher=Environmental Media Association| accessdate=December 7, 2011| deadurl=yes| archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20111206060552/http://www.ema-online.org/board_of_directors.php| archivedate=December 6, 2011| df=mdy-all}}</ref> and won the 2002 [[Environmental Media Awards|EMA Board of Directors Ongoing Commitment Award]].<ref name="award">{{cite web| title=12th Annual Environmental Media Awards| url=http://www.ema-online.org/awards_12th_annual.php| publisher=Environmental Media Association| accessdate=December 7, 2011| deadurl=yes| archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110524015139/http://www.ema-online.org/awards_12th_annual.php| archivedate=May 24, 2011| df=mdy-all}}</ref> In 2011, Danner joined Moms Clean Air Force,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.momscleanairforce.org/blythe-danner/|title=Moms Clean Air Force |publisher=momscleanairforce.org |accessdate=February 28, 2012}}</ref> 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 Oral Cancer Foundation, a national [[501(c)3]] nonprofit charity.<ref name="foundation">{{cite web| title=The Oral Cancer Foundation| url=http://www.oralcancer.org/| date=December 7, 2011| publisher=Oral Cancer Fund| accessdate=December 7, 2011}}</ref> In 2005, she filmed a public service announcement that played on TV stations around the country about the risks associated with oral cancer, and through that shared the personal pain associated with the loss of her husband publicly to further awareness of the disease and the need for early detection. She continues to donate her time to the foundation, and has appeared on morning talk shows, and has done interviews in high-profile magazines such as ''[[People (American magazine)|People]]'' to further public awareness of the disease and its risk factors. Through the Bruce Paltrow Oral Cancer Fund, administered by the Oral Cancer Foundation, she continues to raise awareness and funding for oral cancer issues, particularly those involving communities in which disparities in health care exist.<ref name="cancer">{{cite web| title=Bruce Paltrow Fund| url=http://www.oralcancerfoundation.org/paltrowfund/index.html| publisher=Oral Cancer Fund| date=December 7, 2011| accessdate=December 7, 2011| deadurl=yes| archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20111126221002/http://www.oralcancerfoundation.org/paltrowfund/index.html| archivedate=November 26, 2011| df=mdy-all}}</ref> She appeared in commercials for Prolia, a brand of [[denosumab]] for the treatment of osteoporosis. ==Personal life== Danner was married to producer/director Bruce Paltrow. That marriage ended in his death from complications of [[pneumonia]] oral [[cancer]] in 2002. <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.oralcancerfoundation.org/paltrowfund/index.html|title=Bruce Paltrow Fund|accessdate=December 20, 2012|publisher=OCF Inc.|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130122151604/http://oralcancerfoundation.org/paltrowfund/index.html|archivedate=January 22, 2013|df=mdy-all}}</ref> She and Paltrow together had two children, actress [[Gwyneth Paltrow]] and director [[Jake Paltrow]]. Danner first co-starred with her daughter in 1992 in the television film ''[[Cruel Doubt]]'', and then again in the 2003 film ''[[Sylvia (2003 film)|Sylvia]]''. Danner portrayed [[Aurelia Plath]], the mother to Gwyneth's title role of [[Sylvia Plath]]. Regarding meditation practice, Danner said, "I have found [[transcendental meditation]] very helpful and comforting. It centers me."<ref>{{cite web|last1=Douglas|first1=Clare|last2=Whitwell|first2=Carli|date=May 27, 2015|url=http://ca.hellomagazine.com/celebrities/02015052716476/blythe-danner-a-part-of-me-feels-like-i-have-never-grown-up/|title=Blythe Danner: 'A part of me feels like I have never grown up'|website=Hello! Canada|accessdate=June 3, 2015|quote="I have found transcendental meditation very helpful and comforting. It centers me."}}</ref> ==Filmography== ===Film=== {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Year ! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" style="width: 15em;"| Notes |- | 1972 || ''[[To Kill a Clown]]'' || Lily Frischer || |- | 1972 || ''[[1776 (film)|1776]]'' || Martha Jefferson || |- | 1974 || ''[[Lovin' Molly]]'' || Molly Taylor || |- | 1975 || ''[[Hearts of the West (1975 film)|Hearts of the West]]'' || Miss Trout || |- | 1976 || ''[[Futureworld]]'' || Tracy Ballard || [[Saturn Award for Best Actress]] |- | 1979 || ''[[The Great Santini]]'' || Lillian Meechum || |- | 1983 || ''[[Man, Woman and Child (film)|Man, Woman and Child]]'' || Sheila Beckwith || |- | 1986 || ''[[Brighton Beach Memoirs (film)|Brighton Beach Memoirs]]'' || Kate Jerome || |- | 1988 || ''[[Another Woman]]'' || Lydia || |- | 1990 || ''[[Mr. and Mrs. Bridge]]'' || Grace Barron || |- | 1990 || ''[[Alice (1990 film)|Alice]]'' || Dorothy Smith || |- | 1991 || ''[[The Prince of Tides]]'' || Sally Wingo || |- | 1992 || ''[[Husbands and Wives]]'' || Rain's Mother || |- | 1995 || ''[[Napoleon (1995 film)|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 (film)|Mad City]]'' || Mrs. Banks || |- | 1998 || ''[[The Proposition (1998 film)|The Proposition]]'' || Syril Danning || |- | 1998 || ''[[No Looking Back (1998 film)|No Looking Back]]'' || Claudia's Mother || |- | 1998 || ''[[The X-Files (film)|The X-Files]]'' || Jana Cassidy || |- | 1999 || ''[[Forces of Nature]]'' || Virginia Cahill || |- | 1999 || ''[[The Love Letter (1999 film)|The Love Letter]]'' || Lillian MacFarquhar || |- | 1999 || ''Things I Forgot to Remember'' || Mrs. Bradford || |- | 2000 || ''[[Meet the Parents]]'' || Dina Byrnes || Nominated – [[Blockbuster LLC|Blockbuster Entertainment Award for Favorite Supporting Actress in a Comedy]] |- | 2001 || ''[[The Invisible Circus (film)|The Invisible Circus]]'' || Gail O'Connor || |- | 2003 || ''[[Three Days of Rain]]'' || Woman in Cab || |- | 2003 || ''[[Sylvia (2003 film)|Sylvia]]'' || [[Aurelia Plath]] || |- | 2004 || ''[[Howl's Moving Castle (film)|Howl's Moving Castle]]'' || Madam Suliman || |- | 2004 || ''[[Meet the Fockers]]'' || Dina Byrnes || |- | 2006 || ''Stolen'' || Isabella Stewart Gardner || |- | 2006 || ''[[The Last Kiss (2006 film)|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 (film)|Paul]]'' || Tara Walton || |- | 2011 || ''[[What's Your Number?]]'' || Ava Darling || |- | 2011 || ''[[Detachment (film)|Detachment]]'' || Mrs. Perkins || |- | 2012 || ''[[The Lucky One (film)|The Lucky One]]'' || Ellie Green || |- | 2012 || ''[[Hello I Must Be Going (2012 film)|Hello I Must Be Going]]'' || Ruth Minsky || |- | 2014 || ''[[Murder of a Cat]]'' || Edie Moisey || |- | 2015 || ''[[I'll See You in My Dreams (2015 film)|I'll See You in My Dreams]]'' || Carol Petersen || Nominated – [[Gotham Awards|Gotham Award for Best Actress]]<br>Nominated – [[Satellite Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture]] |- | 2015 || ''[[Tumbledown (2015 film)|Tumbledown]]'' || Linda Jespersen || |- | 2018 || ''[[What They Had]]'' || Ruth || Post-production |- | 2018 || ''[[Hearts Beat Loud]]'' || Marianne Fisher || Post-production |- | 2018 || ''[[The Chaperone (upcoming film)|The Chaperone]]'' || Mary O'Dell || Post-production |- | 2018 || ''[[Strange but True (film)|Strange but True]]'' || Gail || Post-production |} ===Television=== {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Year ! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" style="width: 18em;"| 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 (TV series)|Adam's Rib]]'' || Amanda Bonner || 13 episodes |- | 1974 || ''[[F. Scott Fitzgerald and 'The Last of the Belles']]'' || Zelda Fitzgerald || Television film |- | 1974 || ''[[Sidekicks (1974 film)|Sidekicks]]'' || Prudy Jenkins || Television film |- | 1975 || ''[[Great Performances]]'' || Nina Zarechnaya || Episode: "The Seagull" |- | 1976 || ''[[M*A*S*H (TV series)|M*A*S*H]]'' || Carlye Breslin Walton || Episode: "The More I See You" |- | 1976 || ''A Love Affair: The Eleanor and Lou Gehrig Story'' || Eleanor 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 (film)|Too Far to Go]]'' || Joan Barlow Maple || Television film |- | 1979 || ''[[You Can't Take It with You (play)#Film and TV adaptations|You Can't Take It with You]]'' || Alice Sycamore || Television film |- | 1982 || ''[[Inside the Third Reich (film)|Inside the Third Reich]]'' || Margarete Speer || Television film |- | 1983 || ''In Defense of Kids'' || Ellen Wilcox || Television film |- | 1984 || ''[[Guilty Conscience (film)|Guilty Conscience]]'' || Louise Jamison || Television film |- | 1984 || ''[[The Miracle Continues|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 (film)|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 (TV series)|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 (film)|Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All]]'' || Bianca Honicut || Television film |- | 1994 || ''Leave of Absence'' || Elisa || Television film |- | 1997 || ''[[Thomas Jefferson (documentary)|Thomas Jefferson]]'' || Martha Jefferson || Television film |- | 1997 || ''A Call to Remember'' || Paula Tobias || Television film |- | 1998 || ''[[From the Earth to the Moon (miniseries)|From the Earth to the Moon]]'' || Narrator || Episode: "Le voyage dans la dune" |- | 1998 || ''[[Saint Maybe]]'' || Bee Bedloe || Television film |- | 1998 || ''[[Murder She Purred: A Mrs. Murphy Mystery]]'' || Mrs. Murphy || Television film |- | 2001–2006, 2018 || ''[[Will & Grace]]'' || Marilyn Truman || 12 episodes<br>Nominated – [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series]] {{small|(2005–2006)}} |- | 2002 || ''[[We Were the Mulvaneys]]'' || Corinne Mulvaney || Television film<br>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<br>Nominated – [[Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Miniseries or Television Film]]<br>Nominated – [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie]] |- | 2004–2006 || ''[[Huff (TV series)|Huff]]'' || Isabelle Huffstodt || 25 episodes<br>[[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series]] {{small|(2005–2006)}} |- | 2009 || ''[[Medium (TV series)|Medium]]'' || Louise Leaming || Episode: "A Taste of Her Own Medicine" |- | 2009 || ''[[Nurse Jackie]]'' || Maureen Cooper || Episode: "Tiny Bubbles" |- | 2011–2012 || ''[[Up All Night (TV series)|Up All Night]]'' || Dr. Angie Chafin || 3 episodes |- | 2015 || ''[[The Slap (U.S. TV series)|The Slap]]'' || Virginia Latham || Episode: "Anouk" |- | 2016 || ''[[Madoff (miniseries)|Madoff]]'' || Ruth Madoff || 4 episodes |- | 2016 || ''[[Odd Mom Out]]'' || Jill's Mom || Episode: "Fasting and Furious" |- | 2017 || ''[[Gypsy (TV series)|Gypsy]]'' || Nancy || 4 episodes | | 2018 || ''[[Will and Grace]]'' || Will's Mom ||} ==Stage== {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Year ! Title ! Role ! Location ! class="unsortable" style="width: 15em;"| Notes |- | 1965 || ''[[The Glass Menagerie]]'' || Laura Wingfield || [[Theater Company of Boston]] || |- | 1967 || ''[[Three Sisters (play)|Three Sisters]]'' || Irina Prozorova || [[Trinity Repertory Company|Trinity Square Playhouse]] || |- | 1968 || ''[[Cyrano de Bergerac (play)|Cyrano de Bergerac]]'' || Sister Marthe || [[Vivian Beaumont Theater]] || |- | 1968 || ''Up Eden'' || Violet Beam || [[Jan Hus Presbyterian Church|Jan Hus Playhouse Theater]] || |- | 1968 || ''[[Lovers (play)|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 (play)|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 (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 (play)|Children of the Sun]]'' || Lisa || Williamstown Theatre Festival || |- | 1980 || ''[[Betrayal (play)|Betrayal]]'' || Emma || [[Trafalgar Theatre]] || Nominated – [[Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play]]<br>Nominated – [[Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actress in a Play]] |- | 1980–1981 || ''[[The Philadelphia Story (play)|The Philadelphia Story]]'' || Tracy Samantha Lord || Vivian Beaumont Theater || |- | 1987 || ''[[Blithe Spirit (play)|Blithe Spirit]]'' || Elvira Condomine || [[Neil Simon Theatre]] || |- | 1988 || ''[[Much Ado About Nothing]]'' || Beatrice || [[Delacorte Theater]] || |- | 1988 || ''[[A Streetcar Named Desire]]'' || [[Blanche DuBois]] || [[Circle in the Square Theatre]] || Nominated – [[Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play]] |- | 1989 || ''[[Love Letters (play)|Love Letters]]'' || Melissa Gardner || Promenade Theatre || |- | 1991 || ''[[Picnic (play)|Picnic]]'' || Rosemary Sydney || Williamstown Theatre Festival || |- | 1994 || ''[[The Seagull]]'' || Irina Arkadina || Williamstown Theatre Festival || |- | 1995 || ''[[Sylvia (play)|Sylvia]]'' || Kate || [[New York City Center]] || |- | 1995–1996 || ''[[Moonlight (play)|Moonlight]]'' || Bel || [[Laura Pels Theatre]] || |- | 1998 || ''[[The Deep Blue Sea (play)|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 (musical)|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 (musical)|Nice Work If You Can Get It]]'' || Millicent Winter || [[Imperial Theatre]] || |- | 2014 || ''[[The Country House]]'' || Anna Paterson || [[Samuel J. Friedman Theatre]] || |} ==References== {{Reflist|30em}} ==External links== {{Commons category|Blythe Danner}} * {{IBDB name}} * {{iobdb name|5986|Blythe Danner}} * {{IMDb name|1100}} * [https://web.archive.org/web/20040923052349/http://www.playbill.com/celebritybuzz/whoswho/biography/9756.html Stage biography] from ''[[Playbill]]'' website * [https://web.archive.org/web/20040822065351/http://ema-online.org/greenlight_2003_spring_in_focus.htm 2003 article] from the [[Environmental Media Association]] * Blythe Danner interview: [https://web.archive.org/web/20070204081558/http://www.americantheatrewing.org/seminars/detail/leading_ladies_12_06 Leading Ladies] Working in the Theatre video from [[American Theatre Wing]], December 2006 * [https://web.archive.org/web/20070312103049/http://www.americantheatrewing.org/seminars/detail/performance_04_98 Working in the Theatre: Performance] video seminar at [[American Theatre Wing]], April 1998 * [https://web.archive.org/web/20070929104944/http://www.americantheatrewing.org/seminars/detail/performance_04_88 Working in the Theatre: Performance] video seminar at [[American Theatre Wing]], April 1988 {{Navboxes |title = Awards for Blythe Danner |list = {{EmmyAward DramaSupportingActress 2001–2025}} {{Saturn Award for Best Actress}} {{TonyAward PlayFeaturedActress 1947–1975}} }} {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Danner, Blythe}} [[Category:1943 births]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:20th-century American actresses]] [[Category:21st-century American actresses]] [[Category:American environmentalists]] [[Category:Actresses from Philadelphia]] [[Category:American film actresses]] [[Category:American people of Barbadian descent]] [[Category:American people of Pennsylvania Dutch descent]] [[Category:American stage actresses]] [[Category:American television actresses]] [[Category:American Theater Hall of Fame inductees]] [[Category:American voice actresses]] [[Category:Bard College alumni]] [[Category:Outstanding Performance by a Supporting Actress in a Drama Series Primetime Emmy Award winners]] [[Category:Tony Award winners]] [[Category:Transcendental Meditation practitioners]]'