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Blythe Katherine Danner (born February 3, 1943) is an American actress. She is the mother of actress Gwyneth Paltrow and director Jake Paltrow.

This book is your ultimate resource for Blythe Danner. Here you will find the most up-to-date information, photos, and much more.

In easy to read chapters, with extensive references and links to get you to know all there is to know about Blythe Danner's Early life, Career and Personal life right away. A quick look inside: Contents, Blythe Danner, 1776 (film), 1972 in film, 1974 in film, 1976 in film, 1979 in film, 1986 in film, 1991 in film, 2000 in film, 2004 in film, 2010 in film, 2011 in film, 2012 in film, A Streetcar Named Desire (play), Adam's Rib (TV series), Alice (1990 film), Another Woman, Back When We Were Grownups, Betrayal (play), Blithe Spirit (play), Brighton Beach Memoirs, Bruce Paltrow, Cruel Doubt, Detachment (film), Follies, Forces of Nature, Futureworld, George M!, Guilty Conscience (film), Gwyneth Paltrow, Hearts of the West, Howl's Moving Castle (film), Huff (TV series), Husbands and Wives, Jake Paltrow, Judgment (film)…and more pages!

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Contents

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1776 (film) 1972 in film 1974 in film 1976 in film 1979 in film 1986 in film 1991 in film 2000 in film 2004 in film 2010 in film 2011 in film 2012 in film A Streetcar Named Desire (play) Adam's Rib (TV series) Alice (1990 film) Another Woman Back When We Were Grownups Betrayal (play) Blithe Spirit (play) Brighton Beach Memoirs Bruce Paltrow Cruel Doubt Detachment (film) Follies Forces of Nature

Futureworld George M! Guilty Conscience (film) Gwyneth Paltrow Hearts of the West Howl's Moving Castle (film) Huff (TV series) Husbands and Wives Jake Paltrow Judgment (film)

1 8 15 26 36 45 56 74 94 118 132 150 172 203

210 212 215 217 218 223 227 230 232 234 237 255 257 261 264 265 278 280 287 293 297 298

Lovin' Molly Mad City (film) Man, Woman and Child Medium (TV series) Meet the Fockers Meet the Parents Moonlight (play) Mr. and Mrs. Bridge New York Shakespeare Festival No Looking Back Paul (film) Presidio Med Pretty/Handsome Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series Saturn Award for Best Actress Sidekicks (1974 film) Sidney Lumet

Summer and Smoke

Sylvia (play)

Tattingers The Deep Blue Sea (play) The Great Santini The Invisible Circus (film) The Last Kiss (2006 film) The Lightkeepers The Love Letter (1999 film) The Lucky One (film) The Miracle Continues The Myth of Fingerprints The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2 The X-Files (film) To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar Too Far to Go Tracey Ullman Takes On New York Up All Night (TV series) Waiting for Forever We Were the Mulvaneys What's Your Number?

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319 333 336 339 344 346 354 356 358 365 372 373 387 389 391 392 394 396 397 401 402 404 407 408 410 415 422 426 427 429 437 440 442

Will Truman Williamstown Theatre Festival You Can't Take It with You

References Article Sources and Contributors Image Sources, Licenses and Contributors

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Danner at the Metropolitan Opera opening, September 22, 2008

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Children

Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series 2005Huff 2006Huff

Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play 1970Butterflies Are Free

Blythe Katherine Danner(born February 3, 1943) is an American actress. She is the mother of actress Gwyneth Paltrow and director Jake Paltrow.

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Blythe Katherine Danner February 3, 1943 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

Bruce Paltrow (m. 1969–2002; his death)

Gwyneth Paltrow Jake Paltrow

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Early life Danner was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the daughter of Katharine (n e Kile) and Harry Earl Danner, a bank [1][2] executive. She has a brother, opera singer/actor Harry Danner, a sister, performer-turned-director Dorothy (Dottie) Danner, and a half-brother, violin maker William Moennig. Danner is of part Pennsylvania Dutch ancestry, [3][4] and one of her great-grandmothers was born in Barbados (a White Barbadian).

Career In 1972, Danner portrayed Martha Jefferson opposite Ken Howard's Thomas Jefferson in the movie version of1776. Also that same year, she played a cuckolded wife opposite Peter Falk and John Cassavetes in theColumboepisode "Etude in Black". Her earliest starring film role was opposite Alan Alda inTo Kill a Clown(1972). Danner appeared in the episode of M*A*S*Hentitled "The More I See You", playing the love interest of Alda's character Hawkeye. She was lawyer Amanda Bonner in television's "Adam's Rib," also opposite Ken Howard as Adam Bonner. She played the role of Zelda Fitzgerald inThe Last of the Belles(1974). She was the eponymous heroine in the filmLovin' Molly(1974) (directed by Sidney Lumet). She appeared inFutureworld, playing Tracy Ballard with co-star Peter Fonda (1976). In the 1982 TV movieInside the Third Reich, she played the wife of Albert Speer. In the film version of Neil Simon's semi-autobiographical playBrighton 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) andThe Prince of Tides(1991), as well as two television movies adapted from books by Anne Tyler,Saint MaybeandBack When We Were Grownups, both for the Hallmark Hall of Fame. Danner appeared opposite Robert De Niro in the 2000 comedy hitMeet the Parents, and its sequels,Meet the FockersandLittle Fockers. From 2001 to 2006, she regularly appeared onWill & Graceas Will Truman's mother Marilyn. From 2004 to 2006, she starred in the TV seriesHuff. In 2005, she was nominated for three Emmy Awards: for her work onWill & Grace,HuffandBack When We Were Grownups. Emmy host Ellen DeGeneres poked fun at Blythe Danner during the award ceremony, saying that Danner should not be nervous because she was almost certain to win at least one Emmy, which she did, forHuff.In July 2006, she won a second consecutive Emmy award forHuff. For 25 years, she has been a regular performer at the Williamstown Summer Theater Festival, where she also serves on the Board of [5] Directors. In 2006, Danner was awarded an inaugural Katharine Hepburn Medal by Bryn Mawr College's Katharine Houghton [6] Hepburn Center.

Environmental activism [7] Danner has been involved in environmental issues such as recycling and conservation for over 30 years. She has been active with INFORM, Inc., is on the Board of Environmental Advocates of New York and the Board of [8] Directors of the Environmental Media Association, and won the 2002 EMA Board of Directors Ongoing [9] [10] Commitment Award. In 2011, Danner joined Moms Clean Air Force, 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 [11] Foundation, a national 501(c)3 non profit charity. 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

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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 asPeopleto 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 [12] care exist.

Personal life Danner is the widow of producer/director Bruce Paltrow, who died from complications of pneumonia while battling [13] oral cancer in 2002, and the mother of actress Gwyneth Paltrow and director Jake Paltrow. Danner first co-starred with her daughter in 1992 in the TV movieCruel Doubtand then again in the 2003 filmSylviaplaying Aurelia Plath, mother to Gwyneth Paltrow's title role as Sylvia Plath.

Awards Emmy Awards aSupporting Actress–Drama Series 2005Huff 2006Huff Tony Awards aBest Performance by a Featured Actress in a Play 1970Butterflies Are Free aTheatre World Award 1968The Miser Other Awards a Women in Film Lucy Award [14] 2004

Filmography To Kill a Clown(1972) a1776(1972) aLovin' Molly(1974) aHearts of the West(1975) Futureworld(1976) aThe Great Santini(1979) Man, Woman and Child(1983) aGuilty Conscience(1984) film Starring... the Actors(1984) (documentary) aBrighton Beach Memoirs(1986) aAnother Woman(1988) aMr. and Mrs. Bridge(1990) aAlice(1990) aThe Prince of Tides(1991) aHusbands and Wives(1992) aNapoleon(1995) (voice) aHomage(1995) aTo Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar(1995)

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The Myth of Fingerprints(1997) Mad City(1997) The Farmhouse(video title:Eye of the Storm) (1998) The Proposition(1998) No Looking Back(1998) The X-Files(1998) Forces of Nature(1999) The Love Letter(1999) Things I Forgot to Remember(1999) Meet the Parents(2000) The Invisible Circus(2001) The Quality of Light(2003) Three Days of Rain(2003) Sylvia(2003) Howl's Moving Castle(2004) (voice in English dubbed version) Meet the Fockers(2004) Stolen(2006) (documentary) The Last Kiss(2006) The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2(2008) Side by Each(2008) Waiting for Forever(2009) The Lightkeepers(2009) Little Fockers(2010) Paul(2011) What's Your Number?(2011) Detachment(2011) The Lucky One(2012)

Television work aGeorge M!(1970) aDr. Cook's Garden(1971) Columbo: Etude in Black(1972) Adam's Rib(1973) F. Scott Fitzgerald and The Last of the Belles(1974) Sidekicks(1974) M*A*S*H(1976) Eccentricities of a Nightingale(1976) A Love Affair: The Eleanor and Lou Gehrig Story(1978) Are You in the House Alone?(1978) Too Far to Go(1979) You Can't Take It with You(1979) aInside the Third Reich(1982) (miniseries) aIn Defense of Kids(1983) aHelen Keller: The Miracle Continues(1984) aGuilty Conscience(1985) aTattingers(1988–1989) aMoney, Power, Murder(1989)

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Judgment(1990) Never Forget(1991) Getting Up and Going Home(1992) Cruel Doubt(1992) (miniseries) Lincoln(1992) (miniseries) (voice only) Tracey Ullman Takes On New York(1993) Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All(1994) (miniseries) Leave of Absence(1994) The West(1996) (miniseries) (voice only) Thomas Jefferson(documentary) (voice only) A Call to Remember(1997) From the Earth to the Moon(1998) (narrator in episode 12) Saint Maybe(1998) Murder She Purred: A Mrs. Murphy Mystery(1998) (voice only) Mark Twain(2001) (documentary) (voice only) Will & Grace(recurring cast member from 2001–2006) We Were the Mulvaneys(2002) Presidio Med(2002–2003) Huff(2004–2006) Pretty/Handsome(2008) (unsold pilot) Mediumepisode "A Taste of Her Own Medicine" (2 March 2009) Nurse Jackie(2009) Up All Night(2011)

Theater work aThe Glass Menagerie(1965) (Boston) aThe Service of Joseph Axminster(1965–1966) (Boston) The Way Out of the Way In(1965–1966) (Boston) The Knack(1965–1966) (Boston) The Infantry(1966) (Off-Broadway) A Midsummer Night's Dream(1967) (Providence, Rhode Island) Three Sisters(1967) (Providence) Mata Hari(1967) (Washington DC, closed out of town before Broadway opening) Summertree(1968) (Off-Broadway) Cyrano de Bergerac(April 25–June 8, 1968) (Broadway) aUp Eden(1968) (Off-Broadway) aLovers(July 25–November 30, 1968) (Broadway) (standby for Fionnuala Flanagan) aSomeone's Comin' Hungry(1969) (Off-Broadway) aThe Miser(May 8–June 21, 1969) (Broadway) aButterflies Are Free(October 21, 1969–July 2, 1972) (Broadway) aMajor Barbara(1971) (Los Angeles) aTwelfth Night(March 2–April 8, 1972) (Broadway) aThe Seagull(1974) (Williamstown Theatre Festival) aRing Round the Moon(1975) (Williamstown Theatre Festival) aThe New York Idea(1977) (Brooklyn Academy of Music) aChildren of the Sun(1979) (Williamstown Theatre Festival) aBetrayal(January 5–May 31, 1980) (Broadway)

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The Philadelphia Story(November 14, 1980–January 4, 1981) (Broadway) Blithe Spirit(March 31–June 28, 1987) (Broadway) A Streetcar Named Desire(March 20–May 22, 1988) (Broadway) Much Ado About Nothing(1988) (New York Shakespeare Festival) Love Letters(1989) (Off-Broadway) Picnic(1991) (Williamstown Theatre Festival) The Seagull(1994) (Williamstown Theatre Festival) Sylvia(1995) (Off-Broadway) Moonlight(1995–1996) (Off-Broadway) The Deep Blue Sea(March 26–May 10, 1998) (Broadway) Ancestral Voices(1999) (staged reading) (Off-Broadway) Tonight(2000) (Williamstown Theatre Festival) Follies(April 5–July 14, 2001) (Broadway) Little Murders(2001) (staged reading) (Off-Broadway) Carousel(2002) (concert performance) (Carnegie Hall) The Chekhov Cycle(2002) (Williamstown Theatre Festival) All About Eve(2003) (staged reading) (Los Angeles) " Nice Work If You Can Get It" (2012-2013) (Broadway)

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