Blythe Danner Add to My Celebs Age 69 Birthday Feb. 3rd, 1943 Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA Height 5' 7"

Blythe Danner's Main TV Roles Show Character(s) Huff Isabelle 'I… Presidio Med Dr. Harriet…

Main Movie Roles 2011 - Paul 2010 - Little Fockers 2008 - The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2 2006 - The Last Kiss 2004 - Sylvia 2004 - Meet the Fockers 2000 - Meet the Parents 1999 - Forces of Nature 1999 - The Love Letter 1998 - The Proposition 1998 - The X-Files: Fight the Future 1997 - Mad City 1992 - Husbands and Wives 1991 - The Prince of Tides 1990 - Alice 1988 - Another Woman 1986 - Brighton Beach Memoirs 1979 - The Great Santini 1976 - Futureworld 1972 - 1776

NOTE: Complete List of Works can be found at IMDB


BIOGRAPHY:

Blythe studied acting and got her degree from Bard College and began her career in Boston theater companies. By 25, she won the Theater World Award for her work in 'Moliere''s "The Miser" at Lincoln Center. She also won the 1970 Tony award for her role in "Butterflies Are Free". She made her film premiere in the same year in the television production of Dr. Cook's Garden (1971) (TV). For 25 years, she has been a regular performer at the Williamstown Summer Theater Festival. She has also been nominated for Tonys for performances in "A Streetcar Named Desire" and "Betrayal". Married to director Bruce Paltrow, she is the mother of two acting children Gwyneth Paltrow and Jake Paltrow.


TRIVIA:

• Is fluent in German, which she learned from her German grandmother.
• She has a sister, Dorothy Danner, who is an opera director/choreographer.
• She was slated to play the 'Stockard Channing' (qv) role in the original stage production of "Six Degrees of Separation", but left the company after a few days of rehearsal.
• Aunt of actress 'Katherine Moennig' (qv).
• Won Broadway's 1970 Tony Award as Best Supporting or Featured Actress (Dramatic) for "Butterflies Are Free." She has been nominated for Tonys three additional times: as Best Actress (Play), in 1980 for 'Harold Pinter' (qv)'s "Betrayal" and in 1988 for a revival of 'Tennessee Williams' (qv)'s "A Streetcar Named Desire;" and as Best Actress (Musical) in 2001 for a revival of "Follies."
• Mother, with 'Bruce Paltrow' (qv), of 'Gwyneth Paltrow' (qv).
• Godfather of her daughter 'Gwyneth Paltrow' (qv) is 'Steven Spielberg' (qv).
• Aunt of 'Hillary Danner' (qv).

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