Blythe Danner

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RECENT CREDITS

The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pan... (FILM) Aug. 6, 2008

The Last Kiss (FILM) Sep. 15, 2006

Huff (TV) Jun. 25, 2006

Will & Grace (TV) Apr. 27, 2006

Stolen (FILM) Apr. 21, 2006

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HIGHLIGHTS

In 1974, during her first of many summers at the Williamstown Theatre Festival, she played Nina in Anton Chekhov's The Seagull; 20 years later, she appeared as Arkadina in the same play wh

Has twice played Paltrow's mother on screen: in the TV miniseries Cruel Doubt (1992) and the feature film Sylvia (2003).

Played Charlie Sheen and Jon Cryer's mother in the Two and a Half Men pilot, but claimed she didn't have a feel for the role and was subsequently replaced by Holland Taylor.

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The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2 2008 -Greta

Actor

Film

The Last Kiss 2006 -Anna

Actor

Film

Stolen 2006 -Narrator

Voice

Film

Meet the Fockers 2004 -Dina Byrnes

Actor

Film

Sylvia 2003 -Aurelia Plath

Actor

Film

The Invisible Circus 2001 -Gail O'Connor

Actor

Film

Meet The Parents 2000 -Dina Byrnes

Actor

Film

The Love Letter 1999 -Lillian

Actor

Film

Forces of Nature 1999 -Virginia

Actor

Film

The X-Files 1998 -Jana Cassidy

Actor

Film

Husbands and Wives 1992 -Rain's Mother

Actor

Film

The Prince of Tides 1991 -Sallie Wingo

Actor

Film

Alice 1990 -Dorothy

Actor

Film

Mr. and Mrs. Bridge 1990 -Grace Barron

Actor

Film

Another Woman 1988 -Lydia

Actor

Film

Brighton Beach Memoirs 1986 -Kate

Actor

Film

A Call to Remember -Paula Tobias

Actor

A Love Affair: The Eleanor and Lou Gehrig Story

Actor

Adam's Rib -Amanda

Actor

Are You in the House Alone?

Actor

Columbo -Janice

Actor

Etude in Black (1972) -Janice

Actor

TV Episode

Dr. Cook's Garden

Actor

Eccentricities of a Nightingale -Alma Winemiller

Actor

Echoes From the White House

Voice

Getting Up and Going Home -Lily

Actor

Guilty Conscience

Actor

Healthcare Crisis: Who's at Risk?

Narrator

Huff 2004-2006 -Izzy

Actor

Which Lip Is the Cervical Lip? (2006) -Izzy

Actor

TV Episode

Black Shadows (2006) -Izzy

Actor

TV Episode

Tapping the Squid (2006) -Izzy

Actor

TV Episode

Bethless (2006) -Izzy

Actor

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Radio Silence (2006) -Izzy

Actor

TV Episode

A Cornfield Grows in L.A. (2006) -Izzy

Actor

TV Episode

So...What Brings You to Armageddon? (2006) -Izzy

Actor

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Red Meat (2006) -Izzy

Actor

TV Episode

Used, Abused and Unenthused (2006) -Izzy

Actor

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Sweet Release (2006) -Izzy

Actor

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Whipped Doggie (2006) -Izzy

Actor

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Maps Don't Talk (2006) -Izzy

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Crazy, Nuts and All Messed Up (2005) -Izzy

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All the King's Horses (2005) -Izzy

Actor

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The Sample Closet (2005) -Izzy

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The Good Doctor (2005) -Izzy

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Christmas Is Ruined (2005) -Izzy

Actor

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Cold Day in Shanghai (2004) -Izzy

Actor

TV Episode

That Stupid Cabin (2004) -Izzy

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Is She Dead! (2004) -Izzy

Actor

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Flashpants (2004) -Izzy

Actor

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Control (2004) -Izzy

Actor

TV Episode

Lipstick on Your Panties (2004) -Izzy

Actor

TV Episode

Assault and Pepper (2004) -Izzy

Actor

TV Episode

Huff (2004) -Izzy

Actor

TV Episode

Pilot Episode (2004) -Izzy

Actor

TV Episode

Pilot Episode (2004) -Izzy

Actor

TV Episode

In Defense of Kids

Actor

Inside the Third Reich -Margarete

Actor

Leave of Absence -Eliza Mercer

Actor

Medium

Actor

Nurse Jackie

Actor

Presidio Med 2002-2003 -Harriet Lanning

Actor

Cascading (2003) -Harriet Lanning

Actor

TV Episode

Best of Enemies (2003) -Harriet Lanning

Actor

TV Episode

Good Question (2003) -Harriet Lanning

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Breathless (2003) -Harriet Lanning

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With Grace (2003) -Harriet Lanning

Actor

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Suffer unto Me the Children (2003) -Harriet Lanning

Actor

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Pick Your Battles (2002) -Harriet Lanning

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TV Episode

Once upon a Family (2002) -Harriet Lanning

Actor

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Milagros (2002) -Harriet Lanning

Actor

TV Episode

Secrets (2002) -Harriet Lanning

Actor

TV Episode

When Approaching a Let-Go (2002) -Harriet Lanning

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Do No Harm (2002) -Harriet Lanning

Actor

TV Episode

Second Chance (2002) -Harriet Lanning

Actor

TV Episode

This Baby's Gonna Fly (Pilot) (2002) -Harriet Lanning

Actor

TV Episode

Presidio Med (2002) -Harriet Lanning

Actor

TV Episode

This Baby's Gonna Fly (Pilot) (2002) -Harriet Lanning

Actor

TV Episode

Saint Maybe -Bee Bedloe

Actor

Saturday Night Live

Host

Blythe Danner; Rickie Lee Jones (1982) -Host

Host

TV Episode

Tattinger's -Hillary Tattinger

Actor

Too Far to Go

Actor

We Were the Mulvaneys -Corinne Mulvaney

Actor

Will & Grace 2001-2006 -Marilyn Truman

Actor

The Mourning Son (2006) -Marilyn Truman

Actor

TV Episode

Blanket Apology (2006) -Marilyn Truman

Actor

TV Episode

From Queer to Eternity (2005) -Marilyn Truman

Actor

TV Episode

Christmas Break (2004) -Marilyn Truman

Actor

TV Episode

I Never Cheered for My Father (2004) -Marilyn Truman

Actor

TV Episode

Heart like a Wheelchair (2003) -Marilyn Truman

Actor

TV Episode

Me and Mr. Jones (2003) -Marilyn Truman

Actor

TV Episode

Home Court Disadvantage (2003) -Marilyn Truman

Actor

TV Episode

Cheatin' Trouble Blues (2002) -Marilyn Truman

Actor

TV Episode

Moveable Feast (2001) -Marilyn Truman

Actor

TV Episode

The Proposition 1998 -Syril Danning

Actor

Film

No Looking Back 1998 -Claudia's Mom

Actor

Film

Mad City 1997 -Mrs. Banks

Actor

Film

The Myth of Fingerprints 1997 -Lena

Actor

Film

Homage 1995 -Katherine Samuel

Actor

Film

To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar 1995 -Beatrice

Actor

Film

The Great Santini 1979 -Lillian Meechum

Actor

Film

Futureworld 1976 -Tracy Ballard

Actor

Film

1776 1972 -Martha Jefferson

Actor

Film

A Call to Remember -Paula

Actor

Film

A Love Affair: The Eleanor and Lou Gehrig Story -Eleanor Gehrig

Actor

Film

Cruel Doubt

Actor

Film

Dr. Cook's Garden -Jane Rausch

Actor

Film

Eccentricities of a Nightgale -Alma Winemiller

Actor

Film

Echoes from the White House

Voice

Film

Eye of the Storm

Actor

Film

F. Scott Fitzgerald and the Last of the Belles -Zelda Fitzgerald

Actor

Film

Are You in the House Alone? -Anne Osborne

Actor

Film

Back When We Were Grownups -Rebecca Davitch

Actor

Film

In Defense of Kids

Actor

Film

Inside the Third Reich -Margarete Speer

Actor

Film

Judgment -Emmeline Guitry

Actor

Film

Lincoln: I Want to Finish This Job, 1864 -Elizabeth Todd Edwards

Voice

Film

Lincoln: Now He Belongs to the Ages, 1865 -Elizabeth Todd Edwards

Voice

Film

Lincoln: The Making of a President, 1860-1862 -Elizabeth Todd Edwards

Voice

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Lincoln: The Pivotal Year, 1863 -Elizabeth Todd Edwards

Voice

Film

Getting Up and Going Home -Lily

Actor

Film

Guilty Conscience -Louise Jamison

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Hearts of the West -Miss Trout

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Helen Keller: The Miracle Continues -Anne Sullivan

Actor

Film

Lovin' Molly -Molly

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Film

Man, Woman and Child -Sheila Beckwith

Actor

Film

Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All -Bianca

Actor

Film

Saint Maybe

Actor

Film

Sidekicks -Prudy Jenkins

Actor

Film

Murder She Purred: A Mrs. Murphy Mystery -Mrs. Murphy

Voice

Film

Never Forget -Jane Mermelstein

Actor

Film

Money, Power, Murder -Jeannie

Actor

Film

The Court-Martial of George Armstrong Custer

Actor

Film

Too Far to Go -Joan Barlow Maple

Actor

Film

We Were the Mulvaneys

Actor

Film

To Kill a Clown -Lily Frischer

Actor

Film

Little Fockers 2010 -Dina Byrnes

Actor

Film

Highlights

In 1974, during her first of many summers at the Williamstown Theatre Festival, she played Nina in Anton Chekhov's The Seagull; 20 years later, she appeared as Arkadina in the same play wh

Has twice played Paltrow's mother on screen: in the TV miniseries Cruel Doubt (1992) and the feature film Sylvia (2003).

Played Charlie Sheen and Jon Cryer's mother in the Two and a Half Men pilot, but claimed she didn't have a feel for the role and was subsequently replaced by Holland Taylor.