Blythe Katherine Danner was born on 3rd February, 1943 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA of Irish and English descent. She is an actress, the winner of two Primetime Emmy Awards as well as two Tony Awards. The film director, Jake Paltrow and the actress, Gwyneth Paltrow are her children. Blythe Danner has been active in the industry since 1965.
How rich is the actress who has spent decades acting on the stage of theatre, cinema and television? Currently, her net worth stands at $45 million. It is important to mention the fact that it has been rising steadily as it was only $23 million in 2011. Concerning her specific income, among other earnings she received a salary of $3.75 million for her role in the film “The X-Files” (1998), almost $2 million for the role in “Meet the Fockers” (2004).
Blythe Danner Net Worth $45 Million
Firstly, as an actress she debuted on the theatre stage in the play “The Glass Menagerie” (1965) by Tennessee Williams. Soon after that she won her first Tony Award which was received for her role in the play “The Miser” (1968). Another Tony Awards for the Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Play Blythe Danner won for her role in “Butterflies Are Free” (1970). During her entire career she has appeared in more than 20 off-Broadway plays and in more than 10 on Broadway, which have undoubtedly increased her wealth and popularity.
Secondly, as a feature film actress Blythe Danner has landed more than 40 roles, so far. The most successful role she created was starring in the thriller film “Futureworld” (1976) directed by Richard T. Heffron in which she appeared alongside Peter Fonda, and for which she won the Saturn Award as the Best Actress for the role of Tracy Ballard. More, she received a nomination for the Blockbuster Entertainment Award as the Favourite Supporting Actress for her role in the comedy film “Meet the Parents” (2000) directed by Jay Roach. Another nomination for the Satellite Award as the Best Supporting Actress she got for her appearance in the film “The Last Kiss” (2006) directed by Gabriele Muccino. Currently, she is working on her role in the upcoming film “Tumbledown” directed by Sean Mewshaw.
Thirdly, her career on television includes more than 25 roles in films and four lead roles in series, not to mention her appearances in various series’ episodes. Danner received a nomination for the Emmy as the lead actress in “Will & Grace” (2001 – 2006) and won the Emmy Award for her role in the series “Huff” (2004 – 2006). In addition to this, nominations for two Emmy and Golden Globe Awards she received for her roles in television films “We Were the Mulvaneys” (2002) and “Back When We Were Grownups” (2004).
Finally, in addition to being a recognized actress she is a devoted wife. In 1969, she married television/film director and producer Bruce Paltrow. The family has two children. They lived happily until his death (oral cancer complications) in 2002. Currently, she puts in lots of effort to help The Bruce Paltrow Oral Cancer Fund which is managed by the Oral Cancer Foundation.
Full Name
Blythe Danner
Net Worth
$45 Million
Date Of Birth
February 3, 1943
Place Of Birth
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Height
1.7 m
Profession
Actor, Voice Actor, Environmentalist
Education
Bard College, George School
Nationality
United States of America
Spouse
Bruce Paltrow (m. 1969–2002)
Children
Gwyneth Paltrow, Jake Paltrow
Parents
Katharine Danner, Harry Earl Danner
Siblings
Harry Danner, William Moennig
Nicknames
Blythe Katherine Danner , Lalo
IMDB
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001100
Awards
two Primetime Emmy Awards, Tony Award, Satellite Award as the Best Supporting Actress, Golden Globe Awards
Nominations
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress – Comedy Series, Tony Award for Best Lead Actress in a Play, Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series or a Movie, Tony Award for Best Lead Actress in a Musical, Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actress In A …
Movies
The Lucky One, Meet the Fockers, Little Fockers, Meet the Parents, I’ll See You in My Dreams, Futureworld, Paul, What’s Your Number?, Tumbledown, The Prince of Tides, Waiting for Forever, Detachment, Hello I Must Be Going, To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar, Howl’s Moving Castle, The G…
TV Shows
Huff, Adam’s Rib, Presidio Med, more
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Trademark
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Frequently works with Woody Allen
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Often plays rich, sophisticated women, usually socialite or intellectual types
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Husky voice
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Quote
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[in defense of her daughter Gwyneth Paltrow] I feel she’s just extraordinarily accomplished in every area, and people don’t like that – people who are bored and sit on their asses all day and just tap away. I mean, I don’t read any of it. I just find it disgusting. There is a coarsening of our culture today that is just so tragic.
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[on granddaughter Apple’s name]: Creative people choose creative names and unusual names. I think it’s a great name.
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[on the birth of Moses, her second grandchild] We love unusual names in the family.
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Fact
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Lived on Fairview Road in Springfield (DelCo), PA as a child.
2
Longtime friend of Norman Lloyd.
3
Has played the wife of two different Thomas Jeffersons. She played the wife of Thomas Jefferson (Ken Howard) in 1776 (1972), and later the wife of Nick Nolte in The Prince of Tides (1991). Nolte went on to play Jefferson in Jefferson in Paris (1995), opposite her real-life daughter, Gwyneth Paltrow.
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She is of mostly German ancestry, with a small amount of British Isles (English and Irish), roots. Some of her ancestors lived in Barbados. Blythe speaks German, which she learned from her maternal grandmother, Pauline Friedericke Holzwarth, an immigrant from Oberweissbach, Germany.
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Became a grandmother to Apple Martin (Apple Blythe Alison Martin), child of her daughter Gwyneth Paltrow and son-in-law Chris Martin, who was born on 14 May 2004.
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Became a grandmother to Moses Martin (Moses Bruce Anthony Martin), child of her daughter Gwyneth Paltrow and son-in-law Chris Martin, who was born on 8 April 2006.
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Good friend of Sheila Lukins, who was the matron of honor at the wedding of Blythe and her late husband, Bruce Paltrow. Sheila is a cookbook author and a contributor to Parade Magazine.
8
Godfather of her daughter Gwyneth Paltrow is Steven Spielberg.
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Mother-in-law of Chris Martin.
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Played Thomas Jefferson’s wife, “Martha Jefferson”, in the film version of the musical, 1776 (1972). Her daughter, Gwyneth Paltrow, later portrayed the daughter of Thomas & Martha Jefferson in the film, Jefferson in Paris (1995). In Ken Burns miniseries, Thomas Jefferson (1997), Blythe again played “Martha Jefferson” and her daughter, Gwyneth Paltrow, played Jefferson’s granddaughter.
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The first actress to be nominated for 3 Emmy awards in the same year (2005).
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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’s “Betrayal” and in 1988 for a revival of Tennessee Williams’s “A Streetcar Named Desire;” and as Best Actress (Musical) in 2001 for a revival of “Follies.”
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She was slated to play the Stockard Channing role in the original stage production of “Six Degrees of Separation”, but left the company after a few days of rehearsal.
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Graduated high school from George School, Newtown, Pennsylvania.
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1965 graduate of Bard College
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Aunt of Hillary Danner and Katherine Moennig.
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Has two brothers, Harry Danner is an opera singer & William is a violin expert, and a sister, Dorothy Danner, who is an opera director/choreographer.
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Mother, with Bruce Paltrow, of Gwyneth Paltrow and Jake Paltrow.
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Won Tony for “Butterflies Are Free”. [1970]
Actress
Title
Year
Status
Character
Odd Mom Out
2016
TV Series
Jill’s Mom
Madoff
2016
TV Mini-Series
Ruth Madoff
Tumbledown
2015
Ellen
The Slap
2015
TV Series
Virginia
I’ll See You in My Dreams
2015
Carol Petersen
Murder of a Cat
2014
Edie
Gilded Lilys
2013
TV Movie
Caroline Lily
Up All Night
2011-2012
TV Series
Dr. Angie Chafin
The Lucky One
2012
Ellie
Hello I Must Be Going
2012
Ruth
What’s Your Number?
2011
Ava Darling
Detachment
2011
Ms. Perkins
Paul
2011
Tara Walton
Little Fockers
2010
Dina Byrnes
Waiting for Forever
2010
Miranda Twist
The Lightkeepers
2009
Mrs. Bascom
Beyond All Boundaries
2009
Short
Elsa Maxwell – New York Post Columnist (voice)
Nurse Jackie
2009
TV Series
Maureen Cooper
Medium
2009
TV Series
Louise Leaming
‘Side by Each’
2008
Daisy / Delores / Delilah
The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2
2008
Greta
Pretty/Handsome
2008
TV Movie
Bunny Fitzpayne
The Last Kiss
2006
Anna
Huff
2004-2006
TV Series
Isabelle ‘Izzy’ Huffstodt
Will & Grace
2001-2006
TV Series
Marilyn Truman
Stolen
2005/III
Documentary
Isabella Stewart Gardner (voice)
Meet the Fockers
2004
Dina Byrnes
Back When We Were Grownups
2004
TV Movie
Rebecca Holmes Davitch
Howl’s Moving Castle
2004
Madame Suliman (English version, voice)
Two and a Half Men
2003
TV Series
Evelyn Harper
Sylvia
2003
Aurelia Plath
The Quality of Light
2003
Mary
Freedom: A History of Us
2003
TV Series documentary
Emma Lazarus / Appleton’s Journal
Presidio Med
2002
TV Series
Dr. Harriet Lanning
Three Days of Rain
2002
Woman In Cab
We Were the Mulvaneys
2002
TV Movie
Corinne Mulvaney
The Invisible Circus
2001
Gail
Meet the Parents
2000
Dina Byrnes
Things I Forgot to Remember
1999
Mrs. Bradford
The Love Letter
1999
Lillian MacFarquhar
Forces of Nature
1999
Virginia
The Farmhouse
1998
Irma Miller
Murder She Purred: A Mrs. Murphy Mystery
1998
TV Movie
Mrs. Murphy (voice)
Saint Maybe
1998
TV Movie
Bee Bedloe
The X Files
1998
Cassidy
From the Earth to the Moon
1998
TV Mini-Series
Narrator
No Looking Back
1998
Claudia’s Mom
The Proposition
1998
Syril Danning
Mad City
1997
Mrs. Banks
The Myth of Fingerprints
1997
Lena
A Call to Remember
1997
TV Movie
Paula Tobias
To Wong Foo Thanks for Everything, Julie Newmar
1995
Beatrice
Napoleon
1995
Mother Dingo (English version, voice)
Homage
1995
Katherine Samuel
Leave of Absence
1994
TV Movie
Elisa
Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All
1994
TV Movie
Bianca Honicut
Tracey Takes on New York
1993
TV Movie
Eleanor Levine
Great Performances
1975-1993
TV Series
Narrator Alma Winemiller Nina
Lincoln
1992
TV Movie
Elizabeth Todd Edwards (voice)
Kiss-Kiss, Dahlings!
1992
TV Short
Husbands and Wives
1992
Rain’s Parents
Tales from the Crypt
1992
TV Series
Margaret
Getting Up and Going Home
1992
TV Movie
Lily
Cruel Doubt
1992
TV Mini-Series
Bonnie Von Stein
The Prince of Tides
1991
Sally Wingo
Never Forget
1991
TV Movie
Jane Mermelstein
Alice
1990
Dorothy
Mr. & Mrs. Bridge
1990
Grace Barron
Judgment
1990
TV Movie
Emmeline Guitry
Money, Power, Murder.
1989
TV Movie
Jeannie
Tattinger’s
1988-1989
TV Series
Hillary Tattinger
Another Woman
1988
Lydia
Brighton Beach Memoirs
1986
Kate
American Masters
1986
TV Series documentary
Anna Christie
Guilty Conscience
1985
TV Movie
Louise Jamison
Helen Keller: The Miracle Continues
1984
TV Movie
Anne Sullivan
St. Elsewhere
1984
TV Series
Paige Gerradeaux
In Defense of Kids
1983
TV Movie
Ellen Wilcox
Man, Woman and Child
1983
Sheila Beckwith
Inside the Third Reich
1982
TV Movie
Margarete Speer
The Great Santini
1979
Lillian Meechum
You Can’t Take It with You
1979
TV Movie
Alice Sycamore
Too Far to Go
1979
TV Movie
Joan Barlow Maple
Are You in the House Alone?
1978
TV Movie
Anne Osborne
The Court-Martial of George Armstrong Custer
1977
TV Movie
Mrs. Custer
A Love Affair: The Eleanor and Lou Gehrig Story
1977
TV Movie
Eleanor Gehrig
Futureworld
1976
Tracy Ballard
M*A*S*H
1976
TV Series
Carlye Breslin Walton
Hearts of the West
1975
Miss Trout
Lovin’ Molly
1974
Molly Taylor
Sidekicks
1974
TV Movie
Prudy Jenkins
F. Scott Fitzgerald and ‘The Last of the Belles’
1974
TV Movie
Zelda Fitzgerald
Adam’s Rib
1973
TV Series
Amanda Bonner
1776
1972
Martha Jefferson
Columbo
1972
TV Series
Janice Benedict
To Kill a Clown
1972
Lily Frischer
Invitation to a March
1972
TV Movie
Norma Brown
The Scarecrow
1972
TV Movie
Rachel Merton
Dr. Cook’s Garden
1971
TV Movie
Janey Rausch
To Confuse the Angel
1970
TV Movie
George M!
1970
TV Movie
Agnes Nolan Cohan
N.Y.P.D.
1968
TV Series
Felicia
Soundtrack
Title
Year
Status
Character
1776
1972
performer: “He Plays the Violin”
Thanks
Title
Year
Status
Character
Young Ones
2014
special thanks
Who Do You Think You Are?
2011
TV Series documentary special thanks – 1 episode
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
To Be Young, Gifted, and Black
1972
TV Movie
Herself and other assorted characters
The 24th Annual Tony Awards
1970
TV Special
Herself – Winner: Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Play
Eero Saarinen: The Architect Who Saw the Future
2016
Documentary
Aline Saarinen (voice)
The Meredith Vieira Show
2016
TV Series
Herself
The View
2016
TV Series
Herself
Good Morning America
2016
TV Series
Herself – Guest
Extra
2016
TV Series
Herself
Entertainment Tonight
2007-2016
TV Series
Herself
Tavis Smiley
2011-2015
TV Series
Herself
Made in Hollywood
2012-2015
TV Series
Herself
Home & Family
2015
TV Series
Herself
Today
2015
TV Series
Herself
Mia, a Dancer’s Journey
2014
TV Movie documentary
Mia Slavenska (voice)
The Broadway.com Show
2013-2014
TV Series
Herself
Theater Close-Up
2014
TV Series
Herself – Host
Rachael Ray
2013
TV Series
Herself
Katie
2013
TV Series
Herself
CBS This Morning
2012
TV Series
Herself – Guest
Talk Stoop with Cat Greenleaf
2011
TV Series
Herself
Prohibition
2011
TV Mini-Series documentary
Reader
The Early Show
2011
TV Series
Herself
Access Hollywood Live
2011
TV Series
Herself
Late Night with Jimmy Fallon
2010
TV Series
Herself
CMT Insider
2008
TV Series
Herself
Biography
2008
TV Series documentary
Breakfast
2007
TV Series
Herself
Working in the Theatre
1988-2006
TV Series documentary
Herself
The 58th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards
2006
TV Special
Herself – Winner: Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series
The White Shadow: The Shadow of Bruce Paltrow
2006
Video documentary short
Herself
Ellen: The Ellen DeGeneres Show
2005
TV Series
Herself
The 57th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards
2005
TV Special
Herself – Winner: Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series
RSC Meets USA: Working Shakespeare
2005
Video documentary
Herself
Matt Lauer Meets the Fockers
2005
Video short
Herself
Independent Lens
2005
TV Series documentary
Isabella Stewart Gardner
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
2005
TV Series
Herself
The 62nd Annual Golden Globe Awards
2005
TV Special documentary
Herself – Nominee: Best Actress in a Mini-Series or Made for TV Movie
‘Huff’: Around the Edges
2004
TV Short documentary
Herself
The 29th Annual People’s Choice Awards
2003
TV Special
Herself
Intimate Portrait
1999-2003
TV Series documentary
Herself / Narrator
AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Robert De Niro
2003
TV Movie
Herself
Thomas Eakins: Scenes from Modern Life
2002
TV Movie documentary
Narrator (voice)
The 56th Annual Tony Awards
2002
TV Special
Herself – Presenter: Regional Theater Award
Your Money, Your Life: Healthcare Now
2002
TV Movie documentary
Narrator (voice)
CBS Cares
2002
TV Series
Herself
Mark Twain
2001
TV Movie documentary
Olivia ‘Livy’ Langdon Clemens (voice)
Echoes from the White House
2001
TV Movie documentary
The 55th Annual Tony Awards
2001
TV Special
Herself – Nominee: Best Leading Actress in a Musical
MADtv
2000
TV Series
Herself
Healthcare Crisis
2000
TV Series documentary
Narrator
2000 Blockbuster Entertainment Awards
2000
TV Special documentary
Herself
Six Billion and Beyond
1999
TV Movie documentary Narrator
The 71st Annual Academy Awards
1999
TV Special
Herself – Audience Member
Thomas Jefferson
1997
TV Mini-Series documentary
Martha Jefferson (voice)
The West
1996
TV Series documentary
Alice Fletcher / Emmeline Wells
Linda Leisure and H.O.M.E.
1994
TV Short documentary
Narrator
A Century of Women
1994
TV Mini-Series documentary
The 13th Annual CableACE Awards
1992
TV Special
Herself
The 42nd Annual Tony Awards
1988
TV Special
Herself – Nominee: Best Leading Actress in a Play
Starring… the Actors
1984
Documentary
Interview Subject
Nightcap
1983
TV Series
Herself
Great Performances
1982
TV Series
Herself
Saturday Night Live
1982
TV Series
Herself – Host / Various
The 53rd Annual Academy Awards
1981
TV Special
Herself – Presenter: Best Cinematography
The 34th Annual Tony Awards
1980
TV Special
Herself – Nominee: Best Actress in a Play
That Was the Year That Was – 1976
1976
TV Movie
Herself – Host
The CBS Festival of Lively Arts for Young People
1976
TV Series
Herself
Won Awards
Year
Award
Ceremony
Nomination
Movie
2007
Movies for Grownups Award
AARP Movies for Grownups Awards
Best Grownup Love Story
The Last Kiss (2006)
2006
Primetime Emmy
Primetime Emmy Awards
Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series
Huff (2004)
2005
Primetime Emmy
Primetime Emmy Awards
Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series
Huff (2004)
2004
Special Award
Sonoma Valley Film Festival
Special career-achievement honor.
2004
Lucy Award
Women in Film Lucy Awards
2002
Award for Ongoing Commitment
Environmental Media Awards, USA
1977
Golden Scroll
Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA
Best Actress
Futureworld (1976)
Nominated Awards
Year
Award
Ceremony
Nomination
Movie
2016
Movies for Grownups Award
AARP Movies for Grownups Awards
Best Actress
I’ll See You in My Dreams (2015)
2016
Movies for Grownups Award
AARP Movies for Grownups Awards
Best Grownup Love Story
I’ll See You in My Dreams (2015)
2016
GFCA Award
Georgia Film Critics Association (GFCA)
Best Actress
I’ll See You in My Dreams (2015)
2015
Gotham Independent Film Award
Gotham Awards
Best Actress
I’ll See You in My Dreams (2015)
2015
Satellite Award
Satellite Awards
Best Actress in a Motion Picture
I’ll See You in My Dreams (2015)
2011
Movies for Grownups Award
AARP Movies for Grownups Awards
Best Grownup Love Story
The Lightkeepers (2009)
2006
Primetime Emmy
Primetime Emmy Awards
Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series
Will & Grace (1998)
2006
Gold Derby TV Award
Gold Derby Awards
Comedy Guest Actress
Will & Grace (1998)
2006
OFTA Television Award
Online Film & Television Association
Best Supporting Actress in a Drama Series
Huff (2004)
2006
OFTA Television Award
Online Film & Television Association
Best Guest Actress in a Comedy Series
Will & Grace (1998)
2006
Satellite Award
Satellite Awards
Best Actress in a Supporting Role
The Last Kiss (2006)
2005
Golden Globe
Golden Globes, USA
Best Performance by an Actress in a Miniseries or a Motion Picture Made for Television
Back When We Were Grownups (2004)
2005
Primetime Emmy
Primetime Emmy Awards
Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie
Back When We Were Grownups (2004)
2005
Primetime Emmy
Primetime Emmy Awards
Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series
Will & Grace (1998)
2005
Gold Derby TV Award
Gold Derby Awards
TV Movie/Mini Lead Actress
Back When We Were Grownups (2004)
2004
Gold Derby TV Award
Gold Derby Awards
Comedy Guest Actress
Will & Grace (1998)
2003
OFTA Television Award
Online Film & Television Association
Best Guest Actress in a Comedy Series
Will & Grace (1998)
2002
Primetime Emmy
Primetime Emmy Awards
Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie