Blythe Danner

Blythe Danner

Known for
Acting
Born
February 3, 1943 (age 83)
Birthplace
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Biography

Blythe Katherine Danner (born February 3, 1943) is an American actress known for her roles in the Meet the Parents film series and as Izzy Huffstodt on the TV series Huff (2004–2006).

Known For

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Filmography

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Small Potatoes

Small Potatoes

Movie · as Mimi

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RSC Meets USA: Working Shakespeare

RSC Meets USA: Working Shakespeare

Movie · as Self

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Pretty/Handsome

Pretty/Handsome

TV · as Bunny · 1 ep

2026
Focker-in-Law poster

Focker-in-Law

Movie · as Dina Byrnes

2026
Wildwood poster

Wildwood

Movie · as The Seer (voice)

2023
Happiness for Beginners poster

Happiness for Beginners

Movie · as Gigi

2019
Strange but True poster

Strange but True

Movie · as Gail

2019
The Chaperone poster

The Chaperone

Movie · as Mary O'Dell

2019
The Tomorrow Man poster

The Tomorrow Man

Movie · as Ronnie

2018
What They Had poster

What They Had

Movie · as Ruth

2018
Hearts Beat Loud poster

Hearts Beat Loud

Movie · as Marianne Fisher

2018
The Mayo Clinic poster

The Mayo Clinic

Movie · as (voice)

2018
Patrick Melrose poster

Patrick Melrose

TV · as Nancy Valance · 2 eps

2017
Saving the Great Swamp: Battle to Defeat the Jetport

Saving the Great Swamp: Battle to Defeat the Jetport

Movie · as Narrator

2017
Halfway There poster

Halfway There

Movie · as Jeanne Ross

2017
American Gods poster

American Gods

TV · as Demeter / Caroline Wells · 2 eps

2017
Will & Grace poster

Will & Grace

TV · as Marilyn Truman · 4 eps

2017
The Great War poster

The Great War

TV · as Self (voice) · 3 eps

2016
Tumbledown poster

Tumbledown

Movie · as Ellen Jespersen

2016
Eero Saarinen: The Architect Who Saw the Future poster

Eero Saarinen: The Architect Who Saw the Future

Movie · as Aline Saarinen (voice)

2016
Madoff poster

Madoff

TV · as Ruth Madoff · 4 eps

2015
I'll See You in My Dreams poster

I'll See You in My Dreams

Movie · as Carol Petersen

2015
The Slap poster

The Slap

TV · as Virginia · 1 ep

2014
Murder of a Cat poster

Murder of a Cat

Movie · as Edie Moisey

2013
Gilded Lilys poster

Gilded Lilys

Movie · as Caroline Lily

2012
Hello I Must Be Going poster

Hello I Must Be Going

Movie · as Ruth Minsky

2012
The Lucky One poster

The Lucky One

Movie · as Nana

2011
What's Your Number? poster

What's Your Number?

Movie · as Ava Darling

2011
Paul poster

Paul

Movie · as Tara Walton

2011
Detachment poster

Detachment

Movie · as Ms. Perkins

2011
Up All Night poster

Up All Night

TV · as Angie Chafin · 3 eps

2011
Prohibition poster

Prohibition

TV · as Reader (voice) · 3 eps

2010
Little Fockers poster

Little Fockers

Movie · as Dina Byrnes

2010
Waiting for Forever poster

Waiting for Forever

Movie · as Miranda Twist

2009
The Lightkeepers poster

The Lightkeepers

Movie · as Mrs. Bascom

2009
Beyond All Boundaries poster

Beyond All Boundaries

Movie · as Elsa Maxwell

2009
Nurse Jackie poster

Nurse Jackie

TV · as Maureen Cooper · 1 ep

2008
The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2 poster

The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2

Movie · as Greta

2008
Side by Each

Side by Each

Movie · as Daisy/Delores/Delilah

2008
Pretty/Handsome poster

Pretty/Handsome

Movie · as Bunny Fitzpayne

2006
The Last Kiss poster

The Last Kiss

Movie · as Anna

2005
Medium poster

Medium

TV · as Louise Leaming · 1 ep

2005
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson poster

The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2004
Meet the Fockers poster

Meet the Fockers

Movie · as Dina Byrnes

2004
Back When We Were Grownups poster

Back When We Were Grownups

Movie · as Rebecca Holmes Davitch

2004
Huff poster

Huff

TV · as Isabelle Huffstodt · 26 eps

2003
Sylvia poster

Sylvia

Movie · as Aurelia Plath

2003
The Ellen DeGeneres Show poster

The Ellen DeGeneres Show

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2003
Working Shakespeare poster

Working Shakespeare

TV · 5 eps

2002
Mark Twain poster

Mark Twain

Movie · as Olivia "Livy" Langdon Clemens (voice)

2002
We Were the Mulvaneys poster

We Were the Mulvaneys

Movie · as Corinne Mulvaney

2002
Presidio Med poster

Presidio Med

TV · as Harriet Lanning · 16 eps

2002
Mark Twain poster

Mark Twain

TV · as Olivia 'Livy' Langdon Clemens (voice) · 2 eps

2001
The Invisible Circus poster

The Invisible Circus

Movie · as Gail

2001
Good Day Live poster

Good Day Live

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2000
Meet the Parents poster

Meet the Parents

Movie · as Dina Byrnes

1999
Forces of Nature poster

Forces of Nature

Movie · as Virginia

1999
The Love Letter poster

The Love Letter

Movie · as Lillian

1999
Things I Forgot to Remember poster

Things I Forgot to Remember

Movie · as Mrs. Bradford

1998
The X-Files poster

The X-Files

Movie · as Cassidy

1998
Saint Maybe poster

Saint Maybe

Movie · as Bee Bedloe

1998
No Looking Back poster

No Looking Back

Movie · as Claudia's Mom

1998
The Proposition poster

The Proposition

Movie · as Syril Danning

1998
Murder She Purred: A Mrs. Murphy Mystery poster

Murder She Purred: A Mrs. Murphy Mystery

Movie · as Mrs. Murphy (voice)

1998
Eye of the Storm poster

Eye of the Storm

Movie · as Irma

1998
Will & Grace poster

Will & Grace

TV · as Marilyn Truman · 11 eps

1998
From the Earth to the Moon poster

From the Earth to the Moon

TV · as Narrator (voice) · 1 ep

1997
Mad City poster

Mad City

Movie · as Mrs. Banks

1997
The Myth of Fingerprints poster

The Myth of Fingerprints

Movie · as Lena

1997
A Call to Remember poster

A Call to Remember

Movie · as Paula Tobias

1997
Thomas Jefferson poster

Thomas Jefferson

TV · as Martha Jefferson (voice) · 2 eps

1995
Homage poster

Homage

Movie · as Katherine Samuel

1995
To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar poster

To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar

Movie · as Beatrice

1994
Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All poster

Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All

Movie · as Bianca Honicut

1994
Leave of Absence poster

Leave of Absence

Movie · as Elisa

1994
Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All poster

Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All

TV · as Bianca Honicut · 2 eps

1993
Tracey Ullman Takes on New York poster

Tracey Ullman Takes on New York

Movie · as Eleanor Levine

1993
Intimate Portrait poster

Intimate Portrait

TV · as Self - Narrator (voice) · 1 ep

1992
Kiss, Kiss, Dahlings poster

Kiss, Kiss, Dahlings

Movie · as The Daughter

1992
Getting Up and Going Home poster

Getting Up and Going Home

Movie · as Lily Montgomery

1992
Husbands and Wives poster

Husbands and Wives

Movie · as Rain's mother

1992
Lincoln

Lincoln

Movie · as Elizabeth Todd Edwards (voice)

1992
Cruel Doubt poster

Cruel Doubt

TV · as Bonnie Von Stein · 2 eps

1991
The Prince of Tides poster

The Prince of Tides

Movie · as Sally Wingo

1991
Never Forget poster

Never Forget

Movie · as Jane Mermelstein

1990
Alice poster

Alice

Movie · as Dorothy

1990
Mr. & Mrs. Bridge poster

Mr. & Mrs. Bridge

Movie · as Grace Barron

1990
Judgment poster

Judgment

Movie · as Emmeline Guitry

1989
Money, Power, Murder. poster

Money, Power, Murder.

Movie · as Jeannie

1989
Tales from the Crypt poster

Tales from the Crypt

TV · as Margaret · 1 ep

1988
Another Woman poster

Another Woman

Movie · as Lydia

1988
Tattingers

Tattingers

TV · 15 eps

1987
Elizabeth Bishop: One Art poster

Elizabeth Bishop: One Art

Movie · as Voice of Elizabeth Bishop

1986
Brighton Beach Memoirs poster

Brighton Beach Memoirs

Movie · as Kate

1985
Guilty Conscience poster

Guilty Conscience

Movie · as Louise Jamison

1984
Helen Keller: The Miracle Continues

Helen Keller: The Miracle Continues

Movie · as Anne Sullivan

1983
Man, Woman and Child poster

Man, Woman and Child

Movie · as Sheila Beckwith

1983
In Defense of Kids poster

In Defense of Kids

Movie · as Ellen Wilcox

1982
St. Elsewhere poster

St. Elsewhere

TV · as Paige Gerradeaux · 1 ep

1982
Inside the Third Reich poster

Inside the Third Reich

TV · as Margarete Speer · 2 eps

1979
The Great Santini poster

The Great Santini

Movie · as Lillian Meechum

1979
Too Far to Go poster

Too Far to Go

Movie · as Joan Barlow Maple

1979
You Can't Take it With You poster

You Can't Take it With You

Movie · as Alice Sycamore

1978
Are You in the House Alone? poster

Are You in the House Alone?

Movie · as Anne Osborne

1978
A Love Affair: The Eleanor and Lou Gehrig Story poster

A Love Affair: The Eleanor and Lou Gehrig Story

Movie · as Eleanor Gehrig

1977
The Court-Martial of George Armstrong Custer poster

The Court-Martial of George Armstrong Custer

Movie · as Elizabeth Custer

1976
Futureworld poster

Futureworld

Movie · as Tracy Ballard

1976
The Eccentricities of a Nightingale poster

The Eccentricities of a Nightingale

Movie · as Alma Winemiller

1975
Hearts of the West poster

Hearts of the West

Movie · as Miss Trout

1975
The Seagull poster

The Seagull

Movie · as Nina

1975
Saturday Night Live poster

Saturday Night Live

TV · as Self - Host · 1 ep

1974
Lovin' Molly poster

Lovin' Molly

Movie · as Molly Taylor

1974
Sidekicks poster

Sidekicks

Movie · as Prudy Jenkins

1974
F. Scott Fitzgerald and the Last of the Belles poster

F. Scott Fitzgerald and the Last of the Belles

Movie · as Zelda Fitzgerald

1973
Adam's Rib poster

Adam's Rib

TV · as Amanda Bonner · 13 eps

1972
To Kill a Clown poster

To Kill a Clown

Movie · as Lily Frischer

1972
1776 poster

1776

Movie · as Martha Jefferson

1972
Scarecrow poster

Scarecrow

Movie · as Rachel Merton

1972
To Be Young, Gifted and Black poster

To Be Young, Gifted and Black

Movie · as Self and other assorted characters

1972
M*A*S*H poster

M*A*S*H

TV · as Carlye · 1 ep

1971
Dr. Cook's Garden poster

Dr. Cook's Garden

Movie · as Janey Rausch

1971
Columbo poster

Columbo

TV · as Janice Benedict · 1 ep

1971
Great Performances poster

Great Performances

TV · as Nina, Alma Winemiller, Self, Narrator · 1 ep

1970
George M! poster

George M!

Movie · as Agnes Nolan

1956
Tony Awards poster

Tony Awards

TV · as Self - Winner, Self - Nominee · 1 ep

1952
Today poster

Today

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame poster

Hallmark Hall of Fame

TV · as Elizabeth Custer, Bee Bedloe, Rebecca Holmes Davitch · 1 ep

1944
Golden Globe Awards poster

Golden Globe Awards

TV · as Self - Nominee · 1 ep