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Blythe Katherine Danner (born February 3, 1943) is an American actress. Accolades she has received include two Primetime Emmy Awards for Best Supporting Actress in a Drama Series for her role as Izzy Huffstodt on Huff (2004–2006), and a Tony Award for Best Featured Actress for her performance in Butterflies Are Free on Broadway (1969–1972). Danner was twice nominated for the Primetime Emmy for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series for portraying Marilyn Truman on Will & Grace (2001–06; 2018–20), and the Primetime Emmy for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or Movie for her roles in We Were the Mulvaneys (2002) and Back When We Were Grownups (2004). For the latter, she also received a Golden Globe Award nomination. Danner played Dina Byrnes in Meet the Parents (2000) and its sequels Meet the Fockers (2004) and Little Fockers (2010). She has collaborated on several occasions with Woody Allen, appearing in three of his films: Another Woman (1988), Alice (1990), and Husbands and Wives (1992). Her other notable film credits include 1776 (1972), Hearts of the West (1975), The Great Santini (1979), Mr. and Mrs. Bridge (1990), The Prince of Tides (1991), To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar (1995), The Myth of Fingerprints (1997), The X-Files (1998), Forces of Nature (1999), The Love Letter (1999), The Last Kiss (2006), Paul (2011), Hello I Must Be Going (2012), I'll See You in My Dreams (2015), and What They Had (2018). Danner is the sister of Harry Danner and the widow of Bruce Paltrow. She is the mother of actress Gwyneth Paltrow and director Jake Paltrow. Early life Danner was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the daughter of Katharine (née Kile) and Harry Earl Danner, a bank executive. She has a brother, opera singer and actor Harry Danner; a sister, performer-turned-director Dorothy "Dottie" Danner; and a maternal half-brother, violin maker William Moennig III. Danner has Pennsylvania Dutch (German), and some English and Irish ancestry; her maternal grandmother was a German immigrant, and one of her paternal great-grandmothers was born in Barbados (to a family of European descent).Danner graduated from George School, a Quaker high school located near Newtown, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, in 1960. Career A graduate of Bard College, Danner's first roles included the 1967 musical Mata Hari and the 1968 Off-Broadway production of Summertree. Her early Broadway appearances included Cyrano de Bergerac (1968) and her Theatre World Award-winning performance in The Miser (1969). She won the Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play for portraying a free-spirited divorcée in Butterflies Are Free (1970). In 1972, Danner portrayed Martha Jefferson in the film version of 1776. That same year, she played the unknowing wife of a husband who committed murder, opposite Peter Falk and John Cassavetes, in the Columbo episode "Etude in Black". Her earliest starring film role was opposite Alan Alda in To Kill a Clown (1972). Danner appeared in the episode of M*A*S*H entitled "The More I See You", playing the love interest of Alda's character Hawkeye Pierce. She played lawyer Amanda Bonner in television's Adam's Rib, opposite Ken Howard as Adam Bonner. She played Zelda Fitzgerald in F. Scott Fitzgerald and 'The Last of the Belles' (1974). She was the eponymous heroine in the film Lovin' Molly (1974) (directed by Sidney Lumet). She appeared in Futureworld, playing Tracy Ballard with co-star Peter Fonda (1976). In the 1982 TV movie Inside the Third Reich, she played the wife of Albert Speer. In the film version of Neil Simon's semi-autobiographical play Brighton 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) and The Prince of Tides (1991), as well as two television movies adapted from books by Anne Tyler, Saint Maybe and Back When We Were Grownups, both for the Hallmark Hall of Fame. Danner appeared opposite Robert De Niro in the 2000 comedy hit Meet the Parents, and its sequels, Meet the Fockers (2004) and Little Fockers (2010). From 2001 to 2006, she regularly appeared on NBC's sitcom Will & Grace as Will Truman's mother Marilyn. From 2004 to 2006, she starred in the main cast of the comedy-drama series Huff. In 2005, she was nominated for three Primetime Emmy Awards for her work on Will & Grace, Huff, and the television film Back When We Were Grownups, winning for her role in Huff. The following year, she won a second consecutive Emmy Award for Huff. For 25 years, she has been a regular performer at the Williamstown Summer Theater Festival, where she also serves on the board of directors.In 2006, Danner was awarded an inaugural Katharine Hepburn Medal by Bryn Mawr College's Katharine Houghton Hepburn Center. In 2015, Danner was inducted into the American Theater Hall of Fame. Environmental activism 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 directors of the Environmental Media Association, and won the 2002 EMA Board of Directors Ongoing 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 nonprofit Oral Cancer Foundation. In 2005, she filmed a public service announcement to raise public awareness of the disease and the need for early detection. She has since appeared on morning talk shows and given interviews in such magazines as People. The Bruce Paltrow Oral Cancer Fund, administered by the Oral Cancer Foundation, raises funding for oral cancer research and treatment, with a particular focus on those communities in which healthcare disparities exist.She has also appeared in commercials for Prolia, a brand of denosumab used in the treatment of osteoporosis. Personal life Danner was married to producer and director Bruce Paltrow, who died of oral cancer in 2002. She and Paltrow had two children together, actress Gwyneth Paltrow and director Jake Paltrow.Danner's niece is the actress Katherine Moennig, the daughter of her maternal half-brother William. Danner co-starred with her daughter in the 1992 television film Cruel Doubt and again in the 2003 film Sylvia, in which she portrayed Aurelia Plath, mother to Gwyneth's title role of Sylvia Plath.Danner is a practitioner of transcendental meditation, which she has described as "very helpful and comforting". Acting credits Film Television Stage Awards and nominations References External links Blythe Danner at the Internet Broadway Database Blythe Danner at the Internet Off-Broadway Database Blythe Danner at IMDb Stage biography from Playbill website 2003 article from the Environmental Media Association Blythe Danner inter.... Discover the Jane Blythe popular books. Find the top 100 most popular Jane Blythe books.

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  • A Secret to the Grave synopsis, comments

    A Secret to the Grave

    Jane Blythe

    He needs to save her, but she doesn't want to be saved.  Detective Parker Bell has just returned to work after a shooting when he and his partner land the case of a young woma...

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    Burning Secrets

    Jane Blythe

    They each had secrets; one of those secrets got them all killed. The Oliver family is falling apart at the seams. Secrets, lies, anger, resentment were tearing them apart and causi...

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    Yuletide Hero

    Jane Blythe

    Childhood crushes never come to fruition. Hayley Hood has loved Brian Xander since she was a girl, but to him she's always going to be the quiet kid he met when her parents adopted...

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    Christmas Hostage

    Jane Blythe

    Tragedy tore them apart. Now it’s giving them a second chance. He walked away because he thought it was what she wanted. When FBI Agent Tom Drake arrives at the scene of a robbery,...

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    Six

    Jane Blythe

    Can Detective Paige Hood survive her stalker's attempt to kill her? Annabelle Englewood just made the biggest decision of her life, but she’s not sure she made the right choice; it...

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    Four

    Jane Blythe

    A terrifying ordeal left her trapped in a prison of her own making. Ten years ago, Laura Opal endured a fourdaylong nightmare that left her broken and traumatized. But the men who ...

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    Out of the Darkness

    Jane Blythe & Amanda Siegrist

    From USA Today bestselling authors Jane Blythe and Amanda Siegrist comes a thrilling, keepsyouontheedgeofyourseat romantic suspense filled with loss, obsession, and love.Don't turn...

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    Seven

    Jane Blythe

    Keep her mouth shut and let a killer get revenge or risk the truth about her coming out? Daisy Xander has spent her entire life trying to hide who she really is. But no matter how ...

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    Christmas Victim

    Jane Blythe

    He broke her heart when he wasn't there for her when she needed him the most. FBI Agent Jett Crane is hunting his expartner who has gone off the rails. When his onetime girlfriend,...

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    Christmas Captive

    Jane Blythe

    The greatest loss a couple can suffer tore them apart. FBI Agent Chloe Luckman is shocked and dismayed when she finds out that her exboyfriend has gotten himself mixed up in a case...

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    Two

    Jane Blythe

    Maybe this family deserves what they get. Someone is killing off the Everett family one by one, and the only family member talking to the cops is Sofia. Shunned by her father and b...

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    Yuletide Guard

    Jane Blythe

    Is it possible to move on from your past? Samara Patrick is being stalked. She doesn't know by who, or where she came into contact with this person, but when the stalker makes an a...

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    Yuletide Protector

    Jane Blythe

    Being the bodyguard for a friend you’re secretly in love with isn’t easy. Ashley Fallon narrowly survived an assault by a serial rapist and murderer. As the only surviving victim s...

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    Forgotten

    Jane Blythe

    Sometimes love can't conquer all. With his relationship to wife Tessa strained almost to the point of breaking, Detective Parker Bell finds himself once again becoming too invested...

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    Little Girl Lost

    Jane Blythe

    If she can't give up her secrets she'll lose everything. After crashing their car in the woods Detective Parker Bell and his wife Tessa stumble upon a blood covered child and find ...

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    Holiday Grief

    Jane Blythe

    How can you trust others when you don't trust yourself? Jasmine Crane made the biggest mistake of her life when she was sixteen. Believing she was in love she ran away only to find...

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    Three

    Jane Blythe

    The body count rises when two serial killers fall in love. Annabelle Englewood is still struggling to cope with what a vicious psychopath did to her eight months ago. Sofia Everett...

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    Eight

    Jane Blythe

    They survived a hostage situation; now, someone is killing them off. When a violent husband tracks down his family at the center for abused women and children, Sofia Xander runs. H...

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    Five

    Jane Blythe

    Innocent victim or crazy liar? At the hospital, Laura Xander bumps into a teenager who claims that she and three other girls were kidnapped five years ago. The man whom she alleges...

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    Dead or Alive

    Jane Blythe

    She was so close to finally being happy.  Lila and Eric Abbott’s world spins out of control in an instant when their young son is shot and their infant daughter abducted in a ...

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    Ten

    Jane Blythe

    They say time heals all wounds. Tessa Micah is snatched from her bed in the middle of the night. She has a complicated past and is the widow of a decorated cop, so the list of susp...

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    One

    Jane Blythe

    To save the woman he loves, he has to let a killer walk free. Annabelle Englewood's life is crumbling around her. Her entire family is slaughtered; she's accused of committing the ...

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    Nine

    Jane Blythe

    The high school is this killer's hunting ground. Teenage girls are being abducted and murdered. The cops don't know who they're looking for, but they do know that with the high sch...

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    Winter Wonderland

    Jane Blythe

    When winter comes this killer comes out of hiding.  With the city in the grips of Iceman fuelled terror, Detective Parker Bell is handed the task of finding a killer who is me...

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    Drowning in You

    Jane Blythe & Amanda Siegrist

    From USA Today bestselling authors Jane Blythe and Amanda Siegrist comes a thrilling, keepsyouontheedgeofyourseat romantic suspense filled with loss, obsession, and love.He has a c...