Blythe Danner
Known for: Acting
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).
Filmography
Series
Columbo
Janice Benedict
1971
Film
Wildwood
The Seer (voice)
2026
Series
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
Self
2005
Series
Saturday Night Live
Self - Host
1975
Series
Medium
Louise Leaming
2005
Series
Great Performances
Nina
1971
Series
Great Performances
Alma Winemiller
1971
Series
Great Performances
Self
1971
Series
Great Performances
Narrator
1971
Series
M*A*S*H
Carlye
1972
Series
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Self
2003
Series
Will & Grace
Marilyn Truman
1998
Series
Good Day Live
Self
2001
Series
Tony Awards
Self - Winner
1956
Series
Tony Awards
Self - Nominee
1956
Series
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Nominee
1944
Series
St. Elsewhere
Paige Gerradeaux
1982
Series
Intimate Portrait
Self - Narrator (voice)
1993
Series
Today
Self
1952
Series
Nurse Jackie
Maureen Cooper
2009
Series
Tales from the Crypt
Margaret
1989
Series
American Gods
Demeter / Caroline Wells
2017
Series
American Gods
Demeter
2017
Series
Will & Grace
Marilyn Truman
2017
Series
Up All Night
Angie Chafin
2011
Series
From the Earth to the Moon
Narrator (voice)
1998
Film
Focker-in-Law
Dina Byrnes
2026
Film
Meet the Fockers
Dina Byrnes
2004
Series
Huff
Isabelle Huffstodt
2004
Series
Patrick Melrose
Nancy Valance
2018
Film
Meet the Parents
Dina Byrnes
2000
Film
Paul
Tara Walton
2011
Series
Presidio Med
Harriet Lanning
2002
Film
Detachment
Ms. Perkins
2011
Series
The Slap
Virginia
2015
Film
Little Fockers
Dina Byrnes
2010
Film
The X-Files
Cassidy
1998
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Elizabeth Custer
1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Bee Bedloe
1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Rebecca Holmes Davitch
1951
Film
To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar
Beatrice
1995
Film
What's Your Number?
Ava Darling
2011
Film
The Lucky One
Nana
2012
Series
Prohibition
Reader (voice)
2011
Tattingers
1988
Series
Adam's Rib
Amanda Bonner
1973
Film
Futureworld
Tracy Ballard
1976
Film
The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2
Greta
2008
Film
Strange but True
Gail
2019
Series
Madoff
Ruth Madoff
2016
Film
The Prince of Tides
Sally Wingo
1991
Pretty/Handsome
Bunny
Series
Inside the Third Reich
Margarete Speer
1982
Series
Working Shakespeare
2003
Film
I'll See You in My Dreams
Carol Petersen
2015
Film
Happiness for Beginners
Gigi
2023
Series
Cruel Doubt
Bonnie Von Stein
1992
Film
Mad City
Mrs. Banks
1997
Film
The Last Kiss
Anna
2006
Film
Forces of Nature
Virginia
1999
Film
Husbands and Wives
Rain's mother
1992
Series
Mark Twain
Olivia 'Livy' Langdon Clemens (voice)
2002
Film
Man, Woman and Child
Sheila Beckwith
1983
Film
1776
Martha Jefferson
1972
Film
Alice
Dorothy
1990
Film
Another Woman
Lydia
1988
Series
Thomas Jefferson
Martha Jefferson (voice)
1997
Series
Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All
Bianca Honicut
1994
Film
The Mayo Clinic
(voice)
2018
Series
The Great War
Self (voice)
2017
Film
Sylvia
Aurelia Plath
2003
Film
Tumbledown
Ellen Jespersen
2016
Film
Hearts Beat Loud
Marianne Fisher
2018
Film
The Proposition
Syril Danning
1998
Film
Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All
Bianca Honicut
1994
Film
What They Had
Ruth
2018
Film
The Myth of Fingerprints
Lena
1997
Film
Mr. & Mrs. Bridge
Grace Barron
1990
Film
Halfway There
Jeanne Ross
2017
Film
The Great Santini
Lillian Meechum
1979
Film
Hello I Must Be Going
Ruth Minsky
2012
Film
Murder of a Cat
Edie Moisey
2014
Film
The Love Letter
Lillian
1999
Film
Sidekicks
Prudy Jenkins
1974
Film
Brighton Beach Memoirs
Kate
1986
Film
A Call to Remember
Paula Tobias
1997
Film
Beyond All Boundaries
Elsa Maxwell
2009
Film
Mark Twain
Olivia "Livy" Langdon Clemens (voice)
2002
Film
The Eccentricities of a Nightingale
Alma Winemiller
1976
Film
Murder She Purred: A Mrs. Murphy Mystery
Mrs. Murphy (voice)
1998
Film
The Tomorrow Man
Ronnie
2019
Film
Hearts of the West
Miss Trout
1975
Helen Keller: The Miracle Continues
Anne Sullivan
1984
Film
The Chaperone
Mary O'Dell
2019
Film
Eye of the Storm
Irma
1998
Film
F. Scott Fitzgerald and the Last of the Belles
Zelda Fitzgerald
1974
Film
Are You in the House Alone?
Anne Osborne
1978
Film
Waiting for Forever
Miranda Twist
2010
Film
Judgment
Emmeline Guitry
1990
Film
Back When We Were Grownups
Rebecca Holmes Davitch
2004
Film
Lovin' Molly
Molly Taylor
1974
Film
We Were the Mulvaneys
Corinne Mulvaney
2002
Film
Elizabeth Bishop: One Art
Voice of Elizabeth Bishop
1987
Film
No Looking Back
Claudia's Mom
1998
Film
Leave of Absence
Elisa
1994
Film
You Can't Take it With You
Alice Sycamore
1979
Film
A Love Affair: The Eleanor and Lou Gehrig Story
Eleanor Gehrig
1978
Film
Things I Forgot to Remember
Mrs. Bradford
1999
Film
Getting Up and Going Home
Lily Montgomery
1992
Film
Kiss, Kiss, Dahlings
The Daughter
1992
RSC Meets USA: Working Shakespeare
Self
Lincoln
Elizabeth Todd Edwards (voice)
1992
Film
Tracey Ullman Takes on New York
Eleanor Levine
1993
Film
The Invisible Circus
Gail
2001
Film
Pretty/Handsome
Bunny Fitzpayne
2008
Film
To Be Young, Gifted and Black
Self and other assorted characters
1972
Film
Gilded Lilys
Caroline Lily
2013
Film
To Kill a Clown
Lily Frischer
1972
Film
The Lightkeepers
Mrs. Bascom
2009
Film
Dr. Cook's Garden
Janey Rausch
1971
Film
Saint Maybe
Bee Bedloe
1998
Film
Too Far to Go
Joan Barlow Maple
1979
Film
In Defense of Kids
Ellen Wilcox
1983
Film
Homage
Katherine Samuel
1995
Film
The Seagull
Nina
1975
Film
Never Forget
Jane Mermelstein
1991
Film
Guilty Conscience
Louise Jamison
1985
Film
The Court-Martial of George Armstrong Custer
Elizabeth Custer
1977
Film
Eero Saarinen: The Architect Who Saw the Future
Aline Saarinen (voice)
2016
Film
Money, Power, Murder.
Jeannie
1989
Film
Scarecrow
Rachel Merton
1972
Film
George M!
Agnes Nolan
1970
Saving the Great Swamp: Battle to Defeat the Jetport
Narrator
2017
Side by Each
Daisy/Delores/Delilah
2008
Small Potatoes
Mimi