- Born
- Birth nameBlythe Katharine Danner
- Nickname
- Lalo
- Height5′ 7″ (1.70 m)
- Blythe Danner was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to Katharine (Kile) and Harry Earl Danner, a bank executive. She has German, as well as English and Irish, ancestry. Danner studied acting and got her degree from Bard College and began her career in Boston theater companies. By 25, she won the Theater World Award for her work in Molière's "The Miser", at Lincoln Center. She also won the 1970 Tony award for her role in "Butterflies Are Free". She made her film premiere in the same year in the television production of Dr. Cook's Garden (1971). For 25 years, she has been a regular performer at the Williamstown Summer Theater Festival. She has also been nominated for Tonys for performances in "A Streetcar Named Desire" and "Betrayal". Married to director Bruce Paltrow, she is the mother of two acting children, Gwyneth Paltrow and Jake Paltrow.- IMDb Mini Biography By: John Sacksteder <jsack@ka.net>
- SpouseBruce Paltrow(December 14, 1969 - October 3, 2002) (his death, 2 children)
- Children
- ParentsHarry Earl DannerKatharine Danner
- RelativesKate Moennig(Niece or Nephew)Apple Martin(Grandchild)Moses Martin(Grandchild)Dorothy Danner(Sibling)William Moennig III(Half Sibling)Hillary Danner(Niece or Nephew)Harry Danner(Sibling)Amanda Seyfried(Cousin)
- Husky voice
- Often plays rich, sophisticated women, usually socialite or intellectual types
- Frequently works with Woody Allen
- The first actress to be nominated for 3 Emmy awards in the same year (2005).
- Has a brother, opera singer Harry Danner; a sister-in-law, choreographer Dorothy Danner; and a maternal half-brother, violin maker William Moennig III.
- Godfather of her daughter Gwyneth Paltrow is Steven Spielberg.
- Won Tony for "Butterflies Are Free".
- [on the birth of Moses, her second grandchild] We love unusual names in the family.
- [on granddaughter Apple's name]: Creative people choose creative names and unusual names. I think it's a great name.
- [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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