Blythe Danner

Blythe married film producer, writer, and film director Bruce Paltrow in 1969. Their children, Gwyneth, (born in 1972), and Jake, (born in 1975), are also in the film industry.

Bruce died in 2002. He had Oral Cancer and was suffering from pneumonia during his last days.

According to her, transcendental meditation is very soothing and helpful. Danner suffers from osteoporosis and claims that it made her more conscious about strengthening the bones.

Blythe was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on 3rd February 1943. Blythe’s father, Harry Danner was a bank executive, while her mother, Katherine was a housewife. She has a brother, Harry, who is now an operatic tenor. Blythe has a Pennsylvania Dutch, English, German, and Irish ancestry.

She graduated from a Quaker high school named ‘George School’ located in Newtown, Bucks County in Pennsylvania, in 1960. She then studied at the Bard College in New York.

She holds a B.A. degree in drama from the Bard, William College, and an honorary doctorate from the Hobart/ William Smith College.

Blythe started her acting career as a Broadway artist. She performed her first play in 1965. It was the popular ‘The Glass Menagerie’ by Tennessee Williams.

After that, she appeared in a few others plays including ‘The Knack’ and ‘The Infantry’. In 1967, she acted in the Russian play ‘Three Sisters’ and Shakespeare’s ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’.

Blythe made her TV debut in 1970 with the movie ‘George M!’. Following that, she starred in a number of television films including ‘Dr. Cook’s Garden’, ‘F. Scott Fitzgerald’, and 'The Last of the Belles', ‘A Love Affair: The Eleanor’, and ‘Lou Gehrig Story’ and ‘Sidekicks’.

Her first major TV show was ‘Adam’s Rib’ where she played Amanda Bonner in 13 episodes. She played the major role of Lily Frishcherin the film ‘Kill a Clown’, in 1972.

Danner continued to do films for several consecutive years and became majorly successful in the film industry. Her first few films include ‘1776’, ‘Lovin’ Molly’, ‘Hearts of the West’, and others.

Blythe is helping launch ‘Act2ReduceFractures.com’ in order to spread awareness about osteoporosis. The website is sponsored by Amgen, The Global Healthy Living Foundation, American Bone Health and Older Women’s League.

She is also an active member of the Oral Cancer Foundation. She spreads awareness about oral cancer through the ‘Bruce Paltrow Oral Cancer Fund’.