Portrait of Blythe Danner

Acting

Blythe Danner

Career

Active from 1970 to 2026, busiest in 1998 with 5 main titles.

Leading roles
52
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score58/100
Highest rated
Poster for Mark Twain
Mark Twain
GoodWatch score86/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 78 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 3.1 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.8 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.4 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.7 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.5 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.5 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Blythe Danner Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Adrenaline
    2.9, average 4.8
  • Violence
    2.3, average 4.1
  • Crime
    2.4, average 3.6
  • Scare
    1.5, average 2.6

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Character-Driven 16
  • Character Study 10
  • Social Commentary 7
  • Historical Drama 6
  • Family Drama 5
  • Romantic Comedy 5
  • Melancholy 5
  • Psychological Depth 4
  • Historical Context 4
  • Emotional Turmoil 4
  • Romantic Drama 4
  • Melancholic Tone 3

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

117
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

Upcoming

2 titles
Pretty/Handsome
Pretty/Handsome
GoodWatch score 50

TV show ยท as Bunny

Small Potatoes
Small Potatoes

as Mimi

2020s

3 titles ยท average score 69
Wildwood
Wildwood (2026)
GoodWatch score 90

as The Seer (voice)

Focker-in-Law
Focker-in-Law (2026)

as Dina Byrnes

Happiness for Beginners
Happiness for Beginners (2023)
GoodWatch score 47

as Gigi

2010s

27 titles ยท average score 60
The Tomorrow Man
The Tomorrow Man (2019)
GoodWatch score 51

as Ronnie

Strange but True
Strange but True (2019)
GoodWatch score 55

as Gail

Hearts Beat Loud
Hearts Beat Loud (2018)
GoodWatch score 74

as Marianne Fisher

Madoff
Madoff (2016)
GoodWatch score 64

TV show ยท as Ruth Madoff

Tumbledown
Tumbledown (2016)
GoodWatch score 63

as Ellen Jespersen

I'll See You in My Dreams
I'll See You in My Dreams (2015)
GoodWatch score 75

as Carol Petersen

The Lucky One
The Lucky One (2012)
GoodWatch score 46

as Nana

Hello I Must Be Going
Hello I Must Be Going (2012)
GoodWatch score 64

as Ruth

Paul
Paul (2011)
GoodWatch score 64

as Tara Walton

Detachment
Detachment (2011)
GoodWatch score 66

as Ms. Perkins

What's Your Number?
What's Your Number? (2011)
GoodWatch score 43

as Ava Darling

Little Fockers
Little Fockers (2010)
GoodWatch score 33

as Dina Byrnes

2000s

19 titles ยท average score 63
The Lightkeepers
The Lightkeepers (2009)
GoodWatch score 35

as Mrs. Bascom

Pretty/Handsome
Pretty/Handsome (2008)
GoodWatch score 67

as Bunny Fitzpayne

Medium
Medium (2005)
GoodWatch score 69

TV show ยท as Louise Leaming

Meet the Fockers
Meet the Fockers (2004)
GoodWatch score 50

as Dina Byrnes

Huff
Huff (2004)
GoodWatch score 66

TV show ยท as Isabelle Huffstodt

Back When We Were Grownups
Back When We Were Grownups (2004)
GoodWatch score 54

as Rebecca Holmes Davitch

Mark Twain
Mark Twain (2002)
GoodWatch score 77

as Olivia "Livy" Langdon Clemens (voice)

We Were the Mulvaneys
We Were the Mulvaneys (2002)
GoodWatch score 57

as Corinne Mulvaney

Presidio Med
Presidio Med (2002)

TV show ยท as Harriet Lanning

Mark Twain
Mark Twain (2002)
GoodWatch score 86

TV show ยท as Olivia 'Livy' Langdon Clemens (voice)

The Invisible Circus
The Invisible Circus (2001)
GoodWatch score 39

as Gail

Meet the Parents
Meet the Parents (2000)
GoodWatch score 75

as Dina Byrnes

1990s

31 titles ยท average score 60
The Love Letter
The Love Letter (1999)
GoodWatch score 41

as Lillian

Forces of Nature
Forces of Nature (1999)
GoodWatch score 47

as Virginia

Saint Maybe
Saint Maybe (1998)
GoodWatch score 52

as Bee Bedloe

Thomas Jefferson
Thomas Jefferson (1997)
GoodWatch score 76

TV show ยท as Martha Jefferson (voice)

Mad City
Mad City (1997)
GoodWatch score 49

as Mrs. Banks

To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar
To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar (1995)
GoodWatch score 65

as Beatrice

Leave of Absence
Leave of Absence (1994)
GoodWatch score 51

as Elisa

Cruel Doubt
Cruel Doubt (1992)
GoodWatch score 52

TV show ยท as Bonnie Von Stein

The Prince of Tides
The Prince of Tides (1991)
GoodWatch score 68

as Sally Wingo

Never Forget
Never Forget (1991)
GoodWatch score 60

as Jane Mermelstein

Judgment
Judgment (1990)
GoodWatch score 60

as Emmeline Guitry

Alice
Alice (1990)
GoodWatch score 65

as Dorothy

1980s

12 titles ยท average score 66
Money, Power, Murder.
Money, Power, Murder. (1989)

as Jeannie

Tales from the Crypt
Tales from the Crypt (1989)
GoodWatch score 75

TV show ยท as Margaret

Tattingers
Tattingers (1988)

TV show

Another Woman
Another Woman (1988)
GoodWatch score 65

as Lydia

Elizabeth Bishop: One Art
Elizabeth Bishop: One Art (1987)

as Voice of Elizabeth Bishop

Brighton Beach Memoirs
Brighton Beach Memoirs (1986)
GoodWatch score 57

as Kate

Guilty Conscience
Guilty Conscience (1985)
GoodWatch score 54

as Louise Jamison

Helen Keller: The Miracle Continues
Helen Keller: The Miracle Continues (1984)

as Anne Sullivan

Man, Woman and Child
Man, Woman and Child (1983)
GoodWatch score 63

as Sheila Beckwith

In Defense of Kids
In Defense of Kids (1983)

as Ellen Wilcox

Inside the Third Reich
Inside the Third Reich (1982)
GoodWatch score 71

TV show ยท as Margarete Speer

St. Elsewhere
St. Elsewhere (1982)
GoodWatch score 77

TV show ยท as Paige Gerradeaux

1970s

22 titles ยท average score 62
The Great Santini
The Great Santini (1979)
GoodWatch score 75

as Lillian Meechum

Are You in the House Alone?
Are You in the House Alone? (1978)
GoodWatch score 49

as Anne Osborne

A Love Affair: The Eleanor and Lou Gehrig Story
A Love Affair: The Eleanor and Lou Gehrig Story (1978)

as Eleanor Gehrig

Futureworld
Futureworld (1976)
GoodWatch score 44

as Tracy Ballard

The Eccentricities of a Nightingale
The Eccentricities of a Nightingale (1976)

as Alma Winemiller

Hearts of the West
Hearts of the West (1975)
GoodWatch score 60

as Miss Trout

Lovin' Molly
Lovin' Molly (1974)
GoodWatch score 41

as Molly Taylor

Sidekicks
Sidekicks (1974)

as Prudy Jenkins

F. Scott Fitzgerald and the Last of the Belles
F. Scott Fitzgerald and the Last of the Belles (1974)
GoodWatch score 52

as Zelda Fitzgerald

Adam's Rib
Adam's Rib (1973)

TV show ยท as Amanda Bonner

1776
1776 (1972)
GoodWatch score 72

as Martha Jefferson

Columbo
Columbo (1971)
GoodWatch score 83

TV show ยท as Janice Benedict

1950s

1 title ยท average score 84
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Hallmark Hall of Fame (1951)
GoodWatch score 84

TV show ยท as Elizabeth Custer / Rebecca Holmes Davitch