Blythe Danner is 79 years old as of 2022.
Blythe Danner celebrates her birthday every February 3. She was born on February 3, 1943 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States to Katharine Kile Danner 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.
A native of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Danner graduated from George School, a Quaker high school located near Newtown, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, in 1960.
Danner then earned a degree in acting from Bard College and began her career in Boston theater companies.
She has since starred in numerous films and tv series such as Meet the Parents (2000), Meet the Fockers(2004), The Last Kiss (2006), Paul (2011), Up All Night (2011-2012), Gilded Lilys (2013), I’ll See You in My Dreams (2015), Gypsy (2017), Strange But True (2019), Will & Grace (2001-2020), American Gods (2021), Ridley Jones (2021-2022), et al.
Blythe Danner has received a couple of awards including two Primetime Emmy Awards for Best Supporting Actress in a Drama Series for her role as Izzy Huffstodt on Huff, and a Tony Award for Best Actress for her performance in Butterflies Are Free on Broadway.
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.