Person profile

Blythe Danner

29%Slightly wokeWoke score · lower is better20% personal • 29% work

Published titles: 5
Crew roles: 0
Cast roles: 5
Profile updated: October 5, 2026
TMDB person ID: 10401

Personal context

Summary

Blythe Danner is an award-winning stage, film, and television actor known for Butterflies Are Free, Huff, Will & Grace, and the Meet the Parents films. Her work spans comedy and drama, including roles centered on family, aging, and loss. Danner has served on the Environmental Media Association’s board, publicly urged the EPA to ban glyphosate and other pesticides, and said she worked for John Kerry. No public statements on identity politics, DEI, or representation campaigns are on record.

Known Work

Published titles

Happiness for Beginners
2023
as Gigi
32%
Strange but True
2019
as Gail
4%
Hearts Beat Loud
2018