Blythe Danner
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Blythe Katherine Danner (born February 3, 1943) is an American actress. She is the mother of actress Gwyneth Paltrow and director Jake Paltrow.
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Strange But True (2019)
As: Gail
A woman surprises the family of her deceased boyfriend by telling them she's pregnant with his child.
Runtime: 96 min.
Directed by: Rowan Athale
Stars: Brian Cox | Blythe Danner | Amy Ryan | Margaret Qualley | Nick Robinson
The Chaperone (2019)
As: Mary O'Dell
In the early 1920s, a Kansas woman finds her life forever changed when she accompanies a young dancer on her fame-seeking journey to New York City.
Runtime: 103 min.
Directed by: Michael Engler
Stars: Campbell Scott | Elizabeth McGovern | Victoria Hill | Haley Lu Richardson | Géza Röhrig
The Tomorrow Man (2019)
As: Ronnie
Ed Hemsler spends his life preparing for a disaster that may never come. Ronnie Meisner spends her life shopping for things she may never use. In a small town somewhere in America, these two people will try to find love while trying not to get lost in each other’s stuff.
Runtime: 94 min.
Directed by: Noble Jones
Stars: Katie Aselton | Derek Cecil | Blythe Danner | John Lithgow | Sophie Thatcher
What They Had (2018)
As: Ruth
A woman must fly back to her hometown when her Alzheimer's-stricken mother, wanders into a blizzard. The return home forces her to confront her past.
Runtime: 101 min.
Directed by: Elizabeth Chomko
Stars: Robert Forster | Michael Shannon | Blythe Danner | Hilary Swank | Taissa Farmiga
Hearts Beat Loud (2018)
As: Marianne Fisher
In the hip Brooklyn neighborhood of Red Hook, single dad and record store owner Frank is preparing to send his hard-working daughter Sam off to college while being forced to close his vintage shop. Hoping to stay connected through their shared musical passions, Frank urges Sam to turn their weekly jam sessions into a father-daughter live act. After their first song becomes an internet breakout, the two ...
Runtime: 97 min.
Directed by: Brett Haley
Stars: Ted Danson | Blythe Danner | Nick Offerman | Kiersey Clemons | Sasha Lane
Halfway There (2018)
As: Jeanne Ross
Jimmy Bishop runs a sober living facility and is forced to take in his wealthy alcoholic mother as a client.
Directed by: Rick Rosenthal
Stars: Blythe Danner | Catherine Dent | Erich Anderson | Paige Hurd | Curt Cornelius
Eero Saarinen: The Architect Who Saw the Future (2016)
Best known for designing National Historic Landmarks such as St. Louis’ iconic Gateway Arch and the General Motors Technical Center, Saarinen also designed New York’s TWA Flight Center at John F. Kennedy International Airport, Yale University’s Ingalls Rink and Morse and Ezra Stiles Colleges, Virginia’s Dulles Airport, and modernist pedestal furniture like the Tulip chair.
Runtime: 70 min.
Directed by: Peter Rosen
Stars: Peter Franzén | Blythe Danner
Tumbledown (2015)
As: Ellen Jespersen
A young woman struggles to move on with her life after the death of her husband, an acclaimed folk singer, when a brash New York writer forces her to confront her loss and the ambiguous circumstances of his death.
Runtime: 105 min.
Directed by: Sean Mewshaw
Stars: Rebecca Hall | Jason Sudeikis | Dianna Agron | Blythe Danner | Griffin Dunne
I’ll See You in My Dreams (2015)
As: Carol Petersen
A sudden loss disrupts Carol’s orderly life, propelling her into the dating world for the first time in 20 years. Finally living in the present tense, she finds herself swept up in not one, but two unexpected relationships that challenge her assumptions about what it means to grow old.
Runtime: 92 min.
Directed by: Brett Haley
Stars: Mary Kay Place | Blythe Danner | Aarti Mann | June Squibb | Rhea Perlman
Murder of a Cat (2014)
As: Edie
When someone murders his beloved cat, Clinton, an adult child, demands justice. Taking it upon himself to solve the case, he teams up with an unlikely ally, Greta, and the two set out to find the culprit lurking in their small suburban town. But as Clinton searches for the truth, he begins to uncover a conspiracy that goes far deeper than he anticipated.
Runtime: 101 min.
Directed by: Gillian Greene | Gillian Greene
Stars: J.K. Simmons | Greg Kinnear | Nikki Reed | Blythe Danner | Fran Kranz
Hello I Must Be Going (2012)
As: Ruth Minsky
Divorced and demoralized Amy Minsky’s prospects look bleak when she is condemned to move back in with her parents at the age of 35. Everyone wants to help, but, as her patience level with advice is plummeting, a bold teenage boy enters her life, igniting her last bit of self-esteem. What ensues is an unconventional love story infused with all the good things Amy needs to get on in life, and that just may ...
Runtime: 95 min.
Directed by: Todd Louiso
Stars: Julie White | Blythe Danner | Melanie Lynskey | John Rubinstein | Dan Futterman
The Lucky One (2012)
As: Nana
U.S. Marine Sergeant Logan Thibault returns from his third tour of duty in Iraq, with the one thing he credits with keeping him alive-a photograph he found of a woman he doesn't even know. Learning her name is Beth and where she lives, he shows up at her door, and ends up taking a job at her family-run local kennel. Despite her initial mistrust and the complications in her life, a romance ...
Runtime: 101 min.
Directed by: Scott Hicks
Stars: Jay R. Ferguson | Blythe Danner | Zac Efron | Riley Thomas Stewart | Taylor Schilling
What's Your Number? (2011)
As: Ava Darling
Ally Darling (Anna Faris) is realizing she's a little lost in life. Her latest romance has just fizzled out, and she's just been fired from her marketing job. Then she reads an eye-opening magazine article that warns that 96 percent of women who've been with 20 or more lovers are unlikely to find a husband. Determined to turn her life around and prove the article wrong, Ally embarks on a mission to ...
Runtime: 106 min.
Directed by: Mark Mylod
Stars: Chris Evans | Anna Faris | Chris Pratt | Martin Freeman | Ari Graynor
Detachment (2011)
As: Ms. Perkins
A chronicle of three weeks in the lives of several high school teachers, administrators and students through the eyes of substitute teacher, Henry Barthes. Henry roams from school to school, imparting modes of knowledge, but never staying long enough to form any semblance of sentient attachment.
Runtime: 98 min.
Directed by: Tony Kaye
Stars: Lucy Liu | Adrien Brody | James Caan | Marcia Gay Harden | Christina Hendricks
Paul (2011)
As: Tara Walton
For the past 60 years, a space-traveling smart-ass named Paul has been locked up in a top-secret military base, advising world leaders about his kind. But when he worries he’s outlived his usefulness and the dissection table is drawing uncomfortably close, Paul escapes on the first RV that passes by his compound in Area 51. Fortunately, it contains the two earthlings who are most likely to rescue and ...
Runtime: 104 min.
Directed by: Greg Mottola
Stars: Kristen Wiig | Simon Pegg | Jason Bateman | Seth Rogen | Nick Frost
Little Fockers (2010)
As: Dina Byrnes
It has taken 10 years, two little Fockers with wife Pam and countless hurdles for Greg to finally get in with his tightly wound father-in-law, Jack. After the cash-strapped dad takes a job moonlighting for a drug company, Jack's suspicions about his favorite male nurse come roaring back. When Greg and Pam's entire clan descends for the twins' birthday party, Greg must prove to the skeptical Jack that ...
Runtime: 98 min.
Directed by: Paul Weitz
Stars: Robert De Niro | Owen Wilson | Ben Stiller | Barbra Streisand | Dustin Hoffman
Waiting for Forever (2010)
As: Miranda Twist
A Hollywood-set romantic tale of a guy who is content to live his life without a job yet with the love of his life, a young actress.
Runtime: 95 min.
Directed by: James Keach
Stars: Richard Jenkins | Scott Mechlowicz | Rachel Bilson | Tom Sturridge | Matthew Davis
The Lightkeepers (2009)
As: Mrs. Bascom
Set in the year 1912 on Cape Cod, a lighthouse keeper who has disavowed any association with females, must deal with the appearance of two attractive women who move into a nearby cottage for the summer.
Runtime: 97 min.
Directed by: Daniel Adams
Stars: Richard Dreyfuss | Mamie Gummer | Blythe Danner | Bruce Dern | Tom Wisdom
Beyond All Boundaries (2009)
As: Elsa Maxwell
A visual, 4-D experience of the battles of World War II featuring stories, archival footage and advanced special effects.
Directed by: David Briggs
Stars: Patricia Clarkson | James Cromwell | Kevin Connolly | Kevin Bacon | Corbin Bleu
The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2 (2008)
As: Greta
Four young women continue the journey toward adulthood that began with "The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants." Now three years later, these lifelong friends embark on separate paths for their first year of college and the summer beyond, but remain in touch by sharing their experiences with each other.
Runtime: 119 min.
Directed by: Sanaa Hamri
Stars: Amber Tamblyn | Rachel Nichols | America Ferrera | Alexis Bledel | Blake Lively
Side by Each (2008)
Salty wants to launch his live-in boat and sail off, until crooks buy the boatyard, requiring him to move away. He soon meets and falls for a woman not knowing she is one of three triplet sisters, setting off comic consequences along the waterfront.
Runtime: 99 min.
Directed by: Rich Allen
Stars: Blythe Danner | Paul Benedict | Larry Bryggman | Paul B. Price | Lewis D. Wheeler
The Last Kiss (2006)
As: Anna
Revolves around a young couple and their friends struggling with adulthood and issues of relationships and commitment. Based on the 2001 Italian film L'ultimo bacio, directed by Gabriele Muccino.
Runtime: 115 min.
Directed by: Tony Goldwyn
Stars: Jacinda Barrett | Zach Braff | Casey Affleck | Rachel Bilson | Michael Weston
Meet the Fockers (2004)
As: Dina Byrnes
Hard-to-crack ex-CIA man, Jack Byrnes and his wife, Dina head for the warmer climes of Florida to meet son-in-law-to-be, Greg Focker's parents. Unlike their happily matched offspring, the future in-laws find themselves in a situation of opposites that definitely do not attract.
Runtime: 115 min.
Directed by: Jay Roach
Stars: Robert De Niro | Ben Stiller | Teri Polo | Barbra Streisand | Dustin Hoffman
Back When We Were Grownups (2004)
As: Rebecca Holmes Davitch
A 53-year-old widow believes she's turned into the wrong person in this bittersweet tale based on Anne Tyler's best-seller. Beck's (Blythe Danner) plate is full: She runs a catering business and cares for her large family, but feels lost inside. Determined to find herself, Beck embarks on a journey, starting with her ex-beau (Peter Fonda) and ending with an unexpected soul mate. Jack Palance, Peter ...
Runtime: 98 min.
Directed by: Ron Underwood
Stars: Blythe Danner | Faye Dunaway | Ione Skye | Jack Palance | Peter Fonda
Sylvia (2003)
As: Aurelia Plath
Story of the relationship between the poets Ted Hughes and Sylvia Plath.
Runtime: 110 min.
Directed by: Christine Jeffs
Stars: Gwyneth Paltrow | Michael Gambon | Jared Harris | Blythe Danner | Daniel Craig
We Were the Mulvaneys (2002)
As: Corinne Mulvaney
Based on the novel by the same name, We Were the Mulvaneys is a sensitive portrayal of one family's journey as they face conflict, fear, tragedy and ultimately, themselves.
Runtime: 86 min.
Directed by: Peter Werner
Stars: Beau Bridges | Tammy Blanchard | Blythe Danner | Tom Guiry | Jacob Pitts
Mark Twain (2001)
As: Olivia "Livy" Langdon Clemens (voice)
Largely considered to be the greatest American author, Mark Twain is celebrated in this exhaustive documentary by filmmaker Ken Burns.
Runtime: 212 min.
Directed by: Ken Burns
Stars: Keith David | Blythe Danner | Philip Bosco | Kevin Conway | Tim Clark
The Invisible Circus (2001)
As: Gail
After learning that her sister, Faith (Cameron Diaz), has committed suicide in Portugal, Phoebe (Jordana Brewster), an 18-year-old hippie, decides to uproot from her San Francisco home to travel to Europe. Phoebe hopes to discover and experience the life that led to her sister's death by retracing her footsteps, which eventually leads to Wolf (Christopher Eccleston) -- Faith's boyfriend. However, ...
Runtime: 93 min.
Directed by: Adam Brooks
Stars: Cameron Diaz | Blythe Danner | Camilla Belle | Christopher Eccleston | Jordana Brewster
Meet the Parents (2000)
As: Dina Byrnes
Greg Focker is ready to marry his girlfriend, Pam, but before he pops the question, he must win over her formidable father, humorless former CIA agent Jack Byrnes, at the wedding of Pam's sister. As Greg bends over backward to make a good impression, his visit to the Byrnes home turns into a hilarious series of disasters, and everything that can go wrong does, all under Jack's critical, hawklike gaze.
Runtime: 108 min.
Directed by: Jay Roach
Stars: Robert De Niro | Owen Wilson | Ben Stiller | Blythe Danner | Teri Polo
Cosas que olvidé recordar (1999)
As: Mrs. Bradford
Runtime: 96 min.
Directed by: Enrique Oliver
Stars: Olga Merediz | Blythe Danner | Ana Torrent | Al Romero | Larry Villanueva
The Love Letter (1999)
As: Lillian MacFarquhar
A romantic comedy about a mysterious love letter that turns a sleepy New England town upside down.
Runtime: 88 min.
Directed by: Peter Chan
Stars: Julianne Nicholson | Blythe Danner | Kate Capshaw | Ellen DeGeneres | Tom Everett Scott
Forces of Nature (1999)
As: Virginia
Ben Holmes, a professional book-jacket blurbologist, is trying to get to Savannah for his wedding. He just barely catches the last plane, but a seagull flies into the engine as the plane is taking off. All later flights are cancelled because of an approaching hurricane, so he is forced to hitch a ride in a Geo Metro with an attractive but eccentric woman named Sara.
Runtime: 105 min.
Directed by: Bronwen Hughes
Stars: Ben Affleck | Blythe Danner | Steve Zahn | Sandra Bullock | Maura Tierney
Murder, She Purred (1998)
As: Mrs. Murphy (voice)
A small-town cat-and-dog detective duo investigate a new neighbor who they believe may have committed a murder, but the snag is, locals are attempting to pair him off with their owner.
Runtime: 88 min.
Directed by: Simon Wincer
Stars: Linden Ashby | Ricki Lake | Judith Scott | Christina Pickles | Bruce McGill
Saint Maybe (1998)
As: Bee Bedloe
A lonely teen troubled by a past family tragedy is suspicious of his sister-in-law, believing she is being unfaithful. His confrontation with his brother sets off a series of tragic events.
Runtime: 95 min.
Directed by: Michael Pressman
Stars: Melina Kanakaredes | Jeffrey Nordling | Blythe Danner | Tom McCarthy | Edward Herrmann
The X Files (1998)
As: Cassidy
Mulder and Scully, now taken off the FBI's X Files cases, must find a way to fight the shadowy elements of the government to find out the truth about a conspiracy that might mean the alien colonization of Earth.
Runtime: 121 min.
Directed by: Rob Bowman
Stars: Mitch Pileggi | Gillian Anderson | William B. Davis | John Neville | David Duchovny
No Looking Back (1998)
As: Claudia's Mom
Charlie returns to his old town where he meets his ex-girlfriend again and tries to get her back.
Runtime: 96 min.
Directed by: Edward Burns
Stars: Edward Burns | Jon Bon Jovi | Lauren Holly | Blythe Danner | Connie Britton
The Proposition (1998)
As: Syril Danning
Father Michael McKinnon goes from the UK to Boston circa 1935. For unknown reasons, he avoids at all costs the most prominent parishioners, Arthur and Eleanor Barret. Meanwhile Eleanor and Arthur desperately want to have a child, but Arthur is sterile, so they hire Harvard law student Roger Martin to impregnate Eleanor, but unfortunately Roger falls in love with her.
Runtime: 110 min.
Directed by: Lesli Linka Glatter
Stars: William Hurt | Kenneth Branagh | Madeleine Stowe | Robert Loggia | Bronia Wheeler
Eye of the Storm (1998)
As: Irma
When a sudden storm traps a college student from California in the Miller's farmhouse basement, in the dead geographic center of America, with Irma, her husband Dallas and their brooding 30-year-old son Billy, their dark secrets are revealed. This taut, well-crafted drama is a star turn for Blythe Danner, leading us on an intriguing path of family dysfunction and hidden tragedies. The Millers are trying to ...
Runtime: 100 min.
Directed by: Marcus Spiegel
Stars: Blythe Danner | Leo Burmester | Katherine Kendall
Mad City (1997)
As: Mrs. Banks
A misguided museum guard who loses his job and then tries to get it back at gunpoint is thrown into the fierce world of ratings-driven TV gone mad.
Runtime: 115 min.
Directed by: Costa-Gavras
Stars: Mia Kirshner | Robert Prosky | John Travolta | Alan Alda | Dustin Hoffman
The Myth Of Fingerprints (1997)
As: Lena
When a New England dysfunctional family gathers for Thanksgiving, past demons reveal themselves as one son returns for the first time in three years.
Runtime: 93 min.
Directed by: Bart Freundlich
Stars: Noah Wyle | Julianne Moore | Blythe Danner | Roy Scheider | James Le Gros
A Call to Remember (1997)
As: Paula Tobias
Paula Tobias, a Holocaust survivor who has suffered the ultimate personal tragedy of losing her spouse and children during the Nazi occupation of World War II. Now re-married and living in America during the late 1960's with husband David, they build a new life together with sons Ben and Jake. One evening, Paula receives a phone call which assures her that her son, Alec, is actually alive and ...
Runtime: 110 min.
Directed by: Jack Bender
Stars: Joe Mantegna | Blythe Danner | Kevin Zegers | Joe Spano | David Lascher
To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar (1995)
As: Beatrice
Three New York drag queens on their way to Hollywood for a beauty pageant get stranded in a small Midwestern town for the entire weekend when their car breaks down. While waiting for parts for their Cadillac convertible, the flamboyant trio shows the local homophobic rednecks that appearing different doesn't mean they don't have humanity in common.
Runtime: 109 min.
Directed by: Beeban Kidron
Stars: Jason London | Stockard Channing | John Leguizamo | Wesley Snipes | Patrick Swayze
Homage (1995)
As: Katherine Samuel
The young caretaker at the estate of a reclusive woman develops a dangerous obsession with her daughter, a sexy television star. Unexpected twists and turns.
Runtime: 97 min.
Directed by: Ross Kagan Marks
Stars: Danny Nucci | Blythe Danner | Sheryl Lee | Bruce Davison | Frank Whaley
Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All (1994)
As: Bianca Honicut
Lucy married at the turn of the last century, when she was fifteen and her husband was fifty. If Colonel William Marsden was a veteran of the "War for Southern Independence", Lucy became a "veteran of the veteran" with a unique perspective on Southern history and Southern manhood. Her story encompasses everything from the tragic death of a Confederate boy soldier to the feisty narrator's daily battles in ...
Runtime: 113 min.
Directed by: Ken Cameron
Stars: Diane Lane | Donald Sutherland | Blythe Danner | Cicely Tyson | Anne Bancroft
Lincoln (1992)
Famous actors read testimonies from people close to Lincoln about him and his actions during the Civil War.
Runtime: 240 min.
Directed by: Peter W. Kunhardt | James A. Edgar
Stars: James Earl Jones | Arnold Schwarzenegger | Jason Robards | Glenn Close | Richard Widmark
Husbands and Wives (1992)
As: Rain's mother
When Jack and Sally announce that they're splitting up, this comes as a shock to their best friends Gabe and Judy. Maybe mostly because they also are drifting apart and are now being made aware of it. So while Jack and Sally try to go on and meet new people, the marriage of Gabe and Judy gets more and more strained, and they begin to find themselves being attracted to other people.
Runtime: 108 min.
Directed by: Woody Allen
Stars: Juliette Lewis | Woody Allen | Mia Farrow | Judy Davis | Sydney Pollack
The Prince of Tides (1991)
As: Sally Wingo
A troubled man talks to his suicidal sister's psychiatrist about their family history and falls in love with her in the process.
Runtime: 132 min.
Directed by: Barbra Streisand
Stars: Nick Nolte | Blythe Danner | Jeroen Krabbé | Kate Nelligan | Barbra Streisand
Never Forget (1991)
As: Jane Mermelstein
Mr. Mermelstein (Leonard Nimoy) and Mrs. Mermelstein (Blythe Danner) a true-life California couple, thrown into the spotlight of judicial history in the 1980s. He is a Hungarian-born Jew, sole-survivor of his family's extermination at Auschwitz, and she is a Southern Baptist from Tennessee. Their four children are good kids, typical Americans, with just enough orneriness to irritate each other, but ...
Runtime: 94 min.
Directed by: Joseph Sargent
Stars: Blythe Danner | Dabney Coleman | Leonard Nimoy | Paul Hampton | Jason Presson
Alice (1990)
As: Dorothy
Alice Tate, mother of two, with a marriage of 16 years, finds herself falling for the handsome sax player, Joe. Stricken with a backache, she consults Dr. Yang, an oriental herbalist who realizes that her problems are not related to her back, but in her mind and heart. Dr. Yang's magical herbs give Alice wondrous powers, taking her out of well-established rut.
Runtime: 106 min.
Directed by: Woody Allen
Stars: William Hurt | Joe Mantegna | Blythe Danner | Mia Farrow | Alec Baldwin
Mr & Mrs Bridge (1990)
As: Grace Barron
It's about a five member family. The father is a conservative and traditional person who directs the family. The mother is at home, she tries to hold together the family, while Mr. Bridge works as a lawyer. The children have just grown up, and the complications are derived from that they have a more modern view of life.
Runtime: 126 min.
Directed by: James Ivory
Stars: Paul Newman | Joanne Woodward | Margaret Welsh | Saundra McClain | John Bell
Another Woman (1988)
As: Lydia
Marion is a woman who has learned to shield herself from her emotions. She rents an apartment to work undisturbed on her new book, but by some acoustic anomaly she can hear all that is said in the next apartment in which a psychiatrist holds his office. When she hears a young woman tell that she finds it harder and harder to bear her life, Marion starts to reflect on her own life. After a series of ...
Runtime: 81 min.
Directed by: Woody Allen
Stars: Ian Holm | Blythe Danner | Mia Farrow | Gene Hackman | Gena Rowlands
Brighton Beach Memoirs (1986)
As: Kate
Eugene, a young teenage Jewish boy, recalls his memoirs of his time as an adolescent youth. He lives with his parents, his aunt, two cousins, and his brother, Stanley, whom he looks up to and admires. He goes through the hardships of puberty, sexual fantasy, and living the life of a poor boy in a crowded house.
Runtime: 108 min.
Directed by: Gene Saks
Stars: Blythe Danner | Bob Dishy | Jonathan Silverman | Judith Ivey | Stacey Glick
Guilty Conscience (1985)
Amid acrimonious divorce proceedings, Louise (Blythe Danner) unwittingly puts her life in danger when she contests the prenuptial agreement she signed before marrying attorney Arthur Jamison (Anthony Hopkins). He plans to kill her to resolve the situation. Armed with information on how her cheating husband conducts his business and personal affairs, she demands more money from him -- but will Arthur have ...
Runtime: 104 min.
Directed by: David Greene
Stars: Anthony Hopkins | Blythe Danner | Swoosie Kurtz | Donegan Smith | Wiley Harker
Helen Keller: The Miracle Continues (1984)
As: Anne Sullivan
Runtime: 100 min.
Directed by: Alan Gibson
Stars: Blythe Danner | Mare Winningham | Jack Warden | Perry King | Vera Miles
Man, Woman, and Child (1983)
As: Sheila Beckwith
A California professor (Martin Sheen), his wife (Blythe Danner) and his daughters make room for his orphaned illegitimate French son (Sebastian Dungan).
Runtime: 99 min.
Directed by: Dick Richards
Stars: David Hemmings | Craig T. Nelson | Martin Sheen | Blythe Danner | Nathalie Nell
Inside the Third Reich (1982)
As: Margarete Speer
A dramatization of the life of Albert Speer, Hitler's young architect and onetime confidant, and his meteoric rise into the Nazi hierarchy. Based upon Speer's own monograph of the same title.
Runtime: 240 min.
Directed by: Marvin J. Chomsky
Stars: Blythe Danner | Rutger Hauer | Trevor Howard | John Gielgud | Maria Schell
The Great Santini (1979)
As: Lillian Meechum
As he approaches manhood, Ben Meechum struggles to win the approval of his demanding alpha male father, an aggressively competitive, but frustrated marine pilot.
Runtime: 115 min.
Directed by: Lewis John Carlino
Stars: Blythe Danner | Robert Duvall | Michael O'Keefe | Lisa Jane Persky | Julie Anne Haddock
You Can't Take it With You (1979)
As: Alice Sycamore
Emmy winner Jean Stapleton and Academy Award winner Art Carney star in the Pulitzer Prize-winning comedy by George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart about a slightly daft family who do exactly as they please.
Runtime: 97 min.
Directed by: Paul Bogart
Stars: Barry Bostwick | Blythe Danner | Howard Hesseman | Marla Gibbs | Jean Stapleton
Too Far to Go (1979)
As: Joan Barlow Maple
Love and passion, anger and heartbreak, laughter and happiness, all complex textures woven into the fabric so many have come to know as marriage. For behind the seemingly comfortable well-trimmed hedges of suburban Americana, live and often love, Richard and Joan Maple. Adapted from a series of stories appearing in the New Yorker Magazine over a period of twenty three years by Pulitzer Prize winning author ...
Runtime: 98 min.
Directed by: Fielder Cook
Stars: Josef Sommer | Blythe Danner | Ken Kercheval | Glenn Close | Michael Moriarty
Are You in the House Alone? (1978)
As: Anne Osborne
Teenage girl is plagued by harassing phone calls. Her fear mounts when she's babysitting at a neighbor's home one evening and the caller rings her at that number.
Runtime: 96 min.
Directed by: Walter Grauman
Stars: Blythe Danner | Dennis Quaid | Tony Bill | Alan Fudge | Kathleen Beller
A Love Affair: The Eleanor and Lou Gehrig Story (1978)
As: Eleanor Gehrig
Legendary ballplayer and humanitarian Lou Gehrig and his relationship with his stalwart wife, Eleanor are portrayed in this film that focuses on the Hall of Famer's life off the baseball field. Featuring unflinching looks at the Gehrig's relationship, as well as Lou's feud with Babe Ruth. This film is for anyone interested in baseball. [imdb]
Runtime: 96 min.
Directed by: Fielder Cook
Stars: Blythe Danner | Edward Herrmann | Ramon Bieri | Jane Wyatt | Gerald S. O'Loughlin
Futureworld (1976)
As: Tracy Ballard
Two years after the Westworld tragedy in the Delos amusement park, the corporate owners have reopened the park following over $1 billion in safety and other improvements. For publicity purposes, reporters Chuck Browning and Tracy Ballard are invited to review the park. Just prior to arriving at the park, however, Browning is given a clue by a dying man that something is amiss.
Runtime: 108 min.
Directed by: Richard T. Heffron
Stars: Blythe Danner | John P. Ryan | Peter Fonda | Yul Brynner | Arthur Hill
Hearts of the West (1975)
As: Miss Trout
Naive Iowa farm boy Lewis Tater dreams of being a famous Western novelist like his hero, Zane Grey. He leaves home to answer a writing correspondence course's ad for on-campus classes, only to discover that the school consists of a row of postboxes at an isolated Nevada train depot. On the run from the con men responsible, Lewis stumbles across "real" cowboys shooting a movie in the desert. The ...
Runtime: 102 min.
Directed by: Howard Zieff
Stars: Jeff Bridges | Blythe Danner | Alan Arkin | Alex Rocco | Andy Griffith
Lovin' Molly (1974)
As: Molly Taylor
Spanning nearly 40 years from 1925 to 1964, two Texas farm boys; straight-arrow Gid and laid-back Johnny fight over the affections of the beautiful and headstrong Molly Taylor, who consistently refuses to marry either of them.
Runtime: 98 min.
Directed by: Sidney Lumet
Stars: Beau Bridges | Susan Sarandon | Blythe Danner | Anthony Perkins | Edward Binns
Sidekicks (1974)
As: Prudy Jenkins
This 1974 made-for-TV sequel to Skin Game (1971) brings back Lou Gossett, Jr. as Jason, with Larry Hagman taking over the role of Quince, played by James Garner in the first film. On the lam from their most recent scam, Quince and Jason find themselves mistaken for a pair of bank robbers, and at the mercy of an overzealous sheriff's daughter and an outlaw looking to pull one last job before he goes home to ...
Runtime: 75 min.
Directed by: Burt Kennedy
Stars: Blythe Danner | Larry Hagman | Louis Gossett, Jr.
1776 (1972)
As: Martha Jefferson
The film focuses on the representatives of the Thirteen original colonies who participated in the Second Continental Congress. 1776 depicts the three months of deliberation (and, oftentimes, acrimonious debate) that led up to the signing of one of the most important documents in the History of the United States, the Declaration of Independence.
Runtime: 141 min.
Directed by: Peter H. Hunt
Stars: Blythe Danner | Ken Howard | William Daniels | Howard Da Silva | Donald Madden
To Kill A Clown (1972)
As: Lily Frischer
A young hippie couple rent a secluded cabin on the beach in an attempt to re-connect with each other and save their marriage. Unfortunately, the man they rented the cabin from is a military-brat sociopath (Alan Alda) with two dogs more vicious than his temper.
Runtime: 104 min.
Directed by: George Bloomfield
Stars: Blythe Danner | Alan Alda | Eric Clavering | Heath Lamberts
Dr. Cook's Garden (1971)
As: Janey Rausch
A young doctor returns to his New England home town after a long absence. He visits with the town's kindly old physician, Dr. Cook, a man he has admired since childhood. However, he soon finds out that the old doctor isn't quite what he seems to be, and the young doctor finds his life in danger.
Runtime: 75 min.
Directed by: Ted Post
Stars: Blythe Danner | Barnard Hughes | Bing Crosby | Frank Converse