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Born to Katherine and Harry Earl Danner in Philadelphia on February 3rd, 1943, Blythe Danner has a net worth of $45 million. Blythe is an American actress who has excelled in many television, movie and theatre productions. Her father was a bank executive. Danner is also the proud mother of the actress Gwyneth Paltrow and the director Jake Paltrow. At the age of 25, Blythe won her first national award. Danner’s brother Harry Danner is an opera singer and an actor. Her sister Dorothy Danner is a former performer who later became a director.

Danner was cast as Martha Jefferson in 1972 to “Etude in Black”. “To Kill a clown” in 1972 was her first stint opposite Alan Alda. She then went on to act in films like Loving Molly in 1974, Futureworld in 1976, Brighton Beach Memoirs in 1986 where she portrayed the role of a Jewish Mother, and many others. Blythe Danner also made her role stand out in the hit comedy “Meet the Parents” and its sequel “Meet the Fockers” and then and “The Little Fockers” where she appeared opposite Robert De Niro.

Blythe’s late husband Bruce Paltrow was the famous producer and director who died from pneumonia. He was also fighting oral cancer in the early 2002. Gwyneth Paltrow acted with her mother, Blythe in the 1992 TV movie by the name of “Cruel Doubt”. This was followed by “Sylvia” in 2003. Danner is also involved in social activism when she has the time for it. She is involved with fighting against pollution and promoting recycling. She loves to support these issues.

Earnings & Financial Data

Date

Category

Description

Amount

2006

Asset

Purchase value of the two-bedroom ocean view condo in Santa Monica, California

$1,800,000

2005

Sale of Asset

Market value of her family's house in Santa Monica, California upon sale.

$8,600,000

2004

Sale of Asset

Market value of the her property in Waccabuc, New York upon sale.

$6,000,000