Blythe Danner

Blythe Danner and Hank Azaria arrive at the 15th Annual Environmental Media Awards held at Ebell Club of Los Angeles on Oct. 19, 2005. Recently, Danner was nominated for an Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series Emmy for her work on Showtime's "Huff." She stars on the show with Azaria.

Blythe Danner poses with her Emmy at the Showtime after-Emmy party at the Katana Club in West Hollywood, Calif., on Sept. 19, 2005. She won Best Supporting Actress in a Drama Series (her first and only Emmy award) for "Huff." She was nominated for three Emmys in 2005 for her work on "Will & Grace," "Huff" and "Back When We Were Grownups."

Blythe Danner, Lauren Bacall, Jean Simmons and Emily Mortimer arrive at the premiere of "Howl's Moving Castle" in New York on June 6, 2005. Danner's acting career took off when she won a Tony Award in 1970 for her Broadway debut in "Butterflies Are Free," playing the role later portrayed by Goldie Hawn in the film adaptation.

Dustin Hoffman and Blythe Danner pose at the premiere of Universal's "Meet the Fockers" at the Universal Amphitheatre in Los Angeles on Dec. 16, 2004. The pair starred in the film, which was a sequel to "Meet The Parents" (2000).

Morgan Freeman and Debra Messing present an award to actress Blythe Danner at the 2004 Crystal & Lucy Awards -- "A Family Affair: Women in Film Celebrates The Paltrow Family" at the Century Plaza Hotel in Los Angeles on June 18, 2004. Danner appeared on the recently retired "Will & Grace," playing Will's mother alongside Messing's Grace.

Gwyneth Paltrow and her mom, Blythe Danner, pose at the Crystal & Lucy Awards in Los Angeles on June 18, 2004. Although she worked frequently on TV and stage, Danner put her film career on hold for a number of years to raise her children (Gwyneth and Jake). She says the proudest night of her life was when Gwyneth won an Academy Award for Best Actress ("Shakespeare in Love"). Danner was the first person Paltrow thanked.

Blythe Danner and husband Bruce Paltrow attend a reception by the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences for Emmy Award nominees in Beverly Hills, Calif., on Sept. 19, 2002. Paltrow and Danner married in 1970 and had two kids together. Paltrow died in 2002, at age 58, while in Rome, Italy, to celebrate his daughter's 30th birthday. He had suffered from throat cancer for several years.

From left, Blythe Danner, Robert DeNiro, Ben Stiller and Teri Polo pose for photographers at the New York Premiere of the film "Meet The Parents" in 2000. Danner and DeNiro play husband and wife in the comedy.