I've been very lucky. I wanted to be an actress, but I didn't really have the drive to sell myself. Fortunately I had a terrific agent in New York who kept me going from job to job.

She was lawyer Amanda Bonner in television's "Adam's Rib" also opposite Ken Howard as Adam Bonner. For 25 years Blythe Danner has been a regular performer at the Williamstown Summer Theater Festival where Blythe Danner also serves on the Board of Directors. From 2001 to 2006 Blythe Danner regularly appeared on Will & Grace as Will Truman's mother Marilyn.

Blythe Katherine Danner (born February 3 1943) is an American actress.