Blythe Danner & Jane Alexander

I used to confuse the very talented actress Blythe Danner with the very talented actress Jane Alexander. I don't know why. I think maybe it's because they both played rather plain women who could sometimes look so utterly beautiful.



My favorite Blythe Danner role is one she did on "The More I See You" episode of M*A*S*H. I also liked her a lot in Hearts of the West (1975) and The Great Santini (1979). She's won awards for her work on Broadway. She's the mother of somebody famous, too.
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My favorite Jane Alexander movie is The New Centurions (1972). I also liked her in All the President's Men (1976) and Playing for Time (1980). She's won awards for her work on Broadway. She is NOT Gwyneth Paltrow's mom.
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Interestingly enough, both Blythe Danner and Jane Alexander got their first jobs on the revolutionary half-hour 1967-69 TV cop show N.Y.P.D., Jane in a 1969 episode called "The Night Watch" and Blythe in a 1968 episode called "Day Tripper."