It is, however, Blythe Danner's birthday. Born in 1943, Danner was the beautiful and husky-voiced actress who regularly showed up in relatively high-brow TV in the 1970s -- I remember her best as the love interest for Hawkeye Pierce in the TV version of M*A*S*H back when it was a good show (before Alan Alda took over writing it and turned the show into a mush of liberal piety). Danner is also the mother of Gwyneth Paltrow, which raises the question.... are they the hottest mother-daughter combination in Hollywood history? Consider:
I'd consider Danner-Paltrow to be a heavy favorite over Judy Garland and Liza Minnelli, although it's hard to argue against the proposition that Garland-Minnelli were much much more talented (Minnelli in Cabaret might be the greatest single performance by an actress in a movie musical in Hollywood history).
Who else? How about Goldie Hawn and Kate Hudson? Or Janet Leigh and Jamie Lee Curtis? I think I might still take Danner-Paltrow.
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