Blythe Danner Taken by Ambulance from Charity Event, Daughter Gwyneth Paltrow's Rep Says Actress Is 'Completely Fine'
"It didn't look that bad, but they took her away anyway," a source tells PEOPLE
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Blythe Danner in New York City on April 29, 2024Blythe Danner is "completely fine" after what appeared to be a medical incident at a charity benefit in the Hamptons over the weekend.
A source tells PEOPLE that the actress and mother of Gwyneth Paltrow was taken away by ambulance from the Springs Food Pantry's E.A.T. in the Hidden Gardens 2024 event on Saturday, July 13, held at the Corbett Estate in East Hampton, New York.
"It was early on in the event and she sat there for a while as they took her vitals," the source says of Danner, 81. "It didn't look that bad, but they took her away anyway."
A rep for Paltrow's lifestyle company Goop tells PEOPLE Danner is "completely fine" following the incident at the auction/raffle event, which honored actor spouses John Slattery and Talia Balsam. Danner's own rep adds that the actress is "absolutely OK."
PEOPLE has reached out to the Amagansett Fire Department and Springs Food Pantry for comment.
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Blythe Danner in Park City, Utah, on Jan. 28, 2019Related: All About Gwyneth Paltrow's Parents, Blythe Danner and Bruce Paltrow
The Tony and Emmy award-winning actress marked fan-favorite roles in Meet the Parents and on Will & Grace, and has appeared in films like 1776; The Prince of Tides; To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar and Forces of Nature.
She also has dozens of stage credits under her belt. Perhaps most notably, Danner played Blanche DuBois in A Streetcar Named Desire on Broadway, which earned her a Tony Award nomination in 1988 — her second, after a 1980 nod for her performance in the play Betrayal.
Aside from Gwyneth, 51, Danner is also mom to son Jake Paltrow with late husband Bruce Paltrow. The two were married for 32 years until Bruce’s death in 2002 from oral cancer.
Danner herself was previously diagnosed with adenoid cystic carcinoma, a relatively rare form of oral cancer that often develops in the salivary glands.
"It's a sneaky disease," she told PEOPLE in 2022. "But I'm fine and dandy now. And I'm lucky to be alive."
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Gwyneth Paltrow and Blythe Danner in New York City on Oct. 2, 2014Related: Gwyneth Paltrow Wishes 'Beautiful and Strong' Mother Blythe Danner Happy 80th Birthday: 'A Joy'
After two surgeries and years of exploring alternative treatments, Danner underwent a third surgery with Dr. Mark DeLacure in 2020, which succeeded in removing the cancerous tissue.
"My mother is genuinely one of the strongest people I know," Gwyneth told PEOPLE in 2022, noting Danner's journey with three surgeries, chemotherapy and radiation. "I hope if I ever go through anything like that, I can be like her."
"She went through it with so much grace. I was amazed at how strong she was able to be," the Oscar winner added of her mother at the time.
Noted Danner of her own experience in the same chat with PEOPLE, "I wasn't quaking in my boots. I don't have any fear of death at all."
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