| BLYTHE | ___ Danner (24 Across' actress-mother) |
| LOE | Judy ___, actress-mother of actress Kate Beckinsale (3) |
| PHYLLIDA | Actress-mother of actress Emma Thompson (8,3) |
| DANNER | Actress Paltrow's actress mother (6) |
| HAWN | Goldie, actress mother of the actress Kate Hudson (4) |
| MEARA | Ben Stiller's actress mother Anne |
| MELANIE | Dakota Johnson's actress mother, ___ Griffith (7) |
| GWYNETH | Actress mother of Chris Martin's children, ... Paltrow (7) |
| PHYLLIDALAW | Scottish actress, mother of Emma Thompson (8,3) |
| LADD | Diane _, actress mother of Laura Dern (4) |
| TERRY | Ellen -, British actress; mother of theatre practitioner Edward Gordon Craig |
| NANETTE | Retired actress mother of TV presenter Emma Forbes, _ Newman (7) |
| HEDREN | Melanie Griffith's actress mother Tippi |
| LITTLEFOCKERS | 2010 comedy with Blythe Danner and Ben Stiller |
| MOM | Blythe Danner, to Gwyneth Paltrow |
| YARA | With 24-Across, actress who plays 12-Across |
| ELLEN | British actress; mother of theatre practitioner Edward Gordon Craig (5,5) |
| TIPPI | Melanie Griffith's actress mother who starred in Hitchcock's The Birds, ... Hedren |
| BERGMAN | Isabella Rossellini's actress mother who starred in Hollywood films including Casablanca, Gaslight and Notorious (7) |
| AMERICA | With 24-Across: Actress who won a Golden Globe and a Primetime Emmy for 32-Across |
