After "St. Elsewhere," Paltrow created several series but couldn't replicate the show's creative cachet or even its modest commercial popularity. Subsequent efforts included "Tattingers," an NBC series that co-starred [Blythe Danner], and "Home Fires," a 1992 comedy that began each week with its central family in therapy. The latter ran only six weeks.

Paltrow and Danner--who currently stars in the CBS medical series "Presidio Med"--met when Paltrow began teasing her about the conservative outfit she had worn to an audition. They married in 1970, and [Gwyneth Paltrow] was born two years later. With [Jake]'s birth in 1975, the couple balanced their careers by sharing responsibility for the children, which included taking them onto movie and TV sets.

[Bruce Paltrow]: Paltrow in 1985 during production of the medical drama "St. Elsewhere," which focused on an eclectic group of characters at St. Eligius, a Boston hospital.; PHOTOGRAPHER: Los Angeles Times; Bruce Paltrow and wife Blythe Danner with daughter Gwyneth Paltrow, center, in 1999 following her best actress win for "Shakespeare in Love."; PHOTOGRAPHER: MICHAEL QUINTANILLA / Los Angeles Times