Personal Info
Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
August 12, 1941
Place of Birth:
Atlanta, Georgia, USA
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Dana Ivey
Biography
Dana Ivey (born August 12, 1941) is an American actress. She is a five-time Tony Award nominee for her work on Broadway, and won the 1997 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play for her work in both Sex and Longing and The Last Night of Ballyhoo. She originated the title role in Driving Miss Daisy and was nominated for a Drama Desk award for Best Actress in a Play. Her film appearances include The Color Purple (1985), Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (1988), The Addams Family (1991), Home Alone 2: Lost in New York (1992), Sleepless in Seattle (1993), Addams Family Values (1993), Two Weeks Notice (2002), Rush Hour 3 (2007), and The Help (2011).
Known For
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Georgica | Dorothy |
| 2018 | The Leisure Seeker | Lillian |
| 2018 | Ocean's Eight | Diana |
| 2017 | Broadway: The Next Generation | Self |
| 2017 | Professional Cuddler | Gloria |
| 2014 | We'll Never Have Paris | Francoise |
| 2013 | Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight | Mrs. Paige |
| 2011 | The Help | Gracie Higginbotham |
| 2009 | Did You Hear About the Morgans? | Trish Pinger |
| 2008 | Ghost Town | Marjorie Pickthall |
| 2007 | Rush Hour 3 | Sister Agnes |
| 2007 | Broken English | Elinor Gregory |
| 2006 | A Very Serious Person | Betty |
| 2003 | Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde | Congresswoman Libby Hauser |
| 2002 | Two Weeks Notice | Ruth Kelson |
| 2002 | Orange County | Vera Gantner |
| 2000 | The Kid | Dr. Alexander |
| 1999 | Mumford | Mrs. Crisp |
| 1999 | A Lesson Before Dying | Edna Guidry |
| 1999 | Walking Across Egypt | Beatrice Vernon |
| 1998 | The Impostors | Mrs. Essendine |
| 1998 | Simon Birch | Grandmother Wenteworth |
| 1995 | Sabrina | Mack |
| 1995 | The Scarlet Letter | Meredith Stonehall |
| 1993 | Guilty as Sin | Judge Tompkins |
| 1993 | The Adventures of Huck Finn | Widow Douglas |
| 1993 | Class of '61 | Mrs. Julia Peyton |
| 1993 | Addams Family Values | Margaret Addams |
| 1993 | Sleepless in Seattle | Claire |
| 1992 | A Child Lost Forever: The Jerry Sherwood Story | Lois Jurgens |
| 1992 | Home Alone 2: Lost in New York | Desk Clerk |
| 1991 | The Addams Family | Margaret Alford / Margaret Addams |
| 1990 | Postcards from the Edge | Wardrobe Mistress |
| 1990 | William Shakespeare's Hamlet | Gertrude |
| 1988 | Dirty Rotten Scoundrels | Mrs. Reed |
| 1988 | The Appointments of Dennis Jennings | Newscaster |
| 1988 | Another Woman | Engagement Party Guest |
| 1986 | Sunday in the Park with George | Yvonne / Naomi |
| 1986 | Heartburn | Wedding Speaker |
| 1985 | The Color Purple | Miss Millie |
| 1985 | Explorers | Mrs. Müller |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Madam Secretary | Nelly Conlon |
| 2010 | Boardwalk Empire | Mrs. McGarry |
| 2008 | The Return of Jezebel James | |
| 2006 | Ugly Betty | Roberta |
| 2002 | Monk | Mrs. Eels |
| 1998 | Sex and the City | Trudy Stork |
| 1997 | Oz | Patricia Nathan |
| 1997 | The Practice | |
| 1993 | Frasier | Ms. Langer |
| 1993 | Homicide: Life on the Street | Margie Bolander |
| 1990 | Law & Order | Shore |
| 1986 | Easy Street | |
| 1982 | Little Gloria... Happy at Last | |
| 1971 | Great Performances | Lady Ariadne Utterword |
| 1971 | Great Performances | Gertrude |
| 1962 | The Beachcomber | Kahlana |