Dana Ivey
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- August 12, 1941 (age 85)
- Birthplace
- Atlanta, Georgia, USA
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).
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Filmography
Broadway: The Next Generation
Movie · as Self
Georgica
Movie · as Dorothy
The Leisure Seeker
Movie · as Lillian
Ocean's Eight
Movie · as Diana
Professional Cuddler
Movie · as Gloria
We'll Never Have Paris
Movie · as Francoise
Madam Secretary
TV · as Nelly Conlon · 1 ep
Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight
Movie · as Mrs. Paige
The Help
Movie · as Gracie Higginbotham
The Importance of Being Earnest
Movie · as Miss Prism
Boardwalk Empire
TV · as Mrs. McGarry · 4 eps
Did You Hear About the Morgans?
Movie · as Trish Pinger
Ghost Town
Movie · as Marjorie Pickthall
The Return of Jezebel James
TV · 1 ep
Rush Hour 3
Movie · as Sister Agnes
Broken English
Movie · as Elinor Gregory
A Very Serious Person
Movie · as Betty
Ugly Betty
TV · as Roberta · 1 ep
Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde
Movie · as Libby Hauser
Two Weeks Notice
Movie · as Ruth Kelson
Orange County
Movie · as Vera Gantner
Monk
TV · as Mrs. Eels · 1 ep
The Kid
Movie · as Dr. Alexander
Mumford
Movie · as Mrs. Crisp
A Lesson Before Dying
Movie · as Edna Guidry
Walking Across Egypt
Movie · as Beatrice Vernon
The Impostors
Movie · as Mrs. Essendine
Simon Birch
Movie · as Grandmother Wenteworth
Sex and the City
TV · as Trudy Stork · 1 ep
Oz
TV · as Patricia Nathan · 2 eps
The Practice
TV · as Natalie Brown · 1 ep
Sabrina
Movie · as Mack
The Scarlet Letter
Movie · as Meredith Stonehall
Guilty as Sin
Movie · as Judge Tompkins
The Adventures of Huck Finn
Movie · as Widow Douglas
Class of '61
Movie · as Mrs. Julia Peyton
Addams Family Values
Movie · as Margaret Addams
Sleepless in Seattle
Movie · as Claire
Frasier
TV · as Ms. Langer · 1 ep
Homicide: Life on the Street
TV · as Margie Bolander · 3 eps
A Child Lost Forever: The Jerry Sherwood Story
Movie · as Lois Jurgens
Home Alone 2: Lost in New York
Movie · as Desk Clerk
The Addams Family
Movie · as Margaret Alford
Postcards from the Edge
Movie · as Wardrobe Mistress
William Shakespeare's Hamlet
Movie · as Gertrude
Law & Order
TV · as Shore · 1 ep
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
Movie · as Mrs. Reed
The Appointments of Dennis Jennings
Movie · as Newscaster
Another Woman
Movie · as Engagement Party Guest
Sunday in the Park with George
Movie · as Yvonne / Naomi
Heartburn
Movie · as Wedding Speaker
Easy Street
TV · 22 eps
The Color Purple
Movie · as Miss Millie
Explorers
Movie · as Mrs. Müller
Little Gloria... Happy at Last
TV · 2 eps
American Playhouse
TV · as Yvonne / Naomi Eisen · 1 ep
Great Performances
TV · as Lady Ariadne Utterword, Gertrude · 1 ep
The Beachcomber
TV · as Kahlana · 1 ep