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