Dana Ivey
Known For
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
Aug 12, 1941 (85 years old)
Place of Birth
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
| 2019 | GeorgicaDorothy | |
| 2018 | The Leisure SeekerLillian | |
| 2018 | Ocean's EightDiana | |
| 2017 | Professional CuddlerGloria | |
| 2014 | We'll Never Have ParisFrancoise | |
| 2014 | Madam SecretaryNelly Conlon | |
| 2013 | Muhammad Ali's Greatest FightMrs. Paige | |
| 2011 | The HelpGracie Higginbotham | |
| 2011 | The Importance of Being EarnestMiss Prism | |
| 2010 | Boardwalk EmpireMrs. McGarry | |
| 2009 | Did You Hear About the Morgans?Trish Pinger | |
| 2008 | Ghost TownMarjorie Pickthall | |
| 2008 | The Return of Jezebel James | |
| 2007 | Rush Hour 3Sister Agnes | |
| 2007 | Broken EnglishElinor Gregory | |
| 2006 | A Very Serious PersonBetty | |
| 2006 | Ugly BettyRoberta | |
| 2003 | Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & BlondeLibby Hauser | |
| 2002 | Two Weeks NoticeRuth Kelson | |
| 2002 | Orange CountyVera Gantner | |
| 2002 | MonkMrs. Eels | |
| 2000 | The KidDr. Alexander | |
| 1999 | MumfordMrs. Crisp | |
| 1999 | A Lesson Before DyingEdna Guidry | |
| 1999 | Walking Across EgyptBeatrice Vernon | |
| 1998 | The ImpostorsMrs. Essendine | |
| 1998 | Simon BirchGrandmother Wenteworth | |
| 1998 | Sex and the CityTrudy Stork | |
| 1997 | OzPatricia Nathan | |
| 1997 | The PracticeJudge Natalie Brown | |
| 1995 | SabrinaMack | |
| 1995 | The Scarlet LetterMeredith Stonehall | |
| 1993 | Guilty as SinJudge Tompkins | |
| 1993 | The Adventures of Huck FinnWidow Douglas | |
| 1993 | Class of '61Mrs. Julia Peyton | |
| 1993 | Addams Family ValuesMargaret Addams | |
| 1993 | Sleepless in SeattleClaire | |
| 1993 | FrasierMs. Langer | |
| 1993 | Homicide: Life on the StreetMargie Bolander | |
| 1992 | A Child Lost Forever: The Jerry Sherwood StoryLois Jurgens | |
| 1992 | Home Alone 2: Lost in New YorkDesk Clerk | |
| 1991 | The Addams FamilyMargaret Alford | |
| 1990 | Postcards from the EdgeWardrobe Mistress | |
| 1990 | William Shakespeare's HamletGertrude | |
| 1990 | Law & OrderShore | |
| 1988 | Dirty Rotten ScoundrelsMrs. Reed | |
| 1988 | The Appointments of Dennis JenningsNewscaster | |
| 1988 | Another WomanEngagement Party Guest | |
| 1986 | Sunday in the Park with GeorgeYvonne / Naomi | |
| 1986 | HeartburnWedding Speaker | |
| 1986 | Easy Street | |
| 1985 | The Color PurpleMiss Millie | |
| 1985 | ExplorersMrs. Müller | |
| 1982 | Little Gloria... Happy at Last | |
| 1971 | Great PerformancesLady Ariadne Utterword | |
| 1971 | Great PerformancesGertrude | |
| 1962 | The BeachcomberKahlana | |
| - | Broadway: The Next GenerationSelf |