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).
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Acting History
2019
Georgica as Dorothy
2018Ocean's Eight as Diana
2018The Leisure Seeker as Lillian
2017Professional Cuddler as Gloria
2017Broadway: The Next Generation as Self
2014We'll Never Have Paris as Francoise
2014Madam Secretary as Nelly Conlon
2013Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight as Mrs. Paige
2011The Help as Gracie Higginbotham
2010Boardwalk Empire as Mrs. McGarry
2009Did You Hear About the Morgans? as Trish Pinger
2008Ghost Town as Marjorie Pickthall
2008The Return of Jezebel James
2007Broken English as Elinor Gregory
2007Rush Hour 3 as Sister Agnes
2006Ugly Betty as Roberta
2006A Very Serious Person as Betty
2003Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde as Libby Hauser
2002Two Weeks Notice as Ruth Kelson
2002Monk as Mrs. Eels
2002Orange County as Vera Gantner
2000The Kid as Dr. Alexander
1999Mumford as Mrs. Crisp
1999A Lesson Before Dying as Edna Guidry
1999Walking Across Egypt as Beatrice Vernon
1998The Impostors as Mrs. Essendine
1998Simon Birch as Grandmother Wenteworth
1998Sex and the City as Trudy Stork
1997Oz as Patricia Nathan
1997The Practice as Judge Natalie Brown
1995Sabrina as Mack
1995The Scarlet Letter as Meredith Stonehall
1993Addams Family Values as Margaret Addams
1993Frasier as Ms. Langer
1993Sleepless in Seattle as Claire
1993Guilty as Sin as Judge Tompkins
1993Class of '61 as Mrs. Julia Peyton
1993The Adventures of Huck Finn as Widow Douglas
1993Homicide: Life on the Street as Margie Bolander
1992A Child Lost Forever: The Jerry Sherwood Story as Lois Jurgens
1992Home Alone 2: Lost in New York as Desk Clerk
1991The Addams Family as Margaret Alford / Margaret Addams
1990William Shakespeare's Hamlet as Gertrude
1990Postcards from the Edge as Wardrobe Mistress
1990Law & Order as Shore
1988Dirty Rotten Scoundrels as Mrs. Reed
1988Another Woman as Engagement Party Guest
1988The Appointments of Dennis Jennings as Newscaster
1986Easy Street
1986Heartburn as Wedding Speaker
1986Sunday in the Park with George as Yvonne / Naomi
1985The Color Purple as Miss Millie
1985Explorers as Mrs. Müller
1982Little Gloria... Happy at Last
1971Great Performances as Lady Ariadne Utterword
1971Great Performances as Gertrude
1962The Beachcomber as Kahlana