Dana Ivey
Actor
Born August 12, 1941 in Atlanta, Georgia, USA
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).
Filmography
Broadway: The Next Generation
Self
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
Judge 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