Acting

Dana Ivey

Born 1941-08-12 · 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).

Credits

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