Dana Ivey
Known for Acting · 57 credits
- Born
- 1941-08-12 (age 84)
- Place of birth
- Atlanta, Georgia, USA
- Also known as
- دانا آيوی
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
TV Shows (15)
Law & Order
1990
as Shore
Monk
2002
as Mrs. Eels
Frasier
1993
as Ms. Langer
Sex and the City
1998
as Trudy Stork
The Practice
1997
as Judge Natalie Brown
Great Performances
1971
as Lady Ariadne Utterword / Gertrude
Madam Secretary
2014
as Nelly Conlon
Boardwalk Empire
2010
as Mrs. McGarry
Oz
1997
as Patricia Nathan
Homicide: Life on the Street
1993
as Margie Bolander
Ugly Betty
2006
as Roberta
The Beachcomber
1962
as Kahlana
Easy Street
1986
Little Gloria... Happy at Last
1982
The Return of Jezebel James
2008
Movies (42)
Home Alone 2: Lost in New York
1992
as Desk Clerk
The Help
2011
as Gracie Higginbotham
Ocean's Eight
2018
as Diana
Rush Hour 3
2007
as Sister Agnes
Addams Family Values
1993
as Margaret Addams
Sabrina
1995
as Mack
The Addams Family
1991
as Margaret Alford
Sleepless in Seattle
1993
as Claire
The Color Purple
1985
as Miss Millie
Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde
2003
as Libby Hauser
Ghost Town
2008
as Marjorie Pickthall
Explorers
1985
as Mrs. Müller
Two Weeks Notice
2002
as Ruth Kelson
The Kid
2000
as Dr. Alexander
The Scarlet Letter
1995
as Meredith Stonehall
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
1988
as Mrs. Reed
Another Woman
1988
as Engagement Party Guest
Orange County
2002
as Vera Gantner
Simon Birch
1998
as Grandmother Wenteworth
Postcards from the Edge
1990
as Wardrobe Mistress
Heartburn
1986
as Wedding Speaker
Mumford
1999
as Mrs. Crisp
Did You Hear About the Morgans?
2009
as Trish Pinger
The Leisure Seeker
2018
as Lillian
Guilty as Sin
1993
as Judge Tompkins
The Impostors
1998
as Mrs. Essendine
The Adventures of Huck Finn
1993
as Widow Douglas
We'll Never Have Paris
2014
as Francoise
Broadway: The Next Generation
as Self
Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight
2013
as Mrs. Paige
Broken English
2007
as Elinor Gregory
A Child Lost Forever: The Jerry Sherwood Story
1992
as Lois Jurgens
The Appointments of Dennis Jennings
1988
as Newscaster
Class of '61
1993
as Mrs. Julia Peyton
Sunday in the Park with George
1986
as Yvonne / Naomi
A Lesson Before Dying
1999
as Edna Guidry
Walking Across Egypt
1999
as Beatrice Vernon
William Shakespeare's Hamlet
1990
as Gertrude
Georgica
2019
as Dorothy
The Importance of Being Earnest
2011
as Miss Prism
Professional Cuddler
2017
as Gloria
A Very Serious Person
2006
as Betty
About Dana Ivey
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… With 57 credits spanning from 1962 to 2019, Dana Ivey has appeared in 42 films and 15 TV shows.
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Most Popular Dana Ivey Movies
- Home Alone 2: Lost in New York (1992) — as Desk Clerk
- The Help (2011) — as Gracie Higginbotham
- Ocean's Eight (2018) — as Diana
- Rush Hour 3 (2007) — as Sister Agnes
- Addams Family Values (1993) — as Margaret Addams
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