Dana Ivey

Birthday:

08/12/1941

Place of birth:

Atlanta, Georgia, USA:

Biography:

Dana Ivey 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

Georgica (2019)
Dorothy
Ocean's Eight (2018)
Diana
The Leisure Seeker (2018)
Lillian
Professional Cuddler (2017)
Gloria
We'll Never Have Paris (2014)
Francoise
Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight (2013)
Mrs. Paige
The Help (2011)
Gracie Higginbotham
Did You Hear About the Morgans? (2009)
Trish Pinger
Ghost Town (2008)
Marjorie Pickthall
Broken English (2007)
Elinor Gregory
Rush Hour 3 (2007)
Sister Agnes
A Very Serious Person (2006)
Betty
Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde (2003)
Congresswoman Libby Hauser
Two Weeks Notice (2002)
Ruth Kelson
Orange County (2002)
Vera Gantner
The Kid (2000)
Dr. Alexander
Mumford (1999)
Mrs. Crisp
A Lesson Before Dying (1999)
Edna Guidry
Walking Across Egypt (1999)
Beatrice Vernon
The Impostors (1998)
Mrs. Essendine
Simon Birch (1998)
Grandmother Wenteworth
Sabrina (1995)
Mack
The Scarlet Letter (1995)
Meredith Stonehall
Addams Family Values (1993)
Margaret Addams
Sleepless in Seattle (1993)
Claire
Guilty as Sin (1993)
Judge Tompkins
Class of '61 (1993)
Mrs. Julia Peyton
The Adventures of Huck Finn (1993)
Widow Douglas
A Child Lost Forever: The Jerry Sherwood Story (1992)
Lois Jurgens
Home Alone 2: Lost in New York (1992)
Desk Clerk
The Addams Family (1991)
Margaret Alford / Margaret Addams
William Shakespeare's Hamlet (1990)
Gertrude
Postcards from the Edge (1990)
Wardrobe Mistress
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (1988)
Mrs. Reed
Another Woman (1988)
Engagement Party Guest
The Appointments of Dennis Jennings (1988)
Newscaster
Heartburn (1986)
Wedding Speaker
Sunday in the Park with George (1986)
Yvonne / Naomi
The Color Purple (1985)
Miss Millie
Explorers (1985)
Mrs. Müller
Broadway: The Next Generation ()