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Dana Ivey

Acting Born Aug 12, 1941 Atlanta, Georgia, USA 24 credits

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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Full filmography

  • 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
  • Homicide: Life on the Street (1993) as Margie Bolander
  • Great Performances (1971) as Lady Ariadne Utterword
  • Great Performances (1971) as Gertrude
  • Boardwalk Empire (2010) as Mrs. McGarry
  • Oz (1997) as Patricia Nathan
  • Madam Secretary (2014) as Nelly Conlon
  • Ugly Betty (2006) as Roberta
  • Home Alone 2: Lost in New York (1992) as Desk Clerk
  • The Help (2011) as Gracie Higginbotham
  • Rush Hour 3 (2007) as Sister Agnes
  • Ocean's Eight (2018) as Diana
  • Addams Family Values (1993) as Margaret Addams
  • The Addams Family (1991) as Margaret Alford
  • Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde (2003) as Libby Hauser
  • Sleepless in Seattle (1993) as Claire
  • The Color Purple (1985) as Miss Millie
  • Two Weeks Notice (2002) as Ruth Kelson
  • Ghost Town (2008) as Marjorie Pickthall
  • Explorers (1985) as Mrs. Müller