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