Person
Dana Ivey
Acting · Born 1941-08-12 · Atlanta, Georgia, USA
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
Law & Order
Shore
Monk
Mrs. Eels
Frasier
Ms. Langer
Sex and the City
Trudy Stork
Great Performances
Lady Ariadne Utterword
Madam Secretary
Nelly Conlon
The Practice
Judge Natalie Brown
Boardwalk Empire
Mrs. McGarry
American Playhouse
Yvonne / Naomi Eisen
Oz
Patricia Nathan
Filmography
- 2019GeorgicaDorothy
- 2018Ocean's EightDiana
- 2018The Leisure SeekerLillian
- 2017Professional CuddlerGloria
- 2014We'll Never Have ParisFrancoise
- 2014Madam SecretaryNelly Conlon
- 2013Muhammad Ali's Greatest FightMrs. Paige
- 2011The HelpGracie Higginbotham
- 2011The Importance of Being EarnestMiss Prism
- 2010Boardwalk EmpireMrs. McGarry
- 2009Did You Hear About the Morgans?Trish Pinger
- 2008Ghost TownMarjorie Pickthall
- 2008The Return of Jezebel James
- 2007Rush Hour 3Sister Agnes
- 2007Broken EnglishElinor Gregory
- 2006Ugly BettyRoberta
- 2006A Very Serious PersonBetty
- 2003Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & BlondeLibby Hauser
- 2002Two Weeks NoticeRuth Kelson
- 2002MonkMrs. Eels
- 2002Orange CountyVera Gantner
- 2000The KidDr. Alexander
- 1999Walking Across EgyptBeatrice Vernon
- 1999MumfordMrs. Crisp
- 1999A Lesson Before DyingEdna Guidry
- 1998The ImpostorsMrs. Essendine
- 1998Simon BirchGrandmother Wenteworth
- 1998Sex and the CityTrudy Stork
- 1997OzPatricia Nathan
- 1997The PracticeJudge Natalie Brown
- 1995SabrinaMack
- 1995The Scarlet LetterMeredith Stonehall
- 1993Addams Family ValuesMargaret Addams
- 1993FrasierMs. Langer
- 1993Sleepless in SeattleClaire
- 1993Guilty as SinJudge Tompkins
- 1993Class of '61Mrs. Julia Peyton
- 1993The Adventures of Huck FinnWidow Douglas
- 1993Homicide: Life on the StreetMargie Bolander
- 1992A Child Lost Forever: The Jerry Sherwood StoryLois Jurgens
- 1992Home Alone 2: Lost in New YorkDesk Clerk
- 1991The Addams FamilyMargaret Alford
- 1990William Shakespeare's HamletGertrude
- 1990Postcards from the EdgeWardrobe Mistress
- 1990Law & OrderShore
- 1988Dirty Rotten ScoundrelsMrs. Reed
- 1988Another WomanEngagement Party Guest
- 1988The Appointments of Dennis JenningsNewscaster
- 1986Easy Street
- 1986HeartburnWedding Speaker
- 1986Sunday in the Park with GeorgeYvonne / Naomi
- 1985The Color PurpleMiss Millie
- 1985ExplorersMrs. Müller
- 1982Little Gloria... Happy at Last
- 1982American PlayhouseYvonne / Naomi Eisen
- 1971Great PerformancesLady Ariadne Utterword
- 1962The BeachcomberKahlana
- —Broadway: The Next GenerationSelf
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