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