Dana Ivey
Known for Acting · 58 credits
- Born
- 1941-08-12 (age 84)
- Place of birth
- Atlanta, Georgia, USA
- Also known as
- دانا آيوی
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
TV Shows (16)
Law & Order
1990
as Shore
Frasier
1993
as Ms. Langer
Oz
1997
as Patricia Nathan
Great Performances
1971
as Lady Ariadne Utterword / Gertrude
Sex and the City
1998
as Trudy Stork
The Practice
1997
as Judge Natalie Brown
Monk
2002
as Mrs. Eels
Homicide: Life on the Street
1993
as Margie Bolander
Boardwalk Empire
2010
as Mrs. McGarry
Madam Secretary
2014
as Nelly Conlon
American Playhouse
1982
as Yvonne / Naomi Eisen
Ugly Betty
2006
as Roberta
The Beachcomber
1962
as Kahlana
Easy Street
1986
The Return of Jezebel James
2008
Little Gloria... Happy at Last
1982
Movies (42)
Home Alone 2: Lost in New York
1992
as Desk Clerk
The Help
2011
as Gracie Higginbotham
Ocean's Eight
2018
as Diana
The Addams Family
1991
as Margaret Alford
Sleepless in Seattle
1993
as Claire
Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde
2003
as Libby Hauser
Addams Family Values
1993
as Margaret Addams
Rush Hour 3
2007
as Sister Agnes
The Color Purple
1985
as Miss Millie
Sabrina
1995
as Mack
Two Weeks Notice
2002
as Ruth Kelson
Explorers
1985
as Mrs. Müller
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
1988
as Mrs. Reed
Ghost Town
2008
as Marjorie Pickthall
The Kid
2000
as Dr. Alexander
The Scarlet Letter
1995
as Meredith Stonehall
The Leisure Seeker
2018
as Lillian
Orange County
2002
as Vera Gantner
Postcards from the Edge
1990
as Wardrobe Mistress
Simon Birch
1998
as Grandmother Wenteworth
Did You Hear About the Morgans?
2009
as Trish Pinger
We'll Never Have Paris
2014
as Francoise
Professional Cuddler
2017
as Gloria
Heartburn
1986
as Wedding Speaker
The Adventures of Huck Finn
1993
as Widow Douglas
Guilty as Sin
1993
as Judge Tompkins
Another Woman
1988
as Engagement Party Guest
Broken English
2007
as Elinor Gregory
Broadway: The Next Generation
as Self
Georgica
2019
as Dorothy
A Lesson Before Dying
1999
as Edna Guidry
A Child Lost Forever: The Jerry Sherwood Story
1992
as Lois Jurgens
Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight
2013
as Mrs. Paige
Class of '61
1993
as Mrs. Julia Peyton
The Impostors
1998
as Mrs. Essendine
Mumford
1999
as Mrs. Crisp
Walking Across Egypt
1999
as Beatrice Vernon
A Very Serious Person
2006
as Betty
Sunday in the Park with George
1986
as Yvonne / Naomi
William Shakespeare's Hamlet
1990
as Gertrude
The Appointments of Dennis Jennings
1988
as Newscaster
The Importance of Being Earnest
2011
as Miss Prism
About Dana Ivey
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… With 58 credits spanning from 1962 to 2019, Dana Ivey has appeared in 42 films and 16 TV shows.
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Most Popular Dana Ivey Movies
- Home Alone 2: Lost in New York (1992) — as Desk Clerk
- The Help (2011) — as Gracie Higginbotham
- Ocean's Eight (2018) — as Diana
- The Addams Family (1991) — as Margaret Alford
- Sleepless in Seattle (1993) — as Claire
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