About

Known credits:
45
Birthday:
1941-08-12
Place of birth:
Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Website:
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Dana Ivey

Overview

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

Acting
2019 Georgica Actor Dorothy N/A
N/A
2018 Ocean's Eight Actor Diana 69
Fair
2018 The Leisure Seeker Actor Lillian 64
Fair
2017 Professional Cuddler Actor Gloria N/A
N/A
2017 Broadway: The Next Generation Actor Self 58
Average
2014 We'll Never Have Paris Actor Francoise 57
Average
2013 Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight Actor Mrs. Paige 59
Average
2011 The Help Actor Gracie Higginbotham 80
Very good
2009 Did You Hear About the Morgans? Actor Trish Pinger 55
Average
2008 Ghost Town Actor Marjorie Pickthall 62
Fair
2007 Broken English Actor Elinor Gregory 58
Average
2007 Rush Hour 3 Actor Sister Agnes 64
Fair
2006 A Very Serious Person Actor Betty 59
Average
2003 Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde Actor Congresswoman Libby Hauser 57
Average
2002 Two Weeks Notice Actor Ruth Kelson 62
Fair
2002 Orange County Actor Vera Gantner 59
Average
2000 The Kid Actor Dr. Alexander 64
Fair
1999 Mumford Actor Mrs. Crisp 59
Average
1999 A Lesson Before Dying Actor Edna Guidry 58
Average
1999 Walking Across Egypt Actor Beatrice Vernon 58
Average
1998 The Impostors Actor Mrs. Essendine 58
Average
1998 Simon Birch Actor Grandmother Wenteworth 61
Fair
1995 Sabrina Actor Mack 60
Fair
1995 The Scarlet Letter Actor Meredith Stonehall 59
Average
1993 Addams Family Values Actor Margaret Addams 68
Fair
1993 Sleepless in Seattle Actor Claire 65
Fair
1993 Guilty as Sin Actor Judge Tompkins 58
Average
1993 Class of '61 Actor Mrs. Julia Peyton 58
Average
1993 The Adventures of Huck Finn Actor Widow Douglas 59
Average
1992 A Child Lost Forever: The Jerry Sherwood Story Actor Lois Jurgens 59
Average
1992 Home Alone 2: Lost in New York Actor Desk Clerk 67
Fair
1991 The Addams Family Actor Margaret Alford / Margaret Addams 68
Fair
1990 William Shakespeare's Hamlet Actor Gertrude N/A
N/A
1990 Hamlet Actor Gertrude 63
Fair
1990 Postcards from the Edge Actor Wardrobe Mistress 61
Fair
1988 Dirty Rotten Scoundrels Actor Mrs. Reed 66
Fair
1988 Another Woman Actor Engagement Party Guest 62
Fair
1988 The Appointments of Dennis Jennings Actor Newscaster 59
Average
1986 Easy Street Actor 69
Fair
1986 Heartburn Actor Wedding Speaker 59
Average
1986 Sunday in the Park with George Actor Yvonne / Naomi 59
Average
1985 The Color Purple Actor Miss Millie 73
Good
1985 Explorers Actor Mrs. Müller 60
Fair
1985 Heartbreak House Actor Lady Ariadne Utterword N/A
N/A
1982 Little Gloria... Happy at Last Actor 69
Fair