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Dana Ivey

Dana Ivey

Known for: Acting

Born 12/08/1941
Place of birth Atlanta, Georgia, USA

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

Law & Order Series ★ 7,3

Law & Order

Shore

1990

Frasier Series ★ 7,7

Frasier

Ms. Langer

1993

Monk Series ★ 8,0

Monk

Mrs. Eels

2002

Sex and the City Series ★ 7,4

Sex and the City

Trudy Stork

1998

The Practice Series ★ 7,7

The Practice

Judge Natalie Brown

1997

Great Performances Series ★ 6,1

Great Performances

Lady Ariadne Utterword

1971

Great Performances Series ★ 6,1

Great Performances

Gertrude

1971

Oz Series ★ 8,1

Oz

Patricia Nathan

1997

Madam Secretary Series ★ 7,0

Madam Secretary

Nelly Conlon

2014

Boardwalk Empire Series ★ 8,0

Boardwalk Empire

Mrs. McGarry

2010

Homicide: Life on the Street Series ★ 8,1

Homicide: Life on the Street

Margie Bolander

1993

Ugly Betty Series ★ 6,4

Ugly Betty

Roberta

2006

Home Alone 2: Lost in New York Film ★ 6,8

Home Alone 2: Lost in New York

Desk Clerk

1992

The Help Film ★ 8,2

The Help

Gracie Higginbotham

2011

Rush Hour 3 Film ★ 6,5

Rush Hour 3

Sister Agnes

2007

Ocean's Eight Film ★ 7,0

Ocean's Eight

Diana

2018

Sabrina Film ★ 6,2

Sabrina

Mack

1995

Addams Family Values Film ★ 7,0

Addams Family Values

Margaret Addams

1993

Series ★ 9,0

The Beachcomber

Kahlana

1962

Sleepless in Seattle Film ★ 6,7

Sleepless in Seattle

Claire

1993

The Addams Family Film ★ 7,1

The Addams Family

Margaret Alford

1991

The Color Purple Film ★ 7,7

The Color Purple

Miss Millie

1985

Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde Film ★ 5,7

Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde

Libby Hauser

2003

Explorers Film ★ 6,3

Explorers

Mrs. Müller

1985

Ghost Town Film ★ 6,5

Ghost Town

Marjorie Pickthall

2008

Dirty Rotten Scoundrels Film ★ 7,1

Dirty Rotten Scoundrels

Mrs. Reed

1988

Two Weeks Notice Film ★ 6,4

Two Weeks Notice

Ruth Kelson

2002

The Kid Film ★ 6,8

The Kid

Dr. Alexander

2000

The Scarlet Letter Film ★ 6,1

The Scarlet Letter

Meredith Stonehall

1995

Orange County Film ★ 6,0

Orange County

Vera Gantner

2002

Easy Street Series ★ 6,8

Easy Street

1986

Heartburn Film ★ 6,0

Heartburn

Wedding Speaker

1986

The Return of Jezebel James Series ★ 5,5

The Return of Jezebel James

2008

Postcards from the Edge Film ★ 6,6

Postcards from the Edge

Wardrobe Mistress

1990

Little Gloria... Happy at Last Series ★ 5,8

Little Gloria... Happy at Last

1982

Another Woman Film ★ 6,8

Another Woman

Engagement Party Guest

1988

Mumford Film ★ 6,5

Mumford

Mrs. Crisp

1999

Guilty as Sin Film ★ 5,7

Guilty as Sin

Judge Tompkins

1993

Simon Birch Film ★ 6,9

Simon Birch

Grandmother Wenteworth

1998

Did You Hear About the Morgans? Film ★ 5,4

Did You Hear About the Morgans?

Trish Pinger

2009

The Leisure Seeker Film ★ 7,1

The Leisure Seeker

Lillian

2018

We'll Never Have Paris Film ★ 4,8

We'll Never Have Paris

Francoise

2014

The Adventures of Huck Finn Film ★ 6,2

The Adventures of Huck Finn

Widow Douglas

1993

Broken English Film ★ 5,9

Broken English

Elinor Gregory

2007

The Impostors Film ★ 5,9

The Impostors

Mrs. Essendine

1998

Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight Film ★ 6,4

Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight

Mrs. Paige

2013

Broadway: The Next Generation Film

Broadway: The Next Generation

Self

Class of '61 Film ★ 4,4

Class of '61

Mrs. Julia Peyton

1993

Walking Across Egypt Film ★ 4,9

Walking Across Egypt

Beatrice Vernon

1999

A Child Lost Forever: The Jerry Sherwood Story Film ★ 7,3

A Child Lost Forever: The Jerry Sherwood Story

Lois Jurgens

1992

The Appointments of Dennis Jennings Film ★ 6,7

The Appointments of Dennis Jennings

Newscaster

1988

A Lesson Before Dying Film ★ 5,0

A Lesson Before Dying

Edna Guidry

1999

Sunday in the Park with George Film ★ 7,4

Sunday in the Park with George

Yvonne / Naomi

1986

Film

Georgica

Dorothy

2019

A Very Serious Person Film ★ 5,8

A Very Serious Person

Betty

2006

William Shakespeare's Hamlet Film

William Shakespeare's Hamlet

Gertrude

1990

The Importance of Being Earnest Film ★ 6,0

The Importance of Being Earnest

Miss Prism

2011

Professional Cuddler Film

Professional Cuddler

Gloria

2017