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