Dana Ivey

Birthday: 1941-08-12
Birthplace: Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Gender: Female
Owned By: Unowned

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).

Credits

Year Title Character
2019-06-09 Georgica Dorothy
2018-06-07 Ocean's Eight Diana
2018-01-03 The Leisure Seeker Lillian
2017-12-12 Professional Cuddler Gloria
2014-10-01 We'll Never Have Paris Francoise
2013-10-04 Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight Mrs. Paige
2011-08-09 The Help Gracie Higginbotham
2009-12-17 Did You Hear About the Morgans? Trish Pinger
2008-09-19 Ghost Town Marjorie Pickthall
2007-11-22 Broken English Elinor Gregory
2007-08-08 Rush Hour 3 Sister Agnes
2006-01-01 A Very Serious Person Betty
2003-07-02 Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde Congresswoman Libby Hauser
2002-12-19 Two Weeks Notice Ruth Kelson
2002-01-11 Orange County Vera Gantner
2000-07-07 The Kid Dr. Alexander
1999-09-24 Mumford Mrs. Crisp
1999-05-22 A Lesson Before Dying Edna Guidry
1999-01-01 Walking Across Egypt Beatrice Vernon
1998-10-02 The Impostors Mrs. Essendine
1998-09-11 Simon Birch Grandmother Wenteworth
1995-12-15 Sabrina Mack
1995-10-13 The Scarlet Letter Meredith Stonehall
1993-11-19 Addams Family Values Margaret Addams
1993-06-24 Sleepless in Seattle Claire
1993-06-04 Guilty as Sin Judge Tompkins
1993-04-12 Class of '61 Mrs. Julia Peyton
1993-04-02 The Adventures of Huck Finn Widow Douglas
1992-11-16 A Child Lost Forever: The Jerry Sherwood Story Lois Jurgens
1992-11-15 Home Alone 2: Lost in New York Desk Clerk
1991-11-22 The Addams Family Margaret Alford / Margaret Addams
1990-11-02 William Shakespeare's Hamlet Gertrude
1990-09-14 Postcards from the Edge Wardrobe Mistress
1988-12-14 Dirty Rotten Scoundrels Mrs. Reed
1988-10-13 Another Woman Engagement Party Guest
1988-09-07 The Appointments of Dennis Jennings Newscaster
1986-07-25 Heartburn Wedding Speaker
1986-06-16 Sunday in the Park with George Yvonne / Naomi
1985-12-18 The Color Purple Miss Millie
1985-07-12 Explorers Mrs. Müller