Dana Ivey
Acting
Born: August 12, 1941 (age 85) · Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Highest Rated
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
Home Alone 2: Lost in New York
1992
The Help
2011
Ocean's Eight
2018
The Addams Family
1991
Rush Hour 3
2007
Addams Family Values
1993
Sleepless in Seattle
1993
Two Weeks Notice
2002
Sex and the City
1998
The Color Purple
1985
Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde
2003
Boardwalk Empire
2010
Photos (2)
Movies (40)
Home Alone 2: Lost in New York
Desk Clerk
The Help
Gracie Higginbotham
Ocean's Eight
Diana
The Addams Family
Margaret Alford
Addams Family Values
Margaret Addams
Rush Hour 3
Sister Agnes
Sleepless in Seattle
Claire
Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde
Libby Hauser
Two Weeks Notice
Ruth Kelson
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
Mrs. Reed
The Color Purple
Miss Millie
The Kid
Dr. Alexander
Sabrina
Mack
The Scarlet Letter
Meredith Stonehall
Did You Hear About the Morgans?
Trish Pinger
Orange County
Vera Gantner
Ghost Town
Marjorie Pickthall
Postcards from the Edge
Wardrobe Mistress
Heartburn
Wedding Speaker
The Adventures of Huck Finn
Widow Douglas
Explorers
Mrs. Müller
The Leisure Seeker
Lillian
The Impostors
Mrs. Essendine
Simon Birch
Grandmother Wenteworth
Another Woman
Engagement Party Guest
Guilty as Sin
Judge Tompkins
We'll Never Have Paris
Francoise
Broken English
Elinor Gregory
Mumford
Mrs. Crisp
A Child Lost Forever: The Jerry Sherwood Story
Lois Jurgens
Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight
Mrs. Paige
A Lesson Before Dying
Edna Guidry
The Appointments of Dennis Jennings
Newscaster
Sunday in the Park with George
Yvonne / Naomi
Walking Across Egypt
Beatrice Vernon
Professional Cuddler
Gloria
Class of '61
Mrs. Julia Peyton
William Shakespeare's Hamlet
Gertrude
The Importance of Being Earnest
Miss Prism
A Very Serious Person
Betty
TV Shows (16)
Law & Order
Shore · 1 eps
Frasier
Ms. Langer · 1 eps
Monk
Mrs. Eels · 1 eps
Homicide: Life on the Street
Margie Bolander · 3 eps
Sex and the City
Trudy Stork · 1 eps
American Playhouse
Yvonne / Naomi Eisen · 1 eps
Great Performances
Lady Ariadne Utterword · 1 eps
Great Performances
Gertrude · 1 eps
The Practice
Judge Natalie Brown · 1 eps
Oz
Patricia Nathan · 2 eps
Boardwalk Empire
Mrs. McGarry · 4 eps
Madam Secretary
Nelly Conlon · 1 eps
Ugly Betty
Roberta · 1 eps
Easy Street
22 eps
The Return of Jezebel James
1 eps
Little Gloria... Happy at Last
2 eps
