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Acting

Known Credits

Gender

Female

Birthday

1941-08-12 (83 years old)

Place of Birth

Atlanta, Georgia, USA

Also Known As

دانا آيوی

Dana Ivey

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).

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Acting

2019

Georgica as Dorothy

2018		Ocean's Eight as Diana
2018		The Leisure Seeker as Lillian

2017		Professional Cuddler as Gloria
2017		Broadway: The Next Generation as Self

2014

We'll Never Have Paris as Francoise

2013

Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight as Mrs. Paige

2011

The Help as Gracie Higginbotham

2010

Boardwalk Empire as Mrs. McGarry

2009

Did You Hear About the Morgans? as Trish Pinger

2008		Ghost Town as Marjorie Pickthall
2008		The Return of Jezebel James

2007		Broken English as Elinor Gregory
2007		Rush Hour 3 as Sister Agnes

2006		Ugly Betty as Roberta
2006		A Very Serious Person as Betty

2003

Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde as Congresswoman Libby Hauser

2002		Two Weeks Notice as Ruth Kelson
2002		Monk as Mrs. Eels
2002		Orange County as Vera Gantner

2000

The Kid as Dr. Alexander

1999		Mumford as Mrs. Crisp
1999		A Lesson Before Dying as Edna Guidry
1999		Walking Across Egypt as Beatrice Vernon

1998		The Impostors as Mrs. Essendine
1998		Simon Birch as Grandmother Wenteworth
1998		Sex and the City as Trudy Stork

1997		Oz as Patricia Nathan
1997		The Practice

1995		Sabrina as Mack
1995		The Scarlet Letter as Meredith Stonehall

1993		Addams Family Values as Margaret Addams
1993		Frasier as Ms. Langer
1993		Sleepless in Seattle as Claire
1993		Guilty as Sin as Judge Tompkins
1993		Class of '61 as Mrs. Julia Peyton
1993		The Adventures of Huck Finn as Widow Douglas
1993		Homicide: Life on the Street as Margie Bolander

1992		A Child Lost Forever: The Jerry Sherwood Story as Lois Jurgens
1992		Home Alone 2: Lost in New York as Desk Clerk

1991

The Addams Family as Margaret Alford / Margaret Addams

1990		William Shakespeare's Hamlet as Gertrude
1990		Postcards from the Edge as Wardrobe Mistress
1990		Law & Order as Shore

1988		Dirty Rotten Scoundrels as Mrs. Reed
1988		Another Woman as Engagement Party Guest
1988		The Appointments of Dennis Jennings as Newscaster

1986		Easy Street
1986		Heartburn as Wedding Speaker
1986		Sunday in the Park with George as Yvonne / Naomi

1985		The Color Purple as Miss Millie
1985		Explorers as Mrs. Müller

1982

Little Gloria... Happy at Last

1971		Great Performances as Lady Ariadne Utterword
1971		Great Performances as Gertrude

1962

The Beachcomber as Kahlana