Dana Ivey
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).
TV Shows(15)
Madam Secretary
Nelly Conlon
2014
Boardwalk Empire
Mrs. McGarry
2010
The Return of Jezebel James
2008
Ugly Betty
Roberta
2006
Monk
Mrs. Eels
2002
Sex and the City
Trudy Stork
1998
Oz
Patricia Nathan
1997
The Practice
Judge Natalie Brown
1997
Frasier
Ms. Langer
1993
Homicide: Life on the Street
Margie Bolander
1993
Law & Order
Shore
1990
Easy Street
1986
Little Gloria... Happy at Last
1982
Great Performances
Lady Ariadne Utterword
1971
The Beachcomber
Kahlana
1962
Movies(42)
Georgica
Dorothy
2019
Ocean's Eight
Diana
2018
The Leisure Seeker
Lillian
2018
Professional Cuddler
Gloria
2017
We'll Never Have Paris
Francoise
2014
Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight
Mrs. Paige
2013
The Help
Gracie Higginbotham
2011
The Importance of Being Earnest
Miss Prism
2011
Did You Hear About the Morgans?
Trish Pinger
2009
Ghost Town
Marjorie Pickthall
2008
Rush Hour 3
Sister Agnes
2007
Broken English
Elinor Gregory
2007
A Very Serious Person
Betty
2006
Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde
Libby Hauser
2003
Two Weeks Notice
Ruth Kelson
2002
Orange County
Vera Gantner
2002
The Kid
Dr. Alexander
2000
Mumford
Mrs. Crisp
1999
A Lesson Before Dying
Edna Guidry
1999
Walking Across Egypt
Beatrice Vernon
1999
The Impostors
Mrs. Essendine
1998
Simon Birch
Grandmother Wenteworth
1998
Sabrina
Mack
1995
The Scarlet Letter
Meredith Stonehall
1995
Addams Family Values
Margaret Addams
1993
Sleepless in Seattle
Claire
1993
Guilty as Sin
Judge Tompkins
1993
Class of '61
Mrs. Julia Peyton
1993
The Adventures of Huck Finn
Widow Douglas
1993
A Child Lost Forever: The Jerry Sherwood Story
Lois Jurgens
1992
Home Alone 2: Lost in New York
Desk Clerk
1992
The Addams Family
Margaret Alford
1991
William Shakespeare's Hamlet
Gertrude
1990
Postcards from the Edge
Wardrobe Mistress
1990
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
Mrs. Reed
1988
Another Woman
Engagement Party Guest
1988
The Appointments of Dennis Jennings
Newscaster
1988
Heartburn
Wedding Speaker
1986
Sunday in the Park with George
Yvonne / Naomi
1986
The Color Purple
Miss Millie
1985
Explorers
Mrs. Müller
1985
Broadway: The Next Generation
Self