Dana Ivey
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- 12 August 1941 · Atlanta, Georgia, USA
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
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- 2026Broadway: The Next Generation as Self
- 2019Georgica as Dorothy
- 2018Ocean's Eight as Diana
- 2018The Leisure Seeker as Lillian
- 2017Professional Cuddler as Gloria
- 2014We'll Never Have Paris as Francoise
- 2013Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight as Mrs. Paige
- 2011The Help as Gracie Higginbotham
- 2011The Importance of Being Earnest as Miss Prism
- 2009Did You Hear About the Morgans? as Trish Pinger
- 2008Ghost Town as Marjorie Pickthall
- 2007Rush Hour 3 as Sister Agnes
- 2007Broken English as Elinor Gregory
- 2006A Very Serious Person as Betty
- 2003Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde as Libby Hauser
- 2002Two Weeks Notice as Ruth Kelson
- 2002Orange County as Vera Gantner
- 2000The Kid as Dr. Alexander
- 1999Walking Across Egypt as Beatrice Vernon
- 1999Mumford as Mrs. Crisp
- 1999A Lesson Before Dying as Edna Guidry
- 1998The Impostors as Mrs. Essendine
- 1998Simon Birch as Grandmother Wenteworth
- 1995Sabrina as Mack
- 1995The Scarlet Letter as Meredith Stonehall
- 1993Addams Family Values as Margaret Addams
- 1993Sleepless in Seattle as Claire
- 1993Guilty as Sin as Judge Tompkins
- 1993Class of '61 as Mrs. Julia Peyton
- 1993The Adventures of Huck Finn as Widow Douglas
- 1992A Child Lost Forever: The Jerry Sherwood Story as Lois Jurgens
- 1992Home Alone 2: Lost in New York as Desk Clerk
- 1991The Addams Family as Margaret Alford
- 1990William Shakespeare's Hamlet as Gertrude
- 1990Postcards from the Edge as Wardrobe Mistress
- 1988Dirty Rotten Scoundrels as Mrs. Reed
- 1988Another Woman as Engagement Party Guest
- 1988The Appointments of Dennis Jennings as Newscaster
- 1986Heartburn as Wedding Speaker
- 1986Sunday in the Park with George as Yvonne / Naomi
- 1985The Color Purple as Miss Millie
- 1985Explorers as Mrs. Müller