Acting · Atlanta, Georgia, USA · Born August 12, 1941
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).
Georgica
2019
as Dorothy
MovieOcean's Eight
2018
as Diana
MovieThe Leisure Seeker
2018
as Lillian
MovieProfessional Cuddler
2017
as Gloria
MovieWe'll Never Have Paris
2014
as Francoise
TVMadam Secretary
2014
as Nelly Conlon
MovieMuhammad Ali's Greatest Fight
2013
as Mrs. Paige
MovieThe Help
2011
as Gracie Higginbotham
MovieThe Importance of Being Earnest
2011
as Miss Prism
TVBoardwalk Empire
2010
as Mrs. McGarry
MovieDid You Hear About the Morgans?
2009
as Trish Pinger
MovieGhost Town
2008
as Marjorie Pickthall
TVThe Return of Jezebel James
2008
MovieRush Hour 3
2007
as Sister Agnes
MovieBroken English
2007
as Elinor Gregory
TVUgly Betty
2006
as Roberta
MovieA Very Serious Person
2006
as Betty
MovieLegally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde
2003
as Libby Hauser
MovieTwo Weeks Notice
2002
as Ruth Kelson
TVMonk
2002
as Mrs. Eels
MovieOrange County
2002
as Vera Gantner
MovieThe Kid
2000
as Dr. Alexander
MovieWalking Across Egypt
1999
as Beatrice Vernon
MovieMumford
1999
as Mrs. Crisp
MovieA Lesson Before Dying
1999
as Edna Guidry
MovieThe Impostors
1998
as Mrs. Essendine
MovieSimon Birch
1998
as Grandmother Wenteworth
TVSex and the City
1998
as Trudy Stork
TVOz
1997
as Patricia Nathan
TVThe Practice
1997
as Judge Natalie Brown
MovieSabrina
1995
as Mack
MovieThe Scarlet Letter
1995
as Meredith Stonehall
MovieAddams Family Values
1993
as Margaret Addams
TVFrasier
1993
as Ms. Langer
MovieSleepless in Seattle
1993
as Claire
MovieGuilty as Sin
1993
as Judge Tompkins
MovieClass of '61
1993
as Mrs. Julia Peyton
MovieThe Adventures of Huck Finn
1993
as Widow Douglas
TVHomicide: Life on the Street
1993
as Margie Bolander
MovieA Child Lost Forever: The Jerry Sherwood Story
1992
as Lois Jurgens
MovieHome Alone 2: Lost in New York
1992
as Desk Clerk
MovieThe Addams Family
1991
as Margaret Alford
MovieWilliam Shakespeare's Hamlet
1990
as Gertrude
MoviePostcards from the Edge
1990
as Wardrobe Mistress
TVLaw & Order
1990
as Shore
MovieDirty Rotten Scoundrels
1988
as Mrs. Reed
MovieAnother Woman
1988
as Engagement Party Guest
MovieThe Appointments of Dennis Jennings
1988
as Newscaster
TVEasy Street
1986
MovieHeartburn
1986
as Wedding Speaker
MovieSunday in the Park with George
1986
as Yvonne / Naomi
MovieThe Color Purple
1985
as Miss Millie
MovieExplorers
1985
as Mrs. Müller
TVLittle Gloria... Happy at Last
1982
TVAmerican Playhouse
1982
as Yvonne / Naomi Eisen
TVGreat Performances
1971
as Lady Ariadne Utterword
The Beachcomber
1962
as Kahlana
MovieBroadway: The Next Generation
as Self
