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).
Also Known As
Movie Appearances
The Color Purple
as Miss Millie
1985
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
as Mrs. Reed
1988
Two Weeks Notice
as Ruth Kelson
2002
The Addams Family
as Margaret Alford
1991
The Kid
as Dr. Alexander
2000
Guilty as Sin
as Judge Tompkins
1993
Rush Hour 3
as Sister Agnes
2007
Mumford
as Mrs. Crisp
1999
Explorers
as Mrs. Müller
1985
The Adventures of Huck Finn
as Widow Douglas
1993
A Very Serious Person
as Betty
2006
We'll Never Have Paris
as Francoise
2014
The Appointments of Dennis Jennings
as Newscaster
1988
The Help
as Gracie Higginbotham
2011
A Lesson Before Dying
as Edna Guidry
1999
Sunday in the Park with George
as Yvonne / Naomi
1986
Postcards from the Edge
as Wardrobe Mistress
1990
Orange County
as Vera Gantner
2002
A Child Lost Forever: The Jerry Sherwood Story
as Lois Jurgens
1992
Sabrina
as Mack
1995
TV Appearances
The Return of Jezebel James
2008
Monk
as Mrs. Eels
2002
Oz
as Patricia Nathan
1997
Frasier
as Ms. Langer
1993
The Practice
as Judge Natalie Brown
1997
Ugly Betty
as Roberta
2006
Homicide: Life on the Street
as Margie Bolander
1993
The Beachcomber
as Kahlana
1962
Easy Street
1986
Little Gloria... Happy at Last
1982
Law & Order
as Shore
1990
Sex and the City
as Trudy Stork
1998