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