Dana Ivey

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Female

Birthday

1941-08-12 (84 years old)

Place of Birth

Atlanta, Georgia, USA

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 ...

Acting

1985

The Color Purple

as Miss Millie

1988

2002

Two Weeks Notice

as Ruth Kelson

1991

The Addams Family

as Margaret Alford / Margaret Addams

2000

The Kid

as Dr. Alexander

1993

Guilty as Sin

as Judge Tompkins

2007

Rush Hour 3

as Sister Agnes

1999

Mumford

as Mrs. Crisp

1985

Explorers

as Mrs. Müller

1993

2014

2011

The Help

as Gracie Higginbotham

1999

A Lesson Before Dying

as Edna Guidry

1986

1990

Postcards from the Edge

as Wardrobe Mistress

2002

Orange County

as Vera Gantner

1995

Sabrina

as Mack

1993

Class of '61

as Mrs. Julia Peyton

2003

Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde

as Congresswoman Libby Hauser

1998

The Impostors

as Mrs. Essendine

1988

Another Woman

as Engagement Party Guest

1998

Simon Birch

as Grandmother Wenteworth

2018

2018

1999

Walking Across Egypt

as Beatrice Vernon

2008

Ghost Town

as Marjorie Pickthall

1993

Addams Family Values

as Margaret Addams

1986

Heartburn

as Wedding Speaker

2007

Broken English

as Elinor Gregory

2019

Georgica

as Dorothy

1995

The Scarlet Letter

as Meredith Stonehall

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