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